LG V20 concept renders by OnLeaks

[Leykis]

It's either going to be modular or have a removable back. From those renders, there's no micro SD slot. I don't think LG would be stupid enough to take away both a removable battery and expandable memory.

 

[RaRa85]

It's either going to be modular or have a removable back. From those renders, there's no micro SD slot. I don't think LG would be stupid enough to take away both a removable battery and expandable memory.

Heck no. Expandable memory is here to stay. If they keep removable battery and make it bigger that will be the icing on the cake. If they move to a bigger 4000mAh type sealed in battery that would be a forgivable sacrifice if actual SOT is in the 6 plus hour range.

 

[Ry]

It's either going to be modular or have a removable back. From those renders, there's no micro SD slot. I don't think LG would be stupid enough to take away both a removable battery and expandable memory.

Does it need be a separate slot or can it be integrated into the SIM tray like most modern smartphones?

Posted via the Android Central App on the Moto X Pure Edition

 

[Leykis]

Does it need be a separate slot or can it be integrated into the SIM tray like most modern smartphones?

Posted via the Android Central App on the Moto X Pure Edition

From those renders I don't see a SIM tray either. Sure, it could be combined into one with a Micro SD but I don't see anywhere on the renders where that slot would be.....unless I'm missing something or those renders aren't accurate.

 

[Mike Dee]

From those renders I don't see a SIM tray either. Sure, it could be combined into one with a Micro SD but I don't see anywhere on the renders where that slot would be.....unless I'm missing something or those renders aren't accurate.

If the back is removable everything could be there

Posted via the Android Central App

 

[Leykis]

If the back is removable everything could be there

Posted via the Android Central App

Yep, that's my point. Either the phone is going to be modular or the back will be removable.

 

[Mohamed Ahmed12]

well it doesn't look modular to me so i guess removable back? but i can't see clearly the side buttons to check if they're attached to the front or not but if they're not i don't see how would that be a removable back that's if those renders are accurate at all anyway what do you guys think about that removable metal back? too sharp or too thick?primer or real metal? i have no idea.

 

[Leykis]

well it doesn't look modular to me so i guess removable back? but i can't see clearly the side buttons to check if they're attached to the front or not but if they're not i don't see how would that be a removable back that's if those renders are accurate at all anyway what do you guys think about that removable metal back? too sharp or too thick?primer or real metal? i have no idea.

Excuse the drawing....I used MS Paint and not very good with it LOL! But this is how I envision how the back would detach from the phone if it is removable.



The red line indicates where the back would detach from the phone.

 

[anon(9072051)]

The red line indicates where the back would detach from the phone.

Could be. But narrow side edges like those on a removable back could cause problems similar to the gaps and misalignments from the G5's friends. The silicone slab approach of the V10 would've been a lot less trouble.

 

[Leykis]

Could be. But narrow side edges like those on a removable back could cause problems similar to the gaps and misalignments from the G5's friends. The silicone slab approach of the V10 would've been a lot less trouble.

If the back is all metal I don't think it will be much of an issue. I agree that the V10 back approach would have been much better. The phone is probably going to be a little thicker than the V10 if it's going to have a 4000mAh battery.

 

[Bankz111]

The back cannot be detachable if the FPS resides on the back. Otherwise, how do you really want the FPS to work? So with that, I've kind of ruled out detachable battery covers altogether (except its done like the G5 tbh).

As for the hole at the sides, well, that doesn't look like a camera shutter button, to me that looks like a port tbh.

The V20 is also thinner than the V10 measuring 7.7mm while its 0.1mm shorter than the V10 and about 2mm narrower than the V10 according to onleaks that is..

The painting/body meanwhile is made from pure metal this time and not primer for obvious reasons. 1. LG would have learnt by now 2. LG got so much flake for their primer paint job the last time, so they'd be stupid not to go with pure metal this time.

The V20 will also have a second screen and will also have dual cameras too.

The V20 will also have the IR sensor too.

Anyway, can't wait to get more information about this device, like if it comes with any bells and whistles, battery, if its modular, if it has 6gigs ram, if it'll come with SD 821, etc..

I'm really eager to see this bad boy in black tbh..

 

[Leykis]

The back cannot be detachable if the FPS resides on the back. Otherwise, how do you really want the FPS to work? So with that, I've kind of ruled out detachable battery covers altogether (except its done like the G5 tbh)

This doesn't make sense. Why couldn't the back be detachable with the FPS on the back? They did it just fine on the V10! No reason they can't do it again on the V20.

 

[Mike Dee]

It could detach around the FPS and cameras which would allow it to be removable but would probably need good O rings or other type of seal. Seems to me that would be too much trouble. If its a sealed battery a lot of the die hard replaceable battery fans might walk away unless they want the DAC.

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[Leykis]

Some of you must have never owned a V10 so here's a pic for reference:

 

[anon(9072051)]

For what it's worth:

LG V20 Details Leak on Reddit, Includes Pricing and Preorder Information for T-mobile

 

[Leykis]

Three other pieces of information given have provided us with clues about how the phone will work. The first being that the phone will include an “Extra battery and Enhanced Hand Grip” LG is known for being one of the last smartphone makers to include removable batteries, so an extra battery is no surprise here. The “Enhanced Hand Grip” is a bit curious. While recent renders of the LG V20 show it looking a lot like a LG G5, the V10 before it was known for its rubbery grippy back plate. The enhanced grip could refer to either a case, or a module attachment, assuming the V20 will take after the G5’s modularity.

The second states that the phone could include a “Memory Module Attachment”. This description gives a some validity to the speculation that the V20 will take after the G5’s attempt at modularity. The “Memory” part of the name brings up a few questions, being that memory can refer to two things on a smartphone; RAM, and Storage. The name could refer to the RAM Memory, which could add a performance boost to the phone for those who feel like they would need it, however this seems unlikely. While LG has yet to remove MicroSD expansion from any of their phones, it seems more plausible that it refers to the Storage Memory available. Finally the third tells us that T-mobile will bundle “(T-mobile exclusive) Year of Hulu + 3 Vudu rentals”.

I'm still going with the back being removable and not modular. Could be wrong though. Either way, it's good to hear there will be a replaceable battery!

 

[D13H4RD2L1V3]

For what it's worth:

LG V20 Details Leak on Reddit, Includes Pricing and Preorder Information for T-mobile

I'm hoping that the modules are at least much better implemented this time around compared to the G5, if that turns out to be true.

 

[Bankz111]

So If I understand the article correctly, LG will be producing a modular phone which has me excited but

"An enhanced handgrip"? Isn't this thesame useless camera grip of the G5 here? And even if its not, this doesn't sound exciting does it?

A "memory attachment module" isn't it another fancy word for memory cards?

This won't be compatible with the current G5 if the dimensions and the module button placement is anything to go by.

"A removable battery" this ones highly welcome but wouldn't this mean the phone would still need to be rebooted to use the friends?

So my point is if it will be modular like all indications are pointing, why not bring out compelling modules? Why not make them compatible? Why not improve the implementation? Nobody is saying you should perfect it like lenovo's or make it as easy as lenovo's but at least you could try to improve? WTH is this enhanced handgrip and memory attachment module I'm hearing of? Honestly, if LG fails another attempt at modularity, I'll never recomend them to anyone ever again. Was looking to actually comparing this to the Moto Z. At least give the Moto Z some competition ffs.. If you don't give lenovo competition they will become lazy too, just like some 'certain' companies (in the area of modularity and implementation)

The Moto z is even announcing another batch of Moto Mods 2 weeks from now (on the 31st of this month) on their first attempt and here's LG trying to deliberately fail at another modular attempt, even after having a 6 month headstart. Competition is good for the industry.

We get it that Motorola already killed everyone (even probably ara) on the implementation front but the least LG can do is release compelling/quality modules after quality modules and make them compatible with backwards and future generations like proper speaker friends, camera friends, projector friends, keyboard friends, game controller friends, lapdock friends, credit card reader friends, etc smh

 

[D13H4RD2L1V3]

What LG needs for this to be successful is third-party support.

For the G5, there's almost none. Only B&O jumped on, but as a branding partner. LG needs to bring more third-parties on board with making these modules.

That's another area where Lenovo has jumped ahead.

 

[eemix]

What LG needs for this to be successful is third-party support.

For the G5, there's almost none. Only B&O jumped on, but as a branding partner. LG needs to bring more third-parties on board with making these modules.

That's another area where Lenovo has jumped ahead.

The only thing G5 needs is a Xenon flash module, which would work fine with the main camera...