The LG V50 ThinQ 5G with a clip-on second screen presented at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Barcelona - South Korean firm touts breakthrough biometrics in new device
Published: Mon 25 Feb 2019, 11:00 PM
Updated: Tue 26 Feb 2019, 11:01 PM
South Korea's LG Electronics unveiled a 5G smartphone with a dual screen, the latest handset maker to pitch a new design feature in an effort to revive flagging sales.
The two screens on the new V50 ThinQ work independently, so a user can watch a film on one screen while browsing the Internet on the other.
LG, the world's No.7 smartphone maker, saw its sales decline by a quarter last year. It nevertheless retains a following among those who value good video and audio quality.
Addressing those users, LG launched a second phone, the G8ThinQ, which can be unlocked without touching the screen. The handset instead uses light sensors to scan the veins in a user's hand or to recognise their face.
The phone's front-facing camera can scan in three dimensions, making it more secure than existing biometric methods of unlocking phones such as fingerprints.
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