Alleged LG G7 Leaks With Yes, Another Notched Display And Snapdragon 845

It seems as though we're in for a "notch" filled 2018, as OEMs are coming out of the woodwork with smartphone designs that are eerily similar to iPhone X. At least one OEM, ASUS, was rather brazen about its decision to mimic the look of Apple's latest flagship with the ZenFone 5 family, decrying that it is giving the people what they want.
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Now it looks as though LG has also been bitten by the bug; that is if these leaked images are indeed accurate. A smartphone that is labeled as the LG G7 was being displayed backstage at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, and you can clearly see that it has a rather large notch at the top of its display.

The smartphone is said to feature a 6-inch OLED display with an unorthodox 19.5:9 aspect ratio and a resolution of 3120 x 1440. The standard model is said to come with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor that is paired with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. A premium model will up the tally to 6GB of RAM and 126GB of storage.

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Out back, you can see a vertically-arranged dual 16MP camera setup, which sits just above the fingerprint sensor. Given all the fingerprints that are showing up on the back of the device, we can only assume that it retains a glass back for wireless charging. There's an 8MP camera up front for all of your selfie shots, and the battery is reportedly rated at 3000 mAh.

Is this just some abandoned prototype that LG felt like given some air time at MWC, or is this the real deal? We should know in a few months when the LG G7 makes its "official" debut.

Brandon Hill

Brandon Hill

Brandon received his first PC, an IBM Aptiva 310, in 1994 and hasn’t looked back since. He cut his teeth on computer building/repair working at a mom and pop computer shop as a plucky teen in the mid 90s and went on to join AnandTech as the Senior News Editor in 1999. Brandon would later help to form DailyTech where he served as Editor-in-Chief from 2008 until 2014. Brandon is a tech geek at heart, and family members always know where to turn when they need free tech support. When he isn’t writing about the tech hardware or studying up on the latest in mobile gadgets, you’ll find him browsing forums that cater to his long-running passion: automobiles.

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