LG V30S ThinQ, V30S+ ThinQ with AI-integration launched at MWC 2018

Few days ago LG, in its typical fashion, announced a new LG V30 variant that came with more AI abilities before the MWC 2018 launch. Although the company did not reveal the specifications and the official name of the smartphone, it has done so now. A day before the onset of MWC 2018 LG has launched its LG V30S ThinQ and V30S+ ThinQ smartphones.

These smartphones heavily focus on the artificial intelligence abilities for the device’s camera and voice commands. The price and launch details are not yet out though. The difference between the LG V30S ThinQ and the V30S+ ThinQ lie in their inbuilt storage. Everything else stays nearly the same as the last year’s LG V30 smartphone.

Vision AI

LG V30S ThinQ and V30S+ ThinQ come with ‘Vision AI’ that claims to enhance the camera experience. It brings some new camera modes onboard like AI CAM, QLens and Bright Mode. AI CAM is said to analyze subjects in the frame and recommends the best possible shooting mode across eight categories – portrait, food, pet, landscape, city, flower, sunrise, and sunset. The result comes as the AI takes into account several factors such as the viewing angle, colour, reflections, lighting, and saturation level.

QLens uses the AI capabilities to scan QR codes, improving the shopping experience to a certain level. It also includes image search for easy search online.

The Bright mode, as the name suggests, improves the low light shooting ability by measuring the ambient light and brightening images by a factor of two.

Voice AI

The Voice AI in LG V30S ThinQ and V30S+ ThinQ lets you run several apps using voice commands. LG says that it has worked with Google to bring 32-exclusive Voice AI commands only for LG devices. You can simply say ‘Ok Google’ followed by commands like ‘take a picture on a wide angle’ or ‘open camera in Cine video’ and more.

LG has even promised to bring these AI abilities to ‘certain’ smartphones as an OTA update in future. The update will reach smartphones that have capable hardware and other factors.

LG V30S ThinQ, V30S+ ThinQ specifications
The LG V30S ThinQ runs Android 8.0 Oreo (UX 6.0+) out-of-the-box and has a 6-inch QHD+ (2880 x 1440 pixels) resolution FullVision display with 18:9 aspect ratio. Powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, the smartphones will boast of 6GB RAM. While the V30S ThinQ will include 128GB storage, the V30S+ ThinQ will have 256GB storage. Both however, support microSD card up to 2TB.

At the back you get a 16MP standard angle camera with f/1.6 aperture along with a 13MP wide angle (120-degree) camera with f/1.9 aperture. At the front there is a 5MP wide angle (90-degree) camera with f/2.2 aperture.

Backed by a 3000mAh battery, the LG V30S ThinQ and V30S+ ThinQ will come in two new colours – Moroccan Blue and Platinum Gray. They are IP68 certified, which makes them dust and water resistant.

Some of the other features included are 32-bit Hi-Fi Quad DAC support, HDR10 support, Google Daydream, fingerprint sensor and Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 Technology. Wireless charging is also supported.