LG G7 One Hands-On Review | Premium vanilla Android

Hands-on review with the LG G7 One, a fresh take on the G7 ThinQ flagship with slightly tempered specs and the Android One experience.

LG's only additions to the G7 One are the likes of Super Boost for the spacious display and some slick Quad DAC audio support. Besides that, this is clean, vanilla Android all the way. As a result, the LG G7 One isn't quite as premium as the standard G7 when it comes to hardware - last year's Snapdragon 835 chipset is on board for instance. And there's a single lens rear camera, with a stripped-down app for shooting your life.

The LG G7 One UK price and release date have not yet been confirmed, but we want to know - are you tempted by the G7 One, with its smooth, clutter-free interface? Let us know and stay tuned for a full G7 One review!

[ABMW-tech]

The most underrated phone... But... it has a lot of competition in the "mid-range"

[sharanm]

This is a great move for LG.. I always wished for this...

[AlbertoBeltrao]

I own an LG G5 and it is a very good phone, imagine this G7, astounding.

[awaisahmed]

This is what I want to see from big companies. An android one addition to go with there flagships. This is great for those who prefer vanilla stock android with no bloatware duplicate apps and extras and just want a smooth software experience.

Price tag should be in the 400$ Range.

[AsellusPrimus]

I've been using this phone for about a month. At first I wasn't sure how I felt about Android One (Google Assistant is a big disappointment to me), but I've really enjoyed the phone and find that I spend less time fiddling with the interface than on any other mobile OS I've had. The phone is speedy and can easily play games like Mario Kart while Battery Saver is on. The battery capacity isn't great but I find the phone is pretty efficient with it, so I've actually never gone below 20% by time I got home as of yet. The Li-Po battery supposedly holds less charge than the usual Li-Ion BUT it's also supposed to have greater longevity, which aligns nicely with the promise that every Android One phone is supposed to stay up-to-date for at least 3 years after release. Call quality is good. Speaker is not great quality but there is a nice bass-boost feature when you put the phone down on a surface. There are a couple of good audio features that really deliver premium sound when you use headphones. Altogether I'm not sure this phone competed well at the original price tag but a year later it's definitely a good choice if you can get it at a lower price or free with your contract.

[af]

Why do they have to sell different hardware to get this skin out. All of their phones should get a software update with some iteration of this skin. A OnePlus-esque skin would result in an indefinite boost in sales as LG's UI is one of it's most unattractive features.

[CBRsystems]

would be nice if LG allowed us to install vanilla android on the G7 ThinQ

[BisayaGamingPresents]

I hope you make a full video of unboxing and review of this device. Specially in terms of camera performance, gaming, battery drain and charging performance. Thanks! More viewers and subcribers.

👍👍👍👊✌️✌️✌️

[edruiz]

I thinq I found my next phone. I hope T Mobile will carry it.

[mateo_corli]

IF the price is good we will get a last year flagship (with sd 835 which is better than all midrange cpu) with stock android and features of a this year flagship for a midrange price. Not bad strategy by LG. Maybe this is because of G6 which was cheaper and people who had budget around 300$ bought that phone instead of newer midranges. I always tend to buy older flagship than newer midrange, only thing I wanted is the updates which we will get with G7 One.

[ssaini]

No pixel binning aka super bright mode for the camera?

[Lord_Fidel]

Do these ship with unlockable bootloaders?

[RaushanKumar]

Thanks for the review...I hope they bring it to India

[teslasnek]

I want this phone so bad, but no one knows if it will be sold in the U.S. and it's driving me insane!!!!

[bigwheelsturning]

How about a video on "the differences" between Android One and a "normal load" of apps on a branded phone? I just want a smart phone without all the "social media crap". Plus "misinformation from the internet". ;)

[junaedkabir]

Any idea when it will come to the us ?

[gavincurtis]

Forgive my ignorance as been using apple until now, but is the android "easy" mode on the G7 like the Samsung galaxy 9+? I can't use my external DAC (standard USB interface) with my iphone and has me done with that company for a while. Apparently apple feels no external DACs other than their standard dongle are to receive serial streaming data. If I understand correctly, the G7 is essentially a high performance DAC and headphone amplifier with a phone around it... what I am looking for.

[travism]

If they do a V- series one ill buy regardless of price.

[ajdls]

Android one software update is from google or from device makers ?

[othinus]

Can we hide the notch?

If not, then does it show up when playing games or watching videos?

Great content btw!
Cheers from the Philippines!!