LG Velvet Review: One Thing Wrong [4K] By underKG

Hey guys welcome back. This is your host Phil phone okay, calm today, we're going to learn a little something about LG velvet. All right before we start L just seems to be really proud of its design. Lg emphasized this design a lot. So let's start with that. Firstly, on the front side, there's not much to see well, it's pretty much the same with any other phone in 2020, they all look alike.

So let's shift a little to the rear. Instead of the camera island and two-by-two layouts, it's got something that only calls the water drop design. It starts with the mainland's on top and then the droplets follow drop and then the LED flash. For me, it really never looked like a water drop, but it is a clean looking design with the flat back cover. Only the male ends protruding ever so little from the main surface.

I do like the overall look, but is it that much original compared to something like Galaxy Note M, plus they share a bit of design cues here and there and let's look at the rear sure the velvet looks classier, but is it radically different? Not really, it is, however, mil spec certified and comes with IP 68 weather protection and even with all that is still only weighs about 180 grams, which is pretty light in today's standard. Next, we move on to the display, with the little notch, on top a lot of folks wishes for a punch, hole camera instead of the notch on top, but I've never hated notches that much and first for LG phone. It's got the curved edges left them right. Sap's I call this the edge display a lot of manufacturers these days, especially the Chinese ones, are adopting this. Some people hated some others love it I'm, somewhere in the middle I've, never created for one but I, don't hate it either.

The only downside here is that it's not so easy to apply screen protector on it for shorter there's, an Austrian fingerprint reader, so you can use your finger to unlock the phone as per your snappy, and it's free accurate as a modern panel. It comes with HDR 10, but not the high refresh rate like 90 or 120 Hertz. It's a good old 6 years panel and for that is a pretty good panel. Furthermore, it's full HD, plus, not HD+, but it's pretty bright. Uniformity is fine, and the color reproduction is pretty accurate and there are a lot of options starting from natural vivid cinema and custom, where you can change the color temperature and even individual are GMB levels along with advanced offices, including saturation hue and sharpness, which is a very rare option to see, and since we're already kind of on the software side.

Let's take a look at the LG nine based on Android ten. Yes, it does look a lot like someone UI, it's not original at all, but the older LG interfaces were a lot worse than this. They were harder to use. The menu items were scattered or long in the random places, and he lacks a lot of features. Now this, although not original at all, is a lot easier to use.

It's not a great software by any means, but I still like this better than the older one. But, of course, the similarities seemed a little extensive than the parse like where you're scrolled down a little more and the menu name gets enlarged, or what about this nightmare? / dark mode animation? It looks exactly the same. You don't have to go this far now forty hardware specs, let's start with the chipset, where is chapter 7 65- note that it's not the 765 G like a lot of other phones, but the vanilla, 7 65, which is very rarely seen, they're almost identical chip size, but you're losing about 20% boost in the graphics performance. Now, combined with that, a gigabyte of lpddr4, RAM and 128 gigabytes of UFF 2.1 storage doesn't sound like a lot, but the overall optimization makes it better than it sounds launching an app closing it launching another one. Getting into level 1, 2 or 3 levels are pretty snappy sure it's not ideal for hardcore gamers, but basic everyday tasks is just gonna, be fine.

There cool little effects like blurring the background when pulling down the notification bar and LG pay shortcut from the side, not the bottom, like Samsung pay. This is a fairly new thing and I think it's a pretty neat idea, so it doesn't clash with the gestures from the Android 10. And what about this? You can quickly press the power key twice to pull out the LG patellar ?, something you can't change. Is the Google Assistant button on the left-hand side you can disable it, but cannot change it to other apps or features like you can do with the big speed button and since we're already on it, there's a little notch, hiding feature where it paints that black, but it only works with the oldest native apps as soon as you get to the third-party app, even the Google ones, you're back to having the notch and although the panel supports HDR 10 is not Netflix certified. So you cannot watch some Netflix HDR contents on this phone.

But, interestingly, just like the v6 you think you it comes with the pen support. You can now store it inside. It's not a Galaxy Note, but there is a Wacom based pen that you can purchase separately and there are interesting options like pen, key shortcuts where you can assign features or an app to launch when you press a specific button, and that's not all it also Jews screen supporters, so you can have another screen along your main one, although that also is sold separately now. Next type is a camera department. It's got three cameras, starting with the F 1.8 of 48 and megapixels wide angle, F, 2.2, 8, megapixels of super wide angle and if 2.45 megapixels of def sensor, lack of telephoto lens is a bit disappointing, and they could have used a macro lens instead of the death sensor like a lot of other phones, but they didn't, you can launch the camera app in a few different ways. My favorite one is to tap the volume down button twice and the interface is pretty simple.

On the left hand, side corner there's four two three button: you can tap on that to change the resolution, while resolution than the ratio right now, it's set to four to three, but there is a 48 megapixels note as well: it's got pixel binning, meaning it's going to combine four pixels and output, a 12 megapixel file to make the details and low-lighting condition photos better. If you really want to you can utilize the full forty-eight megapixels, but it's not suggested so. The photo quality is pretty good for a starter. It's got a fairly big main sensor. It's got a half an inch of a sensor, that's pretty big for a cell phone, so generates good photos.

Overall, the colors are good. The details are good, it's a little too sharp, but not too much to annoy you. Unsurprisingly, under the low lighted conditions, the photos are still good. Many photos, even with the high resolution and bigger sensors, often miscalculated the color. So when the area's dark, it turns to yellow or too green, but this guy catches, the color just right and generous, accurate colors overall note that it doesn't come with the optical image stabilizer.

So it's not as good. But again this is a pretty fast F 1.8 lens I was generally fine with it. One of my few complaints was that the hazier quality isn't that good. When there's a backlight on the photo, it often got totally washed out, but to be fair, there are only a few companies that do it right. So I can't let this part go.

So that's a wide angle and there's a button that changes the angles tap it once and there's a 2x mode, and it doesn't come with a telephoto lens. So that's all digital and tap it again for 0.5 super wide angle. This is an 8 megapixel sensor, which is pretty low in 2020 standard. So look at a sample here. The details not only going to the outer circle, but even on the very center is a bit lost.

Having the highest resolution is not always the answer, but a megapixel could use a little boost, a lot of fuzzier a having 12, megapixels or even 20 megapixels for their super wide angle, and that complaint goes the same with the portrait mode, where it utilizes the 5 megapixels of depth sensor and look at the results here. It's pretty mediocre the outline processing, even though this is a very simple straight line- bottle- is not done completely right, but I do like that. There are a lot of blurring options here and the super wide angle photo is especially bad into low lighting conditions. This has not taken under complete darkness, but look at the noise levels around here. This is too much and there's a little complaint on the video recording as well.

There is the resolution option tap on that. There's 4k no 60fps support only Full HD for that- and this is for the wide angle for super wide angle. It doesn't even support full HD 60fps. You can only shoot up to full HD 30fps. Now you remember that I mentioned that it doesn't come with the optical image stabilizer.

Instead, it utilizes a super wide angle for the Steadicam, and what did I say about the super wide angle? Camera. It's not that good, and you can tell that through the Steadicam footage over here. The stabilization itself has done pretty well, but the video is quite grainy. Things get much better once you tap 2x zoom, where it's going to switch to the wide-angle camera and crop from that. There are some interesting video recording options, though there's a time-lapse, control where you can switch from 1 X, 5, X, 10, X up to 60 X speed or make it auto for a time lapse video.

The idea here is that you don't have to edit this on post. You can make things go fast or slow, depending on the scene that you're looking at I didn't find it particularly useful, but it's good to have, and under the video there are recording options, starting from basic and ASMR recording, meaning that it's got a sensitive microphone just stir in microphones built in, so you can catch even the slightest voice. Coming from you. And finally, there is a voice both just like in the photo or video such. It's going to emphasize on your voice and try to blur or cancel out the rest of the noise in the background and last but not least, this 2020s, so it's gotta have three DAR sticker.

It's kind of apply some fun stickers on your face. Now, let's move on to the audio where's got the headphone jack in 2020, but unfortunately it doesn't come with the just signature feature the quad DAC. It does come with the DAC because it's got to make a sound since you can't understand digital signals, but, unlike the v6 I think you doesn't come with the high quality saber quad DAC. It does come with the jewel stereo speakers top and bottom, but unfortunately this was not that good either. Lack of bass is understandable.

That's one thing, but the treble is horribly loud. It squeaks a lot in the high volume one of the ways to prevent that is to turn on the volume normalizer, but that's essentially limiting the volume. So, if LG could fix this through a software update like tinkering with the equalizer that'd, be great. As you can see, it's got a thing called the LG 3d sound engine. This is not particularly new.

It comes with options like cinema, music, voice or auto, and as it claims, it's going to provide what the immersive 3d sound adapted to what you listen to. So basically, this sells his own sound engine that replaces the previous DTS X 3d sound, and this doesn't help the bastard speaker at all. Lastly, this part is gotta depend on the reason, but my South Korean unit had the FM radio built in alright. Lastly, let's look at the battery. It's got a pretty standard, 4300 Williams of cell built in and with that the screen on time lasts about six hours.

Now this is based on my users. I surf the web, a lot I'm never on Wi-Fi, and this is what the full 5g connection. So, if you're on the Wi-Fi network, more you're going to get longer time. If you play 3d games more, then you're going to get shorter time with that same usage, turning off the 5g. Switching to the 4G LTE network, full time gave me about an hour more I figured that this is a smaller difference that I got from the other devices, notably the snap turn 865 devices.

I guess this is because 765 is a one chip combo, where it's got. The modern built inside a package and a six and five is not charging is done through the USB-C port on the bottom. The bundle charger is sixteen point, two watts and with that 30 minutes gave me 27 percent an hour for fifty-seven percent an hour and a half for 86 percent two hours for 99 percent and five minutes past. That gave me the full charge. Now the bundles harder is a quick charge variant when I use my USB PD charger.30 minutes gave me 38 percent an hour gave me 71 percent. Look at the difference here, an hour for fifty-seven percent, and here I got 71 percent an hour and half for 93 percent an hour and 55 minutes for the full charge.

The time required for fully charging the phone there's only about 10 minutes of difference, but quickly topping off your phone for like 30 minutes, USB PD charger is a lot faster, better get one of those through the glass back panel. It also supports fast wireless charging up to nine, once half an hour for twenty-three percent, an hour for thirty-eight percent, an hour and a half for 50 to two hours for 66 Tirana for 78% three hours for 91% three hours and 25 minutes for the full charge. This is on a slower side, all right, so that was all the details about the lg velvet. A lot of folks seems to be mad about all the features it lacks for a 750 dollar phone, but I kind of see it differently, because this is a pretty standard package. Saundra goes seven, six, two five, seven six and 5g for the usual, but seven, six and five: the storage configuration 14, megapixel camera with the bonus camps, creative standard battery capacity and, of course, the 5g support.

This is a standard package. There are lots of phones like this think about it. Xiaomi me 10, light red, make a 30 Xperia Phoenix, chill light, AT action, 11 ?, just name a few. The only problem is that this is not a 750 dollar package. This is a standard for $50 package, along with all these other phones, 500 bucks at most.

So why this? It's not like LG, doesn't know what a flagship looks like they do. They just built the LG v, stick ?, thank you, and that was a complete package of flagship. My theory here is that Ellis's engineers were tasked to build a good mid-range that looks nice coming with the priests and respect, so they build one after one 76548 megapixels camera at 4300 mils of battery all the generic package, then the management suddenly decides that they want to sell this for 750 bucks. But everybody knows that this is not worth that, so they just sprinkle a little goodie like a wireless charging and ip68 weather protection and mil spec certifications are in one nut and call it a day. So this video was me reviewing the velvet as it sat for $50 phone because.

It's a pretty good one at that good screen, not the best, but okay software, pretty good camera, a standard battery, it's relatively thin and light, and it's an LG they're going to update the software. For you know sometime, but of course this is not a for $50 phone. This costs, 750 dollars and I, don't have to tell you what it's missing for 750 dollars, yeah, so a better tip set higher refresh rate for the screen optical image. Stabilizer is a must gotta, have better camera configuration 4k, 60 frames per second Wi-Fi 6? U FS, 3.1 or 3.0. At least I could go on and on and on what it's missing, but just try to look at it differently.

It's not a 750 dollar phone. That's missing a lot, but rather it's a good for $50 phone with the wrong price tag. Because I! Think! That's really what happened? There's no way that LG built this as a 750 dollar phone from the beginning. There must have been something from the management at the very end near the launch, all right! So that's what the LG velvet actually is. It's a nice phone.

Just with a wrong price tag: okay! That's it for today, if you have any questions, please leave them down in the comment section below. You can always find us on Instagram and Facebook. We'll see you guys later, ciao.

Source : underKG