48 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 46
PREVIEW
Price
We’re speculating on the LG G7 price for now, since
there are no credible rumours. Phones have increased
in price recently – partly due to Brexit and the value
of the pound – so it’s expected that a flagship device
costs in excess of £600. The LG G6 cost £649 and we
expect the LG G7 price to be about the same... and
then fall quickly in the months afterwards.Specifications
It seems the phase of modular phones is pretty
much over and even if it’s not, we don’t expect LG
to go back to it for the G7. We’re expecting another
combination of metal and glass.
We wouldn’t be surprised if the fingerprint sensor is
moved from the rear of the phone to underneath the
display. This is a feature we’re about to start seeing a
lot more of, even in 2017 so it may well be normal by
the time we reach 2018.
As well as the fingerprint scanner there is
expected to be an iris scanner, and a patent has
been unearthed for just such a feature that will allow
you to lock the phone and protect sensitive data.
Although iris scanners usually work with infra-red,
LG has developed a camera that can switch from IR
to a regular one.
The LG G7 is almost certainly going to come with
Qualcomm’s new 7nm Snapdragon 845 chip.
Key new features offered by the Snapdragon
845 include a secure processing unit (SPU) that
Qualcomm says offers “vault-like security” with the
microprocessor, memory, crypto engine and random