Is the REAL LG Velvet on T-Mobile? MediaTek vs Qualcomm!

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Two phones of the same name! The T-Mobile version of the Velvet uses a different processor than other 5G versions of the phone, but what does that mean? MediaTek? Qualcomm? Snapdragon? Dimensity? Let's see how these two phones REALLY compare! It's time for a showdown!
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[@chubbyjohnson5480]

Juan, you're killing it on the reviews! I, for one, really appreciate your honesty.

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

🙂👍

[@ghostface_d3607]

Most tech youtubers would just go "ew meditek, this is why I hate LG". Your honestly one of the few relatively larger content creators that don't act like LG doesn't exist, thank you for staying honest

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

These vids need ALL THE HELP they can get spreading the word.

[@youcrew11]

My favorite youtube person. Your reviews are so detailed, yet easy to follow. Keep going! Your content is amazing!

[@D4RKF4LZ]

Thank you for this great rundown. I'm one of the Cyber Monday '21 T-Mobile customers picking up my free Velvet today, and you have completely sold me on this as my backup/emulation device.

[@fuzz33594]

Juan Carlos - Very informative. You bring so much context to your videos. Great job - as always.

[@davelee3360]

I've been waiting for someone to compare these thanks for the great info

[@longochu8588]

Thank you Juan! This is a great review like always.

[@TheProspecialist]

Was looking for a video about this. Great video as always

[@ItsMeHarry]

This is a great comparison, thanks for doing this as I was really intrigued how the Dimensity might perform in comparison to the 765

[@CHGadgetz]

This comparison video was seriously needed, great info Awesome video Juan!

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

😎👍

[@Bignoelsince91]

I've honestly been waiting for this one

[@jtec99]

Juan my dude! Been waiting for this vid 👍👍👍

[@paulievee8830]

Hey I'm glad to see that somebody is at least willing to review LG phones and has a place in their heart for them as I do I've had many, my last being my LG v30 Plus which I love but I just can't get good enough reception on it to use it and after getting used to the bigger screens it's very difficult for me to use for that reason also. I will say one thing the build quality on that phone the design everything about it it's got to be one of the most beautiful phones that any company has ever made I have it in silver and it looks like someone crafted it out of aluminum and gifted in a clear coat. I mean all the sides metal chrome shiny the back doesn't catch a fingerprint doesn't scratch it really is a gorgeous phone. Anyway thanks again for at least being well-rounded enough to review LG phones it's good to see.

[@antx8563]

Great video! Can't wait til you review the Wing!

[@butterbabe21]

Omg thank you, I was hoping someone did this

[@StonedRambo01]

Lol 4:16 "working this larger 48 mega pickle sensor" Damn.... work it!

[@luisvillanueva3772]

Lol

[@dbird2997]

Juan! Thanks so much for this review. So I ordered the T-Mobile LG Velvet the date came out. I have to say I am very happy with the phone. Before this I had an LG G7 which was amazing but T-Mobile was offering a 50% trade in on my G7 so it just made sense. I got a bigger screen which I wanted and a bigger battery for half the price of what the phone costs. At the end of the day the full cost of the phone comes out to a little bit less than what I would be paying for a pixel 4A. So far the only issue I've had with the phone is that at times when I turn off the Wi-Fi the LTE won't kick in right away or at all. This happens every so often that it is not a huge deal. Glad to know that I didn't get sold a lemon.😂

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

It definitely needs just a touch of polish. The HDMI out can also lock up and get weird. Hoping some updates clean that up, but the core phone is real pretty.

[@BudgetGamerz]

Mediatek has come a long way. I am impressed.

[@gziKmdDFrg]

This channel should have at least 1 million subs, great videos

[@michaelrs8010]

Thanks for this review it's really helping me decide between the Velvet and the V60. Sadly my v40 went belly-up last week so I'm on my backup LG G6. Good for an emergency but I went to a used v40 because the G6 was getting a little wonky anyway. Now I'm just trying to decide between the Velvet and the 60. But I really enjoy in the evening is streaming videos on my phone and so exterior speaker quality and Clarity of streaming images is important to me.

[@idletime]

Thanks for the heads up Juan and great video 🤓 I dumped that HTC blade x max I got stuck with and bought a new lg K51, huge Improvement now I can start shopping around for an LG V60 😎

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

Those K series are surprisingly good. You KNOW LG is selling through way more of those and the Stylo.

[@traviscooper8756]

I've got to thank you for changing my outlook on how I view devices. Before I was very cringy yelling out which phone is better just because it has a slight 'lead' on a spec sheet. So thank you!

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

I really push back against that idea. No one else talks about products like that. You'd be laughed out of a forum if you acted like one specific model of laptop was "teh bestest". "Is that a flagship laptop? Mid ranger laptop? Premium mid range laptop?" Only phone spec sheet geeks talk like that. We can do better 😁

[@traviscooper8756]

@@SomeGadgetGuy Yes! We need more people to adopt this type of mindset, always open and always willing to look at it from multiple perspectives

[@duncdawg3199]

Great to see a Dimensity comparison. Didn't see this comparison coming and it was very interesting 👍

[@metamorphiccrystals8161]

Love your review. That really hurt that LG's website finally started selling the T-Mobile variant dual screen. Ouch!!! I returned both of mine. Waiting 4 the LG Wing.

[@tokyodragonmasterlee409]

awesome review

[@doctormadness6924]

Great video this is exactly what I wanted to know! Scared to trust a MediaTek phone but pleasantly surprised with your results. 😁

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

It's not a PERFECT swap for all features, but this is REALLY good computing performance against the Qualcomm version.

[@chottozumi]

Wow.! Great comparo! Great info! 👍👍👍

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

👍

[@Patelivision]

Only thing I would be wary of when it comes to Mediatek is future software updates. Speaking of software updates, I saw the v60 hasn't gotten velvet UI and I'm starting to doubt it will ever get it.

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

The V60 is getting another update rolling out, but it looks like it's just going to be a security patch. I've been fighting installing the Velvet Home APK, but I might cave and just run that...

[@harysviewty]

Lg v60 will of course get lg wing ui with better proper landscape ui

[@romahnae]

Did it get it?

[@Patelivision]

@@romahnae yes

[@jpringle1290]

Interesting. I've gotten so used to MediaTek SoC's sub par performance and limited availability at most US carriers that I thought it was inferior to the SD765G variant.

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

It's the problem with just focusing on brand labels. We think "mediatek is lesser than", but that's only true comparing the top of the line mediatek against the top of the line qualcomm. Matching price to performance, mediatek has gotten a LOT more competitive.

[@YounesLayachi]

There's the problem of source code. AFAIK devices with non-qualcomm SoCs have a harder time getting community support, because mediatek simply refuse to release source code like Qualcomm does.

[@Plumplum88]

Even Dimensity 820 is more powerfull than SD765G! Dimensity 1000C isn't the best Mediatek's chip... There's the 1000+... About CPU, the 4 Cortex A77's frequency is set to 2.6Ghz on 1000+ and only to 2.0ghz on 1000+ Snapdragon 765G can't compete with 2 Cortex A76 (Kryo 475 Gold). A77 runs up to 6 instructions per cycle A76 runs up to 4. That's why, despite lower frequency, 1000C's single core perfs are close to 765G's, and multicore perfs are higher. About GPU, 1000+ uses a 9 cores Mali G77 when 1000C has only 5 G57...(G77 and G57 are in fact the same cores, name change with the number...1 to 6, it's G57, 7 to 16, it's G77). Dedicated AI cores are reduced too... On "Video show" app, video edition with 1000+ is faster than...Apple A13! Dimensity 1000 serie (including 1000C) supports AV1 hardware decoding (Netflix and youtube start using this next gen codec, it's open source)...Apple, Qualcomm, Samsung or Huawei haven't any soc with AV1 hardware decoding yet. T-Mobile achieves 5G carrier aggregation on Dimensity 1000C...5G carrier aggregation is available on Dimensity 800, 820, 1000 serie (not on 720 and 800U) Qualcomm tested 5G carrier aggregation on X60 modem...it's the modem linked to Snapdragon 875, unavailable yet. Snapdragon 865 uses X55, 765G uses X52. You've got dual-sim 5G on Dimensity 800U, 820, 1000+... You've got zero shutter lag up to 64MP on Dimensity...it is limited to 36MP on 765G Many good features... Lack of mmwave is one weakness compare to Qualcomm's

[@sucafrutpi]

@@Plumplum88 thanks for the comparative info!

[@JustinPennito]

MediaTek is much more accepted overseas & I wish it were the case here, because Qualcomm elsewhere, really only dominates the highest end chipsets & even then, MediaTek is giving them a run for their money with the Dimensity 1000 & 1000+.

[@SICERIKTECH]

This is true. I have been getting some stuttering when playing music and Multi tasking with the T-Mobile Velvet. Happens with bluetooth and wired IDK why, very annoying. I've done a factory reset and still happening. Also, it looks like the camera's are offset a little on the T-Mobile Velvet, cutout on cases is off.

[@blindsquirrel6603]

Awesome rundown and efficient delivery... New Sub here ...thnx

[@JustinPennito]

It's also the fastest capable, non-mmWave, sub6 5G NR chipset out currently as well, specifically the 1000c Dimensity found here. It was a joint venture between T-Mobile, MediaTek & Ericsson.

[@GeronimoJenkins]

Wasn't expecting this outcome

[@nrmc784]

Good stuff!

[@cb-bz1wy]

Thank you for this!

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

👍

[@freund507]

Thank you, Juan, for such a comprehensive comparison. Many youtube "experts" trashed this unit based on their subjective opinion without providing substantive backup. Your review does help form a proper opinion of the device. Keep up the good work! P.S. T-Mobile still have buy one get one free promotion for non-dual screen option @ $396.00 a piece.

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

I mean... That's a pretty solid deal on some NICELY built 5G phones...

[@conniestiffler5894]

So relieved about the result. I had purchased one for 50% off! Was frustrated with camera, but am now ok. I really enjoyed your reviews on the LG velvet. You simplify things and are so down to earth for us non geeks/techs. Thank you.

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

Felt it was worth a chat 👍

[@BlacKnight23]

I just picked up the T-mobile today and so far I am very pleased and surprised by this phone. The LG Velvet feels more fluid toe than my Pixel 4a 5G. I didn't think this would be possible but even after four updates the Velvet has, it still performs better.

[@Gabkicks]

Thanks for the Comparison Video! I just bought 2 Tmobile Velvet 5G phones. they have a buy 1 get 1 free special where you dont need to activate a new line. I had to order the cases from tmobile too because most cases on amazon dont fit the Tmobile Or verizon Velvet phones. My previous phone was a Galaxy S8. i was going to buy 2 Galaxy S10s used, until i saw this Deal.

[@lany_07gaming]

All great phones one for me sir,for online classes use or any phone. Great comparison.👍

[@dalecaldwell]

Alas.I bought a Mediatek Velvet. It was a great phone except that after a month it quit making phone calls. The replacement made phone calls for about two weeks before it, too, decided it didn't want to be a phone after all. I keep it around for a great extra camera and video editing machine.

[@Rsmin]

Thanks Juan.

[@PakoSt]

For video editing, the goal would be to look at the VPU instead of the GPU. The video processing unit handles hardware accelerated video encoding and decoding. A quick 5 minute search doesn't produce enough information about the VPU specs of the Mediatek SoC :| Oddly enough, the Dimensity SoC should support hardware accelerated AV1 (something that isn't available on the SD865!). For the GPU side... You will have to look at games but this is hard on Android. Most titles which are popular in the western markets *will* be optimized for Snapdragon with their Adreno GPUs. Plus, the whole "targeting the lowest common denominator" aspect. It's plausible that some other GPU accelerated workload would yield more visible differences. Maybe try emulation with RetroArch?

[@feldwebel7734]

informative. thank you.

[@Geerod]

Very interesting. I use tmobile and I'm interested in this phone. I'm comparing it to the lg v60, note 20 ultra I have to figure out which one to go with for my next upgrade. Also have the redmi note 9 pro as another option.

[@Derfomiundz]

Great comparison, one thing I read some people complaining was that the T-Mobile variant is also missing the ASMR mode, any comment on that?

[@DrunkASMR]

I had the LG G8X and the asmr mode on the camera was absolutely pointless. For reference, I make most of my content on a phone!

[@Derfomiundz]

@@DrunkASMR I'm still on my LG V20. Not really interested in ASMR mode, I stumbled with comments of people complaining about it. I think is just a gimmick to play with when it's on the phone.

[@Derfomiundz]

@@DrunkASMR I will check out some of your videos later, I do enjoy ASMR videos. I wonder if they improved it on LG phones, I will have to try eventually.

[@Derfomiundz]

@@DrunkASMR You still use your phone microphone for the videos? I remember recording with my LG V20 a close-up of my cats and the audio was not bad, but still, a budget microphone most likely will always record better than what's integrated in the phone.

[@DrunkASMR]

@@Derfomiundz mainly just on board microphones. Im a phone guy, so I've had loads of phones I've made videos on. Im all about low effort so just using the thing in my pocket to both record and edit works nicely! My first few videos were recorded on a blackberry 9900!

[@TheOmegaOnion]

There is a unlocked model of the cell phone? Also what was the game you were playing at the end of the video ?

[@RandyMangubat]

Nice to see that someone actually took the time out to compare the 2 phones in hand, rather than speculate on the performance of the T-Mobile variant. This was a great comparison and took into account things I didn't consider. I really want LG to make a comeback. The G3 and G6 were 2 of my favorite phones. Once they put a variable refresh rate screen on their devices, I think they'll start to climb up phone rankings again. Until then, I'm in camp Pixel.

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

Felt it was worth a conversation ya know?

[@faisalesaarighi7556]

Thanks for the review! Anyone knows about aptx or aptx HD compatibility in this very phone? I heard they're just a software licensing compared to aptx LL. Thanks.

[@Mobile_Dom]

Andrei at AnandTech a few months ago pitted the Dimensity 1000L vs the 765G and the 765G got curb stomped a lot of the time, sadly I don't think there has been a proper breakdown of Dimensity 1000+ vs 865/865+ yet but it should be much closer than we've seen in the past

[@SimonSaysHypno]

A brilliant comparison. LG really need to release this in the UK

[@RobertKirkpatrick84]

I'd be most concerned with the tmobile variant not getting updates as frequently just because of the tmobile version seeing lower overall volume and using a different set of drivers

[@euanabercrombie6790]

@Juan Bagnell V40 for $160 or G8 for $200? I'm going to buy one of them for content creation. So stuff like the cameras and microphones are really important for me. Which one would you suggest?

[@longochu8588]

Aesthetic and form factor aside, how would you feel about Velvet against V60 now? T-Mobile has V60 dual-screen for $699 (single $649) and Velvet (single) for $588, which put a dual screen Velvet more expensive than V60. Other carriers still have large gaps between Velvet and V60 in price, though. Thank you!

[@user-jr4sn3rd1u]

Please run antutu benchmark. What is your overall score as well as your CPU, GPU and other scores?

[@MarkCucchiara]

You should add 5G carrier aggregation on the T-Mobile that won't exist until the X60 Qualcomm SOC. And I am assuming no AptX on the T-Mobile version.

[@huntergdd]

@JuanBagnell Does your tmobile LG VELVET work with the AES Stylus, i currently have the T Mobile version of the Velvet but the stylus does not work. Please Help! Is there a setting on the phone that i need to enable?

[@cortez1996]

Dimensity 1000C is combination of Dimensity 1000/1000+ and Dimensity 820 In GPU its Mali G57 MC5=10GPU Cores (MC= Multi Cluster) In CPU 4xCortex A77 + 4xCortex A55 And both of them are 7nm TSMC Both have 5G Integrated Modem

[@kibageorge6230]

Amazing❤

[@craigbailey9487]

Thanks Juan...I recently purchased the T-mobile LG Velvet and wasn't sure how the MediaTek would pan out. 😎

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

I think you'll be doing just fine.

[@buenabuena9883]

I need help on what wireless earbuds to choose! Money is not a problem. Please help Have you purchased the new Bose qc earbuds??

[@moranmono]

this is a really nice suprise

[@incrediblez394]

I got on TMobile website and I didn't see the green version. How or where can I get it from? Thanks

[@md.saifulislam6904]

Thanks for honestly review 🙂 bro

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

That one was fun. Just how mediatek made this great transition to really competing against Qualcomm at a higher tier.

[@baroneleve1196]

I don't know if I bought a faulty device. I bought the t-mobile variant. However, the battery isn't as good as I thought. It looses 5 percent of battery with sparse browsing. And that's with extended battery saver on, and brightness set to 12%. Is this normal battery drainage for the phone? Did anyone notice this when theirs was new?

[@kibageorge6230]

Hoping to have one

[@jaredchilds8714]

With the direction smart phones are heading, I feel that the newer Samsung’s may not be the way to go in the future. Therefore, I would like to see one of your comparisons with some of the older Samsung devices. I still have the S9 plus which I use mostly for simple tasks that could be completed as you said with a four year old mid range phone and some gaming while on the road. I like Samsung and could learn a new phone environment but I know and like Samsung and a lot of their features(much more than the average consumer). I travel a lot so battery life is important to me. The reason for me to upgrade to a newer phone would be for a newer larger battery that would keep getting updates for the newest android software. A referred s9 plus can be had for a couple hundred dollars but a new s20 with 512gb is $500. Both well shy of the s21 ultra price and arguably better phones too. Please compare the S 20 ultra 5G with the S 10+ in the S9 plus.

[@oneminutewonder77]

The biggest thing I've noticed with the Mediatek l processor is the battery life. The device tends to get quite hot compared with the typical Qualcomm processor.

[@jralphroman]

Just got a free velvet from T-Mobile decided to check this video out!!! I'll Give this phone a happy home in my center console as a always plugged in Android auto.

[@metamorphiccrystals8161]

The T-Mobile version's battery dies Sooo fast and I had it on battery saver mode.

[@MrGeovio]

Great comparison, thanks! Is there a chance you might include in the comparison the EU 4G version with the SnapDragon 845 chipset? It currently retails for as little as 399 Euros which I believe represents by far the best value for money phone in the market.

[@lrc3847]

Funny story? The G8X (SD 855) here in Peru is about the same price!

[@MrGeovio]

I'm answering to myself here (I have to consult a specialist, I know) and I just wanted to update that I got an EU 4G version. :-) A totally black variant for as little as 349 Euros. Extreme value for money and looks very classy in the total black look (the metal frame is also black). A few notes on the phone: SD845 is very fast, no hiccups whatsoever no matter what you do. Fast navigation, fast execution of apps, in general an experience that doesn't feel compromised. Adreno 630 handles Genshin Impact without issues. Antutu (if that is of any use to anyone) scores around 330k. ASMR is there (I did not check yet for voice bokeh), however the desktop mode is not there (!!!, why LG?) or at least I could not get it activated after connecting a USB-C display port/VGA/USB-A dongle. Battery life seems very good (7 hours of screen-on time is easily achievable) Otherwise, the rest of all the other great stuff is there. Nice 3d sound, loud stereo speakers, IP68, great, great OLED display, etc, etc. Camera-wise same as the other Velvets (good but not great). I was positively surprised by the build quality. I was negatively surprised by the amount of RAM used by the system. 3,1 GB occupied for the system only. C'mon LG.... Reduce the bloat... Anyway, overall, very happy with the purchase, especially at this price.

[@kenmastersmaster]

@@MrGeovio g8x would have been better choice. AnTuTu is around 500k and much better cooling than sd845 And better cameras on g8x. Probably a lot cheaper too

[@qurtmancini5539]

I sooooo wish you'd do a battery drain test on the V60 with and without the dual screen PLEASE cuz am thinking of buying one

[@ssanc6]

I don't remember what did that day, but a screenshot of it making it over a day. Battery last much longer than G7. I haven't fully charged the V60 recently, but I give it a full charge a give you an update in a day or two.

[@marekhudak7623]

If your have choice between mediatek d.1000 SD765 and SD845 do you take SD845?

[@lucasbrown7338]

The MediaTek variant of the LG Velvet is a good options over the Snapdragon one. With the MediaTek Dimensity 1000C, the performance is good and efficient

[@jlr11210]

I'm wondering if LG will step up the upgrade time to 3 years like Samsung and Google. I think they are the same price as the Pixel 5 so just for that if rather buy the Pixel 5

[@Serbofreak]

What game is that 1:40?

[@nohead1986]

What's the model number of the T-Mobile variant?

[@JustinPennito]

Actually, if you use other benchmarks, you'll see that the Snapdragon 765 is about as powerful as the 845. The Dimensity 1000c is also, in actuality, a severally underclocked version of the vanilla 1000 which wasn't far under the latest Snapdragon 865, while the Dimensity 1000L scores higher than the Snapdragon 855 & the Dimensity 1000+ more or less equalling the Snapdragon 865 in most benchmarks. In other words, this Dimensity 1000c has some insane capabilities for the price. I tried the international dual screen & much like your testing, it doesn't work, but I did find one specifically for the T-Mobile variant, just as you showed, from LG Tuesday. I ordered it & it's scheduled for delivery tomorrow (Friday). Fantastic video btw!

[@kenmastersmaster]

Weird justification. So you can easily overclock the sd865 to be faster than an 888 or dimensity 1200 if you wanted. What's your point? As it is stock dimensity 1000 can't keep up with a sd855 or do things like 8k video like the 865 can. Then there's the sd865+ and 870 as well. Did you overclock your velvet? Did you smoke it after a few months? The chip itself might be capable but the supporting hardware probably isn't.

[@ChickenFriedCorgi]

See you got your nexdock touch already! Mine seems to be stuck in ny customs or something according to dhl for the past week :(

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

A few folks have had theirs locked up. REALLY glad mine snuck through!

[@briancaster2876]

Mine is also stuck in customs in NY. It's starting to drive me nuts waiting for it to come in!

[@alverolle4664]

What about updates?

[@zenkiz33]

Anyone know if the TMo version will work with sprint?

[@Sandykroy]

what model in specific have a Dimensity 1000C?

[@johnnick6333]

LG Velvet or Pixel 5? Which one is value for money? Coming from LG V30+

[@dado380]

What's the name of first game you played.Btw Dimensity 820 is chip of the year.

[@789jdubb]

Does mediatek chip support G Cam apks?

[@markbennett6658]

Interesting comparison. Was it an intentional gag referring to the ‘international velvet’ Juan? I’m pretty sure that’s a very old film starring a very young Elizabeth Taylor?😂

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

LOL we could SAY I was that clever...

[@HerrMiller827]

Interesting thing I discovered cosmetically, the camera placement on the T-Mobile Velvet it slightly more to the center of the phone as opposed to the AT&T and Verizon version. You notice it when you have it in a case. It's not obscured or anything, but part of the top camera lens is covered by my case. Not a big deal but something I found strange. Love this phone btw!

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

I'm not surprised. The frame is a little different, and a different chip probably means a slightly different internal arrangement. It can be annoying though if consumers don't know that they'll need slightly different accessories or cases.

[@quietbox2627]

Yeah i have sprint and don't know what case i need to get for it..

[@ReikazeRambles]

I've been really tempted by the T-Mobile's LG Velvet, especially because of that Dimensity 1000C. since T-mobile is doing pretty good promos for both the Velvet and the S20 FE, i'd love to see a comparison between the two :)

[@JosSerr-mw9fc]

Yeap and the benchmarks of that chipset i think are quite superior to the SD 765g Not that it matters that much in the day to day use but seems like its quite powerful

[@ReikazeRambles]

@@JosSerr-mw9fc won't matter for day to day now, but for longevity the extra performance helps a lot

[@JosSerr-mw9fc]

@@ReikazeRambles yeap, and on heavy tasks too.. Im between choosing the pixel 5 or the galaxy fe rn but maybe i should take a look at this too

[@dzdari1149]

Alguien por favor podria decirme en donde conseguir cases para Lg Velvet 5g de T mobile?

[@scizor285]

Very interesting video. Would be cool to see a pixel 4a with mediatek dimension 1000c.

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

That could be cool, but I bet Google is still working on making their own custom chip.

[@scizor285]

@@SomeGadgetGuy forgot about that. Whenever that chip comes out.

[@oliversmith7354]

I think it's safe to say that MediaTek has been surprising us with its steadily improving performance and it's amazingly affordable price points

[@victorious5048]

I need help pronto,choosing between lg v60 thinq-lg velvet-lg thinq dual screen

[@lagonxblx6617]

Easy if you can afford it get V60 if not Velvet

[@realsadmanrafid7974]

Which game was it?

[@edgardorodriguez]

The only issue that I had was when I inserted a 512gb SD the phone freeze.

[@dopelitonlyone2905]

*I have the white one*

[@xphyle]

Hey Juan! I know this video is old, but in your opinion, will Android 11 be delayed for the T-Mobile variant of the Velvet since it uses the Mediatek chipset and not the Snapdragon chipset as in EVERY other variant? It's supposed to be pushed globally for the Velvet this month (March) but the T-Mobile page doesn't even show anything in development for their Velvet. I'm worried T-Mobile owners are going to get SCREWED because they are the only variant that uses a Mediatek chipset.

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

I would expect Velvet updates to come slow. There are three different flavors of the phone. LG has enough issues staying on point for a single version, and getting that software through carriers is always a chore.

[@brianabare7515]

Is it true that audio bokeh isn't on the T+Mobile version? And will T-Mobile ever have the dual screen drop? Sigh...

[@thiagoherminio2071]

In Brazil LG Velvet came with a Snapdragon 845

[@RoguePlanetStudio]

The issue is that, apps won't run as smooth, long term wise on the mediateck as it will on snapdragon.

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

If only there were actual reviewers testing for these performance issues instead of just "worrying" and spreading fud.

[@kaushiknatarajan2637]

My post may be a bit late. But the Velvet 4G comes with an SD845. I'd really love it if you could test that one out too.

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

Probably won't be able to. Seems like a great variant tho.

[@kaushiknatarajan2637]

@@SomeGadgetGuy It's also a bit cheaper than the 765 variant. But there aren't too many reviews out there, especially ones that talk about the DAC and camera.