LG G7 ThinQ Pro Reviews

The G7 was an opportunity for LG to try to raise its build-quality and to offer a well-rounded smartphone to offer a viable alternative with the current fierce competition. In terms of the design of the G7, I think LG did a good job and I don’t have anything to reproach the phone for in terms of its industrial design choices. In terms of ergonomics, LG went for a rounder bezel which feels slightly handier even though the G7 keeps the exact same footprint as the G6. Moving the power button back to the side is I think a good choice, as although it was unique in past LG devices, it’s something that I personally never got used to. Obviously there’s a lot of drama around the new screen and the fact that it includes a display notch. Again, similar what I've found in my reviews of the Huawei P20’s and the OnePlus 6, the notch in the G7 doesn’t detract from the aesthetics of the phone, especially as LG offers sufficient customisations in terms of backgrounds for the notch “ears”. The display, although it’s an LCD, offers enough contrast to have sufficiently dark blacks to hide it up until the brightest conditions.

If you're in the market for a flagship phone, there's one key question you have to ask yourself in order to determine if the LG G7 ThinQ is the phone for you from a camera point of view: What's more important to you, a tele-zoom or a super-wide-angle?

The LG G7 ThinQ is a pretty difficult smartphone to judge. It’s almost forgettable in terms of design but has a lot of features to make it almost worth the $750 price tag. It checks all the right boxes and tries to be a good Android citizen but hardly stands out from the crowd. LG has definitely made yet another solid and commendable smartphone but only sales figures will prove if its gamble truly paid off this time.

While the LG G7 has a bigger screen and a better processor than last year's G6, it doesn't improve in the areas that count: the battery and camera.

The LG G7 ThinQ is a fine phone, but it does nothing to distinguish itself from more compelling offerings from Samsung, OnePlus and Google.