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OLED panels have a number of advantages, including deep blacks, fast response times, and energy efficiency; most of these stemming from the fact that they do not need backlighting. However they also have drawbacks, as well, as trying to drive them to be as bright as a high-tier LCD will quickly wear out the organic material used. Researchers have been spending the past couple of decades developing ways to prolong the lifespans of OLED materials, and recently LG has put together a novel (if brute force) solution: halve the work by doubling the number of pixels. This is the basis of the company's new tandem OLED technology, which has recently gone into mass production. The Tandem OLED technology introduced by LG Display uses two stacks...
The LG G4 Day Live Blog (11AM ET Start)
We're in London for LG's launch of the G4. The wifi / my hotspot isn't that good, but the event starts soon. Read as much as we can post!
20 by Ian Cutress on 4/28/2015LG 34UM67: UltraWide FreeSync Review
AMD officially launched FreeSync earlier this month, and the technology is interesting not just in how it works but also in how it differs from NVIDIA’s G-SYNC. Our first...
96 by Jarred Walton on 3/31/2015The AMD FreeSync Review
After a long wait, AMD’s FreeSync has finally arrived. Promising adaptive refresh rates using open standards and with no royalty fees, there are only two remaining questions: does is...
350 by Jarred Walton on 3/19/2015LG Replaces Android Wear: Adds LTE, GPS and NFC to the Watch Urbane
Today LG pre-announced significant additions to their high-end wearable, the LG Watch Urbane, via a new edition called the LG Watch Urbane LTE. Both devices will officially launch at...
34 by Stephen Barrett on 2/26/2015LG Announces The LG Watch Urbane
LG doesn't seem intent on waiting for large industry events to announce their wearable products. Last year the company announced their LG G3 Stylus and the LG Watch R...
18 by Brandon Chester on 2/15/2015LG G Flex 2: Hands-on Impressions
With the announcement of the LG G Flex 2 at the LG Press Conference, we finally saw the launch of a device with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 810 SoC. While the...
24 by Joshua Ho on 1/9/2015LG Reveals Details About the G3 Stylus Debuting at IFA
The IFA trade show is scheduled to take place a couple of weeks from now, but LG is already giving details about their upcoming LG G3 Stylus ahead of...
12 by Brandon Chester on 8/25/2014The LG G3 Review
While the enthusiast segment is no stranger to LG smartphones, for the most part LG hasn’t received nearly the amount of attention that Samsung has. At first, it doesn’t...
174 by Joshua Ho & Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/4/2014Inside the First Android Wear Devices: LG G Watch & Samsung Gear Live Teardown
Last week at IO, Google gave attendees a choice of one of two Android Wear devices to take home and get experience with the platform. Although I personally opted...
26 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/30/2014LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live Available For Purchase Today
Today at Google IO Google gave the world a sneak peak at some of the features of their upcoming Android Wear OS. They also announced that the first two...
13 by Brandon Chester on 6/25/2014LG 34UM95 Monitor Review
21:9 monitors have done a good job of filling a couple niche positions in the marketplace. For someone that wants a single display to watch movies and use with...
111 by Chris Heinonen on 6/18/2014A Closer Look at the G3's IR Laser Auto Focus System
Earlier today LG announced its 2014 flagship: the G3. Based on Qualcomm's Snapdragon 801, the G3 features a 5.5" 2560 x 1440 display and a host of other improvements...
16 by Joshua Ho on 5/27/2014LG G3: Launch and Hands On
Today LG announced the LG G3, the successor to their 2013 flagship smartphone the LG G2. Like other OEMs, LG is emphasizing that the device is going back to...
55 by Brandon Chester & Ian Cutress on 5/27/2014LG G Pro 2 - Mini Review
At MWC, LG announced their new G Pro 2, which was written up for an early hands-on and some analysis based upon the information given out by LG’s press...
63 by Joshua Ho on 3/4/2014LG G Pro 2 and G2 Mini launched: Analysis and Hands-On
LG G Pro 2 At MWC, LG has also announced a few new devices, some that fit in with their previous cadence of releases, and others that are something new...
12 by Joshua Ho on 2/25/2014LG Announces G Flex Coming to AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile in 2014
We've been using and working on our review of the SK Telecom version of the LG G Flex, and have heard rumors about the device coming stateside and to...
2 by Brian Klug on 1/6/2014Google Nexus 5 Review
Each year, Google picks a silicon vendor, a hardware partner, and releases a new version of Android running on top of them. The result is a Nexus phone, and...
231 by Brian Klug on 12/5/2013A Look at LG G Flex and its Deformable Plastic OLED DIsplay
Today we had a chance to get hands on with LG's very hyped flexible, curved smartphone, the aptly named LG G Flex. We're going to be reviewing it and...
23 by Brian Klug on 12/4/2013LG G2 and MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 - Mini Review
The LG G2 is the spiritual successor to the Optimus G, a device that we looked at last year and eventually went on to become the Nexus 4. LG...
120 by Brian Klug on 9/7/2013