LG's G5 is a radical reinvention of the flagship Android smartphone
- 8 years ago
Meet the LG G5 - the first mainstream modular phone!
There have been attempts in the past, the most recent being Google's Project Ara, but none has found mainstream success.
The G5 has a "fluid metal" body and beveled glass on the front; not even antenna slits spoil its perfect lines.
There is a single seam, which separates the bottom part.
That's the modular component - it can be removed to access the battery and card slots, and one of several add-ons can be inserted (this requires a reboot though).
The LG G5, it has a 5.3" LCD with an always-on mode.
It features a dedicated memory and a power-sipping secondary chip so that the main chipset can go to sleep while the screen remains on 24/7.
The bespoke chip sips just 0.8% of battery per hour.
There have been attempts in the past, the most recent being Google's Project Ara, but none has found mainstream success.
The G5 has a "fluid metal" body and beveled glass on the front; not even antenna slits spoil its perfect lines.
There is a single seam, which separates the bottom part.
That's the modular component - it can be removed to access the battery and card slots, and one of several add-ons can be inserted (this requires a reboot though).
The LG G5, it has a 5.3" LCD with an always-on mode.
It features a dedicated memory and a power-sipping secondary chip so that the main chipset can go to sleep while the screen remains on 24/7.
The bespoke chip sips just 0.8% of battery per hour.