 Hey, it's Chris Welch with The Verge here at IFA 2019, and this is LG's G8X ThinQ. It's a phone with a case that acts as a second screen. We've heard a lot about foldable phones from Samsung, Huawei, that's the trend of the future it seems, but LG thinks this is a more productive, smarter approach. When you don't need that second screen anymore, you just take the phone out and go about your day. Okay, so the big story is obviously that second screen, but the G8X ThinQ is like an upgraded version of this year's G8. It's got the same Snapdragon 855 processor, 128 gigs of storage, and 6 gigs of RAM. There's fast charge 4.0, wireless charging, the usual Hi-Fi DAC for high quality audio, and there's an in-display fingerprint sensor since that case is going to cover up the back. And then there are the cameras. This is a company that's always been known for its cameras, and on back you get a 12 megapixel standard camera, a 13 megapixel super wide angle camera, and there's a 32 megapixel front-facing camera. Now by default, those images come out at 8 megapixels, but if you want, you can bump it up to 32. There are new camera modes too. There's something called AI Action Shot if you have fast-moving subjects. The Steadicam for video shooting has gotten much better, so says LG. And by far, the weirdest new camera trick is ASMR mode, where the microphone accords at three times higher sensitivity, so you can be really quiet, talk very quietly, and make whatever weird YouTube videos you want. So both the phone and the second screen have a 6.4 inch full HD plus display. There's a notch, and the second screen also has a notch because LG wanted symmetry. It seems bizarre to me, but that's what they decided. There is a headphone jack on bottom, so that's still here with LG's usual Hi-Fi deck. There are dual stereo speakers. On the bottom is USB-C, and you have your Google Assistant button on the side still as well, plus power and volume. So that rounds out the hardware on the phone. It's a nice refinement of the G8 from earlier this year. But now let's talk about that second screen. So using the second screen couldn't be much easier. You just plop the phone in, and it connects over USB-C. You pull down your quick settings, and then you activate dual screen, and voila. So when you have two screens, one obvious use case is the camera. You can hand the phone to somebody, and when they take your photo, you can see the composition on the other screen to make sure everything looks right, and you look beautiful. So you can obviously watch a video on one screen and browse the web on the other, but if you're playing videos or playing a game on one screen and a video on the other, you can actually control the volume for each one and listen to two things at the same time. So on the front of the phone is this little tiny OLED display that shows the time, battery level, notifications, things like that. It's not really a third screen, but it's nice to have. The one bad thing is it doesn't get very bright at all. So that's the G8X ThinQ, this is LG's idea for what the future of phones might be. And there are other ideas like foldable phones. What you want depends on what you need from a phone and what you want to do with it. It's going to be coming out in the coming weeks, and the hope is that most carriers will bundle the second screen with the phone at no extra cost. Thanks for watching. What's your idea for what the future of phones should be? Should they fold? Should there be a second screen on a case? Let us know, and stay tuned for all of our coverage here at IFA 2019.
 Hey, it's Chris Welch with The Verge here at IFA 2019, and this is LG's G8X ThinQ.
 It's a phone with a case that acts as a second screen.
 We've heard a lot about foldable phones from Samsung, Huawei,
 that's the trend of the future it seems, but LG thinks this is a more productive,
 smarter approach. When you don't need that second screen anymore,
 you just take the phone out and go about your day.
 Okay, so the big story is obviously that second screen, but the G8X ThinQ is like an upgraded
 version of this year's G8. It's got the same Snapdragon 855 processor, 128 gigs of storage,
 and 6 gigs of RAM. There's fast charge 4.0, wireless charging, the usual Hi-Fi DAC for
 high quality audio, and there's an in-display fingerprint sensor since that case is going
 to cover up the back. And then there are the cameras. This is a company that's always been
 known for its cameras, and on back you get a 12 megapixel standard camera, a 13 megapixel
 super wide angle camera, and there's a 32 megapixel front-facing camera. Now by default,
 those images come out at 8 megapixels, but if you want, you can bump it up to 32.
 There are new camera modes too. There's something called AI Action Shot if you have fast-moving
 subjects. The Steadicam for video shooting has gotten much better, so says LG. And by far,
 the weirdest new camera trick is ASMR mode, where the microphone accords at three times
 higher sensitivity, so you can be really quiet, talk very quietly, and make whatever weird
 YouTube videos you want. So both the phone and the second screen have a 6.4 inch full HD plus display.
 There's a notch, and the second screen also has a notch because LG wanted symmetry. It seems bizarre
 to me, but that's what they decided. There is a headphone jack on bottom, so that's still here
 with LG's usual Hi-Fi deck. There are dual stereo speakers. On the bottom is USB-C, and you have
 your Google Assistant button on the side still as well, plus power and volume. So that rounds out
 the hardware on the phone. It's a nice refinement of the G8 from earlier this year. But now let's
 talk about that second screen. So using the second screen couldn't be much easier. You just plop the
 phone in, and it connects over USB-C. You pull down your quick settings, and then you activate
 dual screen, and voila. So when you have two screens, one obvious use case is the camera.
 You can hand the phone to somebody, and when they take your photo, you can see the composition on
 the other screen to make sure everything looks right, and you look beautiful. So you can obviously
 watch a video on one screen and browse the web on the other, but if you're playing videos or playing
 a game on one screen and a video on the other, you can actually control the volume for each one and
 listen to two things at the same time. So on the front of the phone is this little tiny OLED display
 that shows the time, battery level, notifications, things like that. It's not really a third screen,
 but it's nice to have. The one bad thing is it doesn't get very bright at all. So that's the
 G8X ThinQ, this is LG's idea for what the future of phones might be. And there are other ideas like
 foldable phones. What you want depends on what you need from a phone and what you want to do with it.
 It's going to be coming out in the coming weeks, and the hope is that most carriers will bundle
 the second screen with the phone at no extra cost. Thanks for watching. What's your idea for what the
 future of phones should be? Should they fold? Should there be a second screen on a case? Let us know,
 and stay tuned for all of our coverage here at IFA 2019.