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LG launches Q60 and G8S ThinQ in SA

Arthur Goldstuck

The LG Q60 and G8S ThinQ have arrived in South Africa, both boasting impressive camera features for content creation features.

LG Q60 – Advanced user experience with an attractive price tag

The Q60 has arrived to showcase premium features, advanced technologies, and stylish design, without breaking the bank.

With this new mid-range beauty, LG provides a large, high-quality display and AI-powered functionality to consumers who traditionally had to settle for less within the price range. This device features LG’s HD+ FullVision display at 6.26-inches.

It sports an impressive selection of quad cameras – one front and three rear, with AI CAM, Dual Front camera (Normal & Wide angle, Selfie Bokeh effects, Google Lens, Portrait Mode 2.0 (Out-focus), Multi-Frame Noise Reduction, Timer Helper, Flash Jump Cut with PDAF, and HDR. 

The front-facing camera is located in a water drop cut-out to maximise the FullVision display for comfortable viewing, playing, and communicating, whilst the slim bezels make it comfortable to hold and use single-handedly.

To ensure superior user experience, the LG Q60 features AI functions typically found in flagship smartphones. The AI CAM intuitively recognises objects and recommends the ideal shooting mode for the best results – this is great for users wanting to try their hand at creating quality content for Instagram and other social media platforms.

Google Assistant has become one of the most widely-used virtual assistants on smartphones today, and LG’s dedicated button gives users immediate access.

With DTS:X, 3D Surround Sound delivered through quality earphones, this device is great for high quality audio playback. This high-end audio technology convincingly simulates a 7.1-channel surround sound system to make any content more immersive when playing games, streaming movies, or listening to a Spotify playlist.

To maximise everyday usability of the Q series, LG engineers focused on improving the two basics features that smartphone customers covet the most: battery life and camera performance.

The LG Q60 is powered by a 3,500mAh battery which means less charging and more all-day device usage.

Here’s the specifications to expect from the LG Q60:

The LG Q60 retails from R3699.00 and is available in Moroccan Blue on Vodacom, MTN and Cell C network providers.

Click here to read about LG’s latest flagship, the G8S ThinQ.

LG G8S ThinQ – The flagship with the great camera and several security options

The LG G8S ThinQ has arrived in South Africa claiming improved user experience, making it a good choice for consumers on the hunt for a premium smartphone. It offers many of the stand-out features and technologies applied to the flagship LG G8 ThinQ, with a few touches that appeal to the consumer’s ever-evolving needs from their mobile device.

Introduced for the first time on the LG G8 ThinQ, the Z Camera utilises Time-of-Flight (ToF) sensor technology to bring LG G8S ThinQ users a choice of convenient and secure biometric recognition options. Hand ID uses the Z Camera’s ability to scan a user’s unique circulatory pattern, using infrared light to unlock the phone in the dark just as accurately as during the day. The same technology is used with Face Unlock, which LG claims is extremely precise and fast due to the Z Camera’s use of infrared light and 3D point clouds, which accurately trace the contours and features of the users face. The third new feature that utilises the Z Camera is Air Motion, a touchless command interface that allow users to perform various actions without  touching the screen. This is the same technology used in secure banking environments, but here allows a variety of tasks such as taking screen shots or playing music and video.

As the first smartphone manufacturer to offer a triple-lens camera setup with a wide angle lens, LG continues this now widely emulated design with the LG G8S ThinQ. The improved camera – with the widest field of view to date at 137˚ – allows continuous zoom capability without lag or colour distortion. The exceptional camera performance of the device was recognised by VCX-Forum, an independent German Non-profit ratings organisation, which ranked the LG device the best among the industry’s current smartphones.

The front of the device sports a standard lens and the Z Camera, which supports features such as Portrait and Spotlight . The addition of the Z Camera’s ability to quickly measure distances helps produce portraits with more depth and feel. Spotlight detects the user’s facial curvature and simulates studio lighting to bring a professional quality and dramatic edge to selfies. With Video Depth Control, videos shot on the handset benefit from a beautiful bokeh effect that puts the subject in sharp focus against a soft, blurred background. And for users tired of shaky video footage it comes ready with Steady Cam which delivers smooth, clear videos without the use of an expensive gimbal.

Equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Mobile Platform and a vivid 6.2-inch FHD+ FullVision OLED display (2248 x 1080), the LG G8SThinQ is a multimedia powerhouse. The handset also continues LG’s legacy of superior mobile audio, fitted with stereo speakers that deliver a rich, textured performance and immersive surround sound with inclusion of a 3.5mm headphone jack and DAC.

The design is ergonomic and provides easy one-handed operation, it has a 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass, with its polished and seamless finish that is both strong and sophisticated it enables a comfortable grip. Standard out of the box consumers can expect 6G RAM, 128GB storage, MIL-STD 810G compliance and IP68 water and dust resistance. The LG G8SThinQ will be available in three colours: Mirror Black, Mirror Teal, and Mirror White, but only in Mirror Black, in South Africa.

Here are some of the key specifications:

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