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8 Reasons to Wait for the LG G8 & 6 Reasons Not to

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Wait for Touch-Free Controls

At the end of January LG confirmed the company will be hosting a big event at Mobile World Congress, the annual mobile event each year in Spain. That takes place at the end of February and beginning of March. 

That event is almost certainly where they'll announce the all-new LG G8. Along with the announcement, LG hints at some neat new technology that could be inside the phone. While our last slide mentioned 3D cameras, we speculated on what those could be for -- and now we might know. 

It looks like the LG G8 will use some new technology, like those 3D cameras, for some interesting hands-free gesture controls. The video above hints at being able to control the LG G8 without ever touching it. Now we've seen gesture and "air" controls in the past, but maybe those 3D cameras enable something truly amazing. 

Who knows, but it's one more reason you might want to wait for the G8 before jumping into something else right away. 

3 Comments

3 Comments

  1. Ellory

    12/27/2018 at 7:36 pm

    Great article, so thanks! My Wish for LG is that they keep the high-end audio/speakers and DAC, and then bump that storage amount up to 128GB or higher. That and a better battery. I have a G5 and it’s a lemon, since I love good audio I’m definitely sticking with LG.

    • Cmgalaxy

      12/29/2018 at 12:45 pm

      It’s definitely a lemon. It was also before it’s time in many ways. I keep buying new batteries. What’s nice is you can charge extras on a cradle, then pop them in if you need to. This has been a lifesaver at times, especially in long runs.

  2. Cmgalaxy

    12/29/2018 at 12:42 pm

    Also a G5 owner, having owned the G3 prior. My hope is they continue leading or regain lost ground with camera superiority. I thought the original iPhone plus had LG camera hardware. Funny you could find multiple sources eluding to this till it was out for a while. My biggest complaint is the GPS has been buggy on all of my G series phones by LG. My G5’s GPS recently stopped working entirely. I did love using my phone to control my LG flatscreen. I’m holding out for the next release, knowing current releases include 600mhz (tmobile spec), and hoping there’s no notch. It’s like buying the cheap ticket to a game. View obstructed. Bad idea.

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