If you’re more interested in LG’s unabashedly weird G8 ThinQ than the relatively safe Galaxy S10, you’re in luck. LG has announced that the G8 will arrive on April 11th, with pre-orders starting March 29th at major carriers including AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon (Engadget’s parent company). It’ll undercut its South Korean rival’s price by a fair margin — pricing starts at $820 up front versus Samsung’s $900, and that’s before the usual promos that knock as much as $150 off the price.
Whether or not it’s worth the savings over the S10 will likely depend on just how much you like LG’s rather unusual priorities. You don’t get a telephoto lens or 8GB of RAM (‘just’ 6GB) for the money, but you do get party tricks like in-the-air hand gestures, an OLED display that doubles as the speaker and a more secure, depth-based face unlock. That’s not including more familiar staples like the quad DAC and a dedicated Google Assistant button. It may be a tougher sell if you’re not big on those features, but it should still be a competent device even if you ignore all the whiz-bang extras.
Source: engadget.com
