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LG implemented a face unlock system with this sensor, of course, but you can also raise your hand in front of the phone, move it around a bit, and the G8 will do some whole-hand biometrics. You can answer or decline incoming calls, snooze or stop an alarm, stop a timer, take a selfie, control media, or open a favorite app. Most of these functions can normally be done with a single tap on the touchscreen, so I'm not sure if replacing these with a hand gesture is worth it. I'm also not sure if any normal human wants to stick their hand up to a smartphone camera to unlock it.
Maybe it would work on a table?
By slowly gliding your whole hand over the phone's camera, you could navigate through, say, photos in the Gallery. Telstra Home Page. No lock-in contracts. The G8 is the company's follow-up to last year's G7 ThinQ and serves as its latest marquee handset. Check coverage at telstra.
The other standout features of the G8 include a side-mounted Google Assistant button, which is coming to several new phones from LG and Nokia. It doesn't seem like LG has been investing a lot in smartphones lately. Randall Flagg.
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Do you prefer using smaller phones? About PhoneDog PhoneDog is one of the largest and most popular interactive mobile news and reviews resource that attracts a community of more than 2. The site may have a "cute" name, but it offers up serious editorial content and video reviews that users rely on to make important decisions about their next mobile purchases. If not for the fingerprint sensor in the middle, in fact, the back of the G8 would be just as smooth as the front.
One drawback to all that uninterrupted glass, however, is slipperiness. On several occasions, my G8 slipped off a table that either had an otherwise imperceptible decline or was rattled enough to move the G8.
Two other high points on the G8 are its speed and battery life. Like the Galaxy S10, the G8 uses the newest Snapdragon chip. LG has upped the battery capacity from 3,mAh to 3,mAh, and the difference is clear.
During my testing, I never had to plug it in before I was ready to put it down for the night. Only once did I reach a critical state below 15 percent. The G8 runs on Android 9, but you won't find Digital Wellbeing or any kind of screen-time monitoring.
Unfortunately, the rest of UX 8. Much like Samsung did with the excellent One UI, it could use a complete makeover.
The G8 is the first Android phone shipping in the U. The concept is the same—move your face in a circular motion to register it and simply look at your phone to unlock it—and in my testing it worked well. Not only did it fail to recognize my hand more than half the time, but I struggled to find a legitimate case scenario in which it would be useful.
Even if it worked, raising your palm to your phone while holding it with the other hand is cumbersome at best. Presumably LG is thinking of those times when your G8 is lying flat on a table.
Hand ID lets you unlock your phone by holding your palm in front of the time-of-flight camera. In theory, anyway. Instead of taps and swipes, you hold your hand about a six inches from the front camera until your hand is recognized.
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