LGG7 ThinQ (LMG710EM.AGBRBK) Sim-Free Smartphone, 6.1-inch QHD+ Display, 4GB RAM, 64GB Storage, Android 8.0 - Black

I needed to replace my old phone and I needed a phone that would take excellent photo's and video's as well all the other things that a modern top of the range smartphone can do.I spent a couple of months researching suitable phones and settled on 3 contenders Pixel 2XL, iPhone XSMax and OnePlus 6T, then a couple of weeks ago I stumbled across a review of the LG G7, I started watching videos and reading reviews and finally ordered the phone off Amazon for around £400. The phone arrived yesterday and here are my first impressions:The phone came with 50% charge and included an LG UK 3 pin fast charger which will take the phone from empty to full charge in 90 mins and to 50% full in around 30mins.The phone is fast with a beautiful display.I found the setup to be easy and quick.Before I switched the phone on, I added my sim card and a 128GB memory card (also purchased from Amazon for about £20). The phone comes with 64GB so plenty of space, but as I will be taking lots of high res photos and 4K videos I wanted the extra storage. The LG G7 immediately recognised the extra memory and set up the phone to use it. Nice and simple :)The phone has a rear fingerprint sensor, which was a bit weird at first, but only after a few minutes of use seems so much better than having one on the front.Once set up, the next thing I did was to check out the cameras, the LG G7 has two cameras, normal and wide angle. Both cameras are excellent and the results very, very impressive.You get incredible photos and videos from the Pixel 2 and 3 phones, but the LG G7 photo's and videos look very close in quality to me, and what I really like about the LG G7 is the flexibility of the extra wide angle lens, plus the manual controls over both still photography and when filming videos, it's really impressive.Sound and Audio. I've been pleasantly surprised by the audio of this phone. It only has one small speaker mounted in the base of the phone, but it uses space in the phone as a kind of boom box, causing the whole phone to gently vibrate while you hold it (not an unpleasant experience LOL), but put the phone down on a table and the sound it produces gets deeper and richer, but if you use headphones then the phone has 32-bit Hi-Fi Quad DAC for wired headphones and a Bluetooth 5.0 connection that supports AptX HD, and DTS:X Virtual Surround as well.Now, one of the things a lot of the reviews I read/watched talked about is the battery life. I have to say I did notice this going down quite quickly, but while I would have prefered a longer lasting battery I'm happy to compromise on this and carry a small portable charger with me, and a bigger one (PISEN 10000mAh Portable Charger LED Display) when I'm out taking photos or filming videos.TLDR: Overall my first impression is that the LG G7 is a fantastic phone that takes brilliant photos and videos with a range of modes from Auto AI Camera and fully Manual, has awesome audio, a brilliant display and is marred slightly by the battery life.LG G7 ThinQ (LMG710EM.AGBRBK) Sim-Free Smartphone, 6.1-inch QHD+ Display, 4GB RAM, 64GB Storage, Android 8.0 - BlackSanDisk Ultra 128GB microSDXC Memory Card + SD Adapter with A1 App Performance up to 100MB/s, Class 10, U1Spigen a27cs23038 6.1 "Cover Blue Marine, Silver Mobile Phone CasePISEN 10000mAh Portable Charger LED Display Ultra Slim Power Bank High Capacity External Battery Pack for iPhone,iPad,Samsung,Nexus and More.(Silver)

Phone is advertised as sim free but was in fact locked, had to get it unlocked, phone shop says it's an American phone and has caused me a lot of grief trying to sort, still not sorted as I can't get any mobile dataNot impressed

Wow what a great phone for 320 pounds. I purchased an open box like new one. Great phone , super bright screen. Don’t know why this is not a sales success like Samsung ecc. better for me I got it super cheap.

Slick sleek phone. Performs flawlessly for any task. Battery is amazing, gets me two days average use but when you aren't using it the standby is forever. Literally drops about 1% every two hours when left alone. Screen isn't scratch proof tho found that I had to have a protector on straight away.

Although things started out well both the volume up/down side buttons fell out within a day. Which is a real shame as everything was going so well. The audio output through the DAC is fantastic for playing music and of course it has a 3.5mm jack socket. But no good if you can't control the volume.Screen brightness, definition, general software operation was really nice.So yes, real shame but had to go back for a refund

As you should be able to see from the photo, the packaging was from a LG G7 model. When it arrived, the seal wasn't even broken seal, yet once I opened it, the first thing I noticed was that the color was wrong - I had ordered a black phone, the packaging reads the phone is black, but this one is platinum gray. No worries though, because I happen to like platinum gray.However, when I tried to turn it on, I couldn't find the power button on the side of the phone, which was weird, because LG had brought the power button back for the G7 series. I turned the phone around and lo and behold, a small sign in a friendly font reading "G6". Once I powered on the phone it said "LG G6 Thinq" (which is sort of legitimate, because LG tried rebranding G6 phones after the Thinq moniker entered the market). I'm going to send this back to Amazon for a refund.My advice to potential buyers is to have a camera ready and film the unboxing, in case they happen to become a victim of this malpractice as well.

I really do love this phone!It has all the bells and whistles I want in a mobile phone.The camera is brilliantly clear and the photos and videos are sharp. The taking a photo in the pitch black is cool too.A photo can be taken in a normal mode or a wide screen mode all with the touch of an onscreen button. Great for family groups and outside in the wilds.Battery power is dependant on useage. If there is a lot of apps running in the background the phone probably will have to be recharged throughout the day at sometime but only the once. Thats okay for what this phone can do.I swapped samsung for the lg and have never looked back.Highly recommended.