Last year's LG V20 smartphone was hugely popular, and was considered by many to be a superior handset to the flagship LG G5 handset. Its predecessor, the LG V10, saw similar success, so it's no surprise that there's plenty of hype for what's coming next.
We don’t have an official name for LG’s next flagship phone, but precedent suggests that it’ll be called the LG V30. Until we know otherwise, we’re going to call it that for simplicity’s sake.
Here are five things we know – or think we know – about LG’s next major phone release.
1. LG V30 RELEASE DATE: IT’S COMING THIS YEAR
LG hasn’t made any official announcements about its next flagship phone. Luckily for us, Google did the job in LG’s stead.
At this year’s Google I/O developer conference, Google revealed that LG’s next flagship device would be landing in 2017. Unfortunately we don’t know exactly when, but we can take a good guess.
The first LG V-series apple screen repair was the LG V10, and was announced in September 2015, followed swiftly by an October launch. Next up was the LG V20, which was unveiled on September 6, 2016, and eventually released on September 29 that same year.
If we were to hazard a guess, we’d say that the LG V30 – or whatever LG’s next flagship phone is called – will be announced (and probably released) at some time in September this year.
2. IT’S GOING TO BE DAYDREAM-READY
Along with the release announcement, Google also used its May I/O keynote to confirm that the next flagship LG phone would be Daydream-ready.
For the unaware, Daydream is Google’s virtual reality platform that consists of headsets, peripherals, and software. To support the Google Daydream software, you need a sufficiently powerful phone with a speedy processor and a high-density display. That’s ruled basically every smartphone out to date, but LG is set to make amendments with the LG V30 to support Daydream.
Samsung will also be updating the Galaxy S8 this summer to support Daydream.
3. IT WILL PROBABLY RUN ON ANDROID O
The LG V20 was the very first Android apple parts to run on Google’s (then) brand new Android 7.0 Nougat operating system. It was a major selling point for the phone, as getting new versions of Android onto a device so quickly is very rare.
That’s why we’d be very surprised if the LG V30 didn’t run on Android O, which is expected to launch later this summer. If Google is already collaborating with LG in regards to Daydream, it would make sense for Android O to be involved too. Google is also making a major push to improve the speed of rolling out new versions of Android, again increasing the likelihood of an ‘O’-toting LG V30.