This is all YOUR fault - LG Wing Review

[@yo.adrian]

You're welcome, Linus.

[@amanfrom2034]

5 minutes ago

[@TheKeef]

Haha

[@aperture_v2]

Bruh the whole reddit line was so cringe

[@elusivelectron]

No more LG support right?

[@amanfrom2034]

​@@elusivelectronyea

[@yannis7815]

Ah LG, like it or not, this was the only phone company that dared to try new stuff even if it didn't work out

[@toshineon]

One of the last bastions of the kind of odd creativity we saw over a decade ago, until Unihertz came around anyways.

[@xPandamon]

Which is exactly why they died. Too many attemtps at standing out while being mediocre with their normal phones

[@lordlopes7777]

It was the only one who focus on audio,now we only got ASUS.

[@snjert8406]

@@xPandamon their normal phones were quite nice, I still daily my G8s thinq. The only thing that I'd complain about after 3 years is the dying battery

[@chrispy.critter]

Why charge something that works?

[@DaveMcIroy]

11:02 - in German we call that Vorführeffekt (demonstration effect), when everything goes smoothly once you'll show it.

[@timg2727]

OF COURSE there's a German word for it.

[@TheSilentHeel]

@@timg2727 Lmao always count on Germany to have a word for something no other language/culture has a word for!

[@susdj]

Where's the word for when all the bugs pop up once you show it

[@wedge9t]

Few comments on the LG Wing: 4:00 The KZbin app used to work better with the LG Wing, it's the more recent version of the app that doesn't go from full screen back to the regular window size because KZbin made it so it auto maximizes video when a phone is horizontal, which is why it freaks out (it never used to). 4:17 It's not Google Maps, you're not using the 'LG Keyboard' that comes with the phone, it will go to the bottom screen if the phone is in Wing mode. 5:50 Same thing when using remote desktop with the 'LG Keyboard' you're using the 'Microsoft SwiftKey Keyboard' it doesn't know to auto switch to the lower screen. Also another thing worth covering is that if you connect it to a USB Monitor you can use a full screen interface similar to Samsung's Dex interface (another reason why there's that track pad) 12:30 You're meant to use the on screen volume control by swiping down on the lower screen when the phone is in Wing mode rather than the physical buttons, also if you turn on the Always On Display a double tap on the screen will wake it rather than having to use the power button.

[@ggill1313]

cope

[@XepherIo]

@@ggill1313 wym cope lmao dude's just saying how the experience should be

[@udhankarr1004]

I've been using an LG wing too. Apart from only 1 or 2 minor software issues mentioned here, I have never even faced these serious problems Linus has.

[@tans1709]

Yeah he's just complaining

[@dickyloggins7372]

@@udhankarr1004 linus can't be an authority in tech reviews if he doesn't know the tech he is reviewing🤣🤣🤣. i find him hilarious!! hahaha! as if he is just an ignorant user! another hahaha! he should quit if he can't cope with tech! another hahaha!

[@ZiroWatt]

LG deserves massive respect for not only keeping headphone jacks, but also putting a quad dac in there to make it sound amazing. I miss their flagship series

[@thedarkdragon89]

I miss my G8 so much! I was forced to get this A52 5G because of 3G switch off, despite my G8 being 4G, they wouldn't accept it for some reason. I hate modern phones so much, this A52 "piece of crap" is so buggy, the fingerprint sensor sucks, I hate under the screen sensors, they're all terrible. I also tested their speed with the same app, this newer phone is half the speed of the G8. Phone companies are full of shit, they just want you to buy a new phone.

[@adamw7411]

This phone makes me so aggressive

[@nameq]

@@thedarkdragon89A52 is a budget phone, G8 was a flagman

[@LRM12o8]

And that's why my LG V30 is still going strong on its second battery!

[@lattenites]

I don't think there's a jack on this phone

[@ThePopcast]

Hey guys, I normally don't comment but I felt I needed to. My daily phone is an LG Wing and I have had NONE of these issues with it. Especially the the screen issues: I have had mine for 2 years and have no scratches, no bubbles, and no wiggle. The screen is NOT loose, in fact it's tight and satisfying the way it slides out. I normally use it vertical but when I need to write an email or send a text I swivel and the smaller screen is perfect for the keyboard menu, it was designed for gboard and it works well. I use it when I'm watching live streams so I can see the full content and the chat. The gimble mode has been huge for me as a creator and the cameras are made for the live gimble feature. This phone was made for hyper nerds, creators, and warranty voiding pirates. It really gets a bad rap considering how great it is.

[@smarterphone6863]

correct

[@TheBurningSeraphim5]

LG wing is goated. the phone is amazing. His review almost seems like it came from a hater before he even got the phone and wanted to hate it. I as well used the phone for 2 years. I'd still have it if it wasn't for the fact my toddler got ahold of it and broke the screen. Only reason I didn't get a new one or attempt to fix it is because LG got out of the phone business. If they weren't abandoning cell phones I'd buy another one in a heartbeat. I have the Samsung S23 Ultra now and it feels like a downgrade in every aspect escept for the camera.

[@hafizdhansay1780]

As a wing owner, half of the stuff mentioned in this video is BS.

[@brian530]

I had an lg wing and the experience in the video was not mine. Lg wing was a gem and I’m sad they shut down their phone department. I do have a question I want a wing again and I’m wondering how the updates are now. Is it still supported?

[@0969superman]

@@brian530 for now yes, but it seems like it will soon end

[@HekaWaset]

LG was the ONLY phone builder who refused to just accept the rectangle slab as the only acceptable form-factor and not only dared to try out new things, but also doing so with throwing its whole corporate weight behind those attempts. I really wish they would still be making phones.

[@-ThatGuy-]

It's too bad none of them were very practical or useful. Fun and cool? Yeah. Of course. Actually useful? Rarely.

[@PrograError]

it's also the only company with a relatively non-bloated OS outside of google pixel

[@premtarun2373]

LG offers Quad Dac in their flagships, DTS X 3D, Dual display, military standard build quality,ip68, OLED displays, custom skin but they won't preinstall any bloatware. Decent ram management, superb design and colours, glass+metalic finish, more importantly they didn't removed 3.5mm Jack except in LG Wing.LG is for innovations. Versatility,stands out in new unique things.

[@sakata3819]

All respect for LG but I think the current form factor is still perfect in our time. The real thing that these manuf need to do is to make smaller and slimmer phones again like how Asus do with their phones and that luxury type phone from Xiaomi that is small and realistically designed for a human hand. Phones nowadays are as huge as a TV XD. It makes me cringe whenever I see a 4'11 human hold a giant phone. If I want a to watch on big screens, I have a TV and a dual monitor pc lmao

[@zwenkwiel816]

@@sakata3819 I want a perfectly circular phone....

[@ElricX]

I loved LG. They had plenty of misses but they tried things that nobody else did. I miss their finger print reader / power button on the back in the perfect spot.

[@tonylazutto5794]

G8 was probably the best

[@i.r.4378]

IR BLASTER

[@thebonersgone8769]

Lg was my first cool phone I loved it LG G2

[@milosmilovanovic3929]

@@tonylazutto5794 im still rocking it - it's bulletproof

[@GFourGadget]

Never thought that LG is still giving so many updates for the Wing despite the closing of smartphone division.

[@northernlink2016]

The last few generations of LG flagship phones (since the G8) are getting 3 OS updates instead of just 2 for older phones. My last two LG phones are two of them and they got their last update in September 2022

[@korneliusfrik9545]

they even fixed the keyboard bug.

[@ygwaltgmb]

They're not he bought a 2021 phone brand new so it had to get the updates that were done in 2021 22 etc

[@TheSchwingalings]

I actually loved LG Phones and the way that they didnt give in to what a phone should be, But rather what a phone CAN be.. and i always respected that. They did phones others were to scared to do.

[@bricktasticanimations4834]

Meh, I'll keep my Nokia 6300 thanks.

[@mugenfiji0327]

And that's why they suck harder at making mobile devices than ZTE... Standards exist for a reason and it's because they fucking work. Innovation is great, but not testing said innovation before release is the textbook definition of stupidity. LG's phone development is also the textbook definition of trash. Which is why they stopped developing phones.

[@Captain_Hindsight]

I had the LG G4 for almost 2 years and it was a good phone. Liked the fingerprint reader on the back.

[@LegateSprinkles]

I had the thinq with its dual screen case. I actually loved it. Only replaced it when Verizon accepted it as a trade it for $800

[@aeromotive2]

I have their v60 former flagship.. apart from the high end audio, it's been pretty bad

[@EgorKlenov]

At this point I'm just under permanent stress anticipating a sponsor segway in the end of every sentence

[@Said_Handal]

Actually, in the app drawer you can organize and delete applications more quickly, you just have to open the drawer, click on the three dots at the top right and touch where it says organize applications and that's it, you can freely move the apps apps and delete them without leaving the app drawer. 😊

[@damianbrynn8372]

I went through 3 of these phones. Each was faulty and crashed horribly. I really was sad. I wanted so much for the Wing to be amazing.

[@hiddenguy67]

o

[@cupofdirtfordinner]

why did you subject yourself to it 3 times? Maybe a second, but a third?

[@gonna_hurt_your_feelings]

I LOVED MY lLGv50

[@JuhaLehtinen]

I did not realise that I have been lucky, my Wing has been ok. The fingerprint reader is not great, and second screen needs protective film to not scratch, but generally not any signifant software bugs. Only big bug is that if I move chrome to lower screen, half of the top screen stops responding touch. Chrome must be open using chrome icon on lower screen to top screen work ok.

[@gravyd316]

So in short......... You're a slow learner.

[@dubclub26]

My favourite phone of all time is the LG G8. Still my daily driver. It was part of LGs "promised upgrades" set of phones AFTER the announced foreclosure. Truly great device today! A bit smaller than the V60, but has a beautiful QHD P-OLED display, Hi-fi Quad DAC (Producing the BEST audio quality and experience with a good pair of headphones), a 3.5 headphone jack, and Micro SD card support up to 2TB of external storage. I personally feel that phones are now regressing in some areas, removing features that were genuinely appreciated by many. I can't find any device that I can confidently say will replace the experience that I've gotten with my G8. Sony comes close with the 3.5mm headphone Jack and SD card support, but their flagship price is more than I'm willing to pay and they lack Quad Dacs. The Pixel 8 Pro seems interesting with the recent Pixel updates that were dropped a few days ago. For now, I'm going to keep rocking this timeless device! #LG

[@Ballissle]

Does it still get updates? That's my only concern that kept me from looking at something like that.

[@Rowantu]

Still rocking my LG G4. It's... not a great experience anymore

[@DixonErHands]

I just ordered a regular pixel 8 mainly because I'm absolutely sick of 6.7+" screen sizes. My gaming in the go is sudoku puzzles and brain games and if the screen feels to small I can always... Wait for it... Hold it closer to my face. Ive got fairly big hands but I've broken a lot of bones in my hand so those stretches get rather uncomfortable with a bigger phone.

[@DixonErHands]

​@@RowantuYou can get a brand new s21 FE for like $200. I still have my S20 fe and after four years the battery still lasted me all day. Just an idea.

[@khaledkibria2434]

​@@Ballissleandroid 12 was last os update like others flagships from 2019

[@tojs92]

As a previous wing owner, you could have gone to the app setting where you can choose to remove/hide or uninstall multiple apps.

[@TheBrokenEclipse]

Shutout to the editor: taking the time to put those very real messages on screen, we appreciate it! Also I would love this kind of video every now and then, it's really nice to see the weird/bad tech that most of us will never otherwise experience

[@Altron1992]

The LG V60 was a beast of a phone. Had an amazing SD 865 processor, a huge 5000mA battery, 8gigs of ram, quad dac and 15w wireless charging. All it was missing was a 90 or 120hz display but that was it. LG should've toughed it out and stayed in the mobile phone market.

[@Cozzmy13]

That battery must have lasted for days. 865 was very power efficient.

[@Altron1992]

@@Cozzmy13 paired with a 60hz display, it was. I would've kept it had it not have charging port issues. I also got a great trade in value at T-Mobile. I forgot to mention it had micro SD support!

[@eatschmitt4265]

Honestly, while I also enjoyed LG’s phones, as someone that sold phones for many years, they just did horribly in the market (even with LG giving VERY generous incentives for selling their phones). I’m willing to bet they only covered R&D on most of the phones they released at best. Yeah, they definitely had their passionate fans, justifiably so, but there just weren’t enough for them to keep going. I mean why keep struggling to recoup costs when you are a market leader in other markets?

[@ruekurei88]

It's a beast NOW I'd say(given the low price you can get it for today). But it's specs were pretty standard for high end phones when it was released, and those other phones were getting 90HZ+ screens as well. The S20FE for example had the same specs pretty much, and a 120HZ screen and the v60 had a lower res screen than the V50. Still, it had that sweet dac, was pretty durable(except for the USB C being iffy for some people) and a decent battery. The camera software improved over time. It had that gimmicky second screen, some people liked that.

[@QuickQuips]

Until it started to crap itself the V20 was nice and had replaceable batteries. Also dual Sim and microsd.

[@t0biascze644]

5:49 thats because you use 3rd party keyboard, the 1st party one from LG does show correctly on the bottom screen and emulating 3DS/DS games would be pretty cool on this... if the emulators had support :D

[@Mike-77-YT]

As much as the LG Keyboard is "meh" at best, it's pretty much the only one that works with the 2nd screen.

[@TheTechDude007]

For what it's worth, I really hope you end up doing a fairphone daily drive test at some point!

[@danielyoung_]

I'd also love to see this too!

[@TheAnoniemo]

The world would love it if they got some more attention!

[@kingsavage2272]

Isn't that what he said he'd be doing at the very end

[@mikaeo23]

he says he's gonna do it around 14:20

[@vaisakh_km]

i came to comment section just to say this...

[@andzagorulko]

Denis is too good at making sponsor segments enjoyable

[@necroboxic8526]

I thought Linus fired him.

please, more sponsor segments by Denis. They're the only ones I truly enjoy watching

[@rnd-gem]

It's kinda a secret channel superfun section.

[@EikottXD]

They are pretty bad tbh.

[@queenbiscuit311]

​@@necroboxic8526he did he just trespasses every day does work and leaves for no reason

[@Fanaticalight]

9:46 The notifications barging in first thing in the morning or first use of the phone in let's say... 8 hours happens on my Samsung S20 Ultra as well. Makes me question if it's just an Android thing entirely. Focus and DND is not enabled, so makes me thing it does it as a courtesy thing, or as a battery-saving thing

[@TheSilentHeel]

Its an android thing. has happened on every single android phone ive had and never happened once on any of my iPhones. Its one of the biggest reasons I dont do android anymore. Nothing like picking up my phone after a few hours to see ive missed a crapload of texts, emails and notifications.

[@coonyman10]

LG will be missed, they really don't bloat their phones too bad and they tried some interesting experiments like the Wing here. The V series holds a special place in my heart having had one in my pocket for nearly a decade at this point. Their no compromise approach to audio especially is what kept me coming back, and the V60's dual screen case pretty much succeeds in what the Wing here failed to deliver. I would love to see you guys take a look at them!

[@smalltime0]

I was so hoping that they'd stick with it, because I could see the merit of the form factor. Sort of like Surface Pro 1, which was far from perfect, but M$ stuck with it and now its probably the best of both world tablet/laptop on the market.

[@asri23shofla]

I really missed my V20 😢😢

[@Anto-xh5vn]

That's the problem they experimented with and moved on they needed to actually stick with something I really really loved their LG G3 and it's laser focus camera

[@jksherm]

I really wish LG had been given a fair chance and that people would have voted for the LG V60 with the dual screen cover. It's fantastic and even has an audio jack.

[@kingzach74]

As well as the ever-disappearing micro SD card slot expansion! You can carry the LG V60 around with a 1 TB micro SD card and use it as an external hard drive.

[@ekinteko]

I kind of wanted Linus to get the Samsung xCover 6 Pro. It's drop-proof and waterproof. Comes with a headphone jack and microSD slot. It's modern in performance and features. Has 5-Year of support. Is actually built to be repairable. And has a stupidly long battery life, which can easily be doubled or tripled in a matter of seconds by hotswapping thanks to it's User Removable Battery. In my opinion, it is much better than the Fairphone 5. That won't age too well, making it's 7-Year support basically a moot point, unlike the Samsung.

[@solomongrundysfoot]

​@@ekintekoI just got the xcover6 pro as a work phone on Thursday. Haven't set it up yet since they aren't activating them until tomorrow, but this gives me hope since the phone it's replacing is the sonim xp8 running android 8 oreo,which was awful from the start 5 years ago.

[@growingup15]

I miss my LG G8X ThinQ with the Dual Screen. I accidently smashed it and has been wanting a new one ever since.I was given a crappy One Plus phone thats been giving me issues ever since I got it. I loved my LG I had an LG Since the LG G2.

[@priyampatel]

Exactly! If you want to see true LG prowess, get a V60 ThinQ or even a G8X ThinQ. I'm currently watching this video on a G8X with my headphones plugged in the Quad DAC! Such a good phone.

[@sousalarson6858]

This phone was my everything. I had two of them for over 4 years totally and had to replace it with a mundane ass phone in April and my life has been changed for the worse ever since. I miss you Wing. RIP.

[@muddabuwshi]

I've seen this phone for a good price, very cheap, would you still recommend it? I'd maybe use it as a secondary phone

[@sousalarson6858]

​@@muddabuwshiI haven't had one since April, so I don't know what kind of things aren't supported etc etc That all goes much over my head. But I would absolutely still recommend this phone to anybody interested in it.

[@bakaXY]

It's sad that LG didn't get the recognition they deserved. Still daily driving my LG v60 and hope it will last a couple more years. I love the inbuilt DAC and the option to add a secondary screen with a case.

[@bakaXY]

@@GH0STST4RSCR34M with LG phones you always had a pretty clean android experience with a couple of added LG apps. The update cycles could have been better though but that is a problem that most phone manufacturers share.

[@kinglumpy6145]

I love my v60, unfortunately I broke my screen and its nearly impossible to fix these phones.

[@Namenloser_]

@babaXY do you have software issues with it?

[@EchoBlaque]

Nah, LG is trash. What they did with the Stylo 6 shouldn't be overlooked.

[@bakaXY]

@@Namenloser_ none at all. The dual screen works fine for me, too.

[@DevonDoesTech]

Really happy you enjoyed your time with the Wing Linus! You should have asked some of us that have been using it for a while for all the tips and tricks, probably would have enjoyed it even more!

[@Exorion1er]

I don't know at what point in the video you got that he enjoyed his time with it

[@chrispy.critter]

This phone design is literally the worst. So far from the everyday phone it can be. It’s just a gimmick

[@DevonDoesTech]

@@Exorion1er Sorry that was sarcasm. I forget that doesn't translate well to text comments.

[@Exorion1er]

@@DevonDoesTech ah, my bad then !

[@DevonDoesTech]

@@chrispy.critter That's an interesting opinion, what makes you think it's just a gimmick?

[@james_halpert]

So glad that you are also testing the Fairphone. That's the one where I actually want to know your opionion because I am seriously considering switching to it from my very old phone. I was pretty disappointed that the Reddit trolls won out, but now I'm hopefull again.

[@javianbrown8627]

Just consider what you do and look at the capabilities of different phones, the opinions of the reviewers shouldn't matter too much unless their usage aligns with yours. That's why I miss channels like Erica Griffin

[@DonnaxNL]

A LG Wing user here; only the LG Keyboard opens on the bottom screen. And the waking/fingerprint/phone black screen issues came with the Android 13 update sadly. Besides that I agree mostly with your issues.

[@snjert8406]

oh, my fingerprint reader works fine, even with Android 13

[@ImConstantlyConfused]

My absolute favorite lg feature was the ability to control the volume of every app. A lot of games just allow you to turn sounds/music on or off. With my lg phones, I could turn them down so I could quietly hear the app while still being able to listen to podcasts.

[@loopyloops5652]

you could do that on Samsungs too

[@miruneverdies]

New Androids allow it in general. Redmi does it now.

[@smsry]

Yea stock android has been having that feature since Android 11 if I can remember... it just falls on Samsung, Redmi etc to adopt that feature into their skin.

[@EDOKisamu]

it's been an lg feature since android 5.0 i've remember been eable to do than on my LG G3 and LG nexus 5

[@Macky4941]

I've owned Motorola, Nokia, LG, Sony, Samsung phones and they all had this ability.

[@Rspsand07]

Hold it the other way for reading. The top phone in portait, the bottom phone for the video. That way you have a whole phone as a phone, and a second mini monitor. Holding it in a T is just wrong for most tasks.

[@ToshiOhMy]

Man, these sponsor spots, absolute pieces of art, thanks. Also the LG Wing was def a phone I wanted, back when LG still made phones (it was expensive as heck, though).

[@xos]

I'm really excited to hear the thoughts on the Fairphone 5 in a month or two. The phone's already pretty expensive, so I can't really justify/afford paying a huge amount in customs too, but it is very appealing! Sad that they took away the headphone jack though - here's hoping they don't also remove the microSD tray with the 6.

[@avadrumm]

Murena sells fairphones in the US, so you dont have to import them, and they said that they're working on getting the fairphone 5. They do come with their degoogled android ROM but you can always roll back to stock android.

[@Bassquake76]

They took away the headphone jack?? I thought the whole point of the phone was to be a worthy alternative?

[@GuyGamer1]

​​@@Bassquake76The point of the phone is to be an eco friendly alternative to mainstream phones. Most new phones don't have headphone jacks because they create issues with waterproofing and packaging. It sucks, but the headphone jack is far from a dealbreaker. Just stick a dongle on your headphones and move on with your life.

[@z0phi3l]

Simple review: Overpriced, underpowered

[@mtrebtreboschi5722]

​@@z0phi3l It helps to think about it this way: the fairphone has the right price to performance ratio, and other companies just give you a "slave labor" discount and the "fuck the environment" discount and so on

[@Reyhank45]

wait how do you reboot a car? 6:10

[@404talentnotfound]

Hold brake for 10 seconds

[@retronymph]

Turn your key until it turns off, and then turn it back?

[@Reyhank45]

@@retronymph that's technically right but that didn't actually "boot" anything it's just restarting the engine

[@TadeoDOria]

During the G2 and G3 era, LG was years ahead of everyone else on ergonomics and design, it's amazing how fast they lost that lead before completely burning their phones division to the ground :(

[@Fujiwara.Takumi1]

It only happened because reviewers were paid by Samsung to push their phone and absolutely shit on LG. All these "tech influencer" were the reason LG died and they aren't sorry

[@mattparise4463]

The G3 was so good

[@jumpierwolf]

Nowadays, the only G2 and G3 they sell are OLED TVs 😂

[@juleast]

One of the issue was that LG never did proper marketing for their mobile lineups. Which is why they didn't get enough attention. And since there weren't a lot of users there weren't a big recognition that LG made good phones. So it became more of an enthusiast phone. But man I love the Quad DAC they have on the G7 and V35. It sounds so good with mid tier earbuds or headphones.

[@TadeoDOria]

@@milesfarber I'm sorry you had such a bad experience, for what it's worth my two G3 worked perfectly (got another one after the first one was stolen, that's living in Argentina for you). I got a friend who used iPhones at the time to also buy one after being impressed by the phone.

[@Fatb0ss]

I find it great to ssh into servers for maintenance. The stock keyboard shifts to the bottom display and I get the full top display to see terminal readouts.

[@lonewolfsstuck]

When i was using my wing i used the LG keyboard and the Google keyboard and both would default to the bottom if you had it open and wanted to type.

[@wedge9t]

@@lonewolfsstuck Linus was using the Microsoft Keyboard

[@snjert8406]

@@lonewolfsstuckYep, same here, Discord in landscape with the keyboard at the bottom is hilarious

[@CockatooDude]

@@wedge9t No idea why lol. It's like he's intentionally trying to be obtuse.

[@MarksterC]

he probably didnt realize the microsoft one broke it@@CockatooDude

[@LeafHasLeft]

Thank you for featuring my post in this video!

[@sciencex-wissenschaftundte2587]

I am very happy you are trying out the Fairphone after all, very interested to see how it stacks up!

[@DerekFletcher1]

The last LG phone I had was the G4 and it was the best phone there was at the time. They did really user friendly stuff, like adding a very very minor vertical curve length-wise that made it easier to use as a phone! The double tap to wake I believe also was born on this phone, too. Industry changing. I really really loved LG

[@tomkeehn]

The G4 was my favourite phone, and the V20 was a close 2nd

[@cynic256]

The buttons on the back of the phone was pretty cool. I had a g2 and g3 or 4 I think, I had 2 generations of them. LG made some good shit back in the day

[@tadasgame]

Mine too I loved it so much, great camera, great controls, user replaceable battery, if I could just swap a board in there with larger storage and a more powerful chip I'd still be using it today

[@txcforever]

Wasn't the G4 infamous for dying out of the blue due to a hardware issue?

[@tadasgame]

@@txcforever yeah some of the earlier revisions used really cheap solder that would crack under the chips and when that happened the phone would stop working. They eventually fixed this and mine wasn't affected but it was a pretty big deal at the time

[@Mngobese]

“Rebooting my phone, rebooting my car” 😂😂😂😂 Imagine hearing this in 1990🤣🤣🤣

[@XPStartupSound]

I really liked the ad spot with Sarah and Dennis. I would love to see more ads with other people from the team!

[@Alias_Anybody]

As a Fairphone voter I'm so happy he's testing that one as well now. For the lolz, maybe rehire Colton to test the Unihertz as well?

[@darkdraconis]

What happened to Colton?

[@PrograError]

@@darkdraconis fired as always

[@darkdraconis]

@@PrograError lmao it's a joke? Just searched it on Google didn't knew it's a running gag, never came to me

[@TheYoutubeUser69]

Like at the lan where he says you can get rid of old stuff and Linus grabs him and goes "any 1 need a Colton?"😂

[@Mike-77-YT]

7:35 You may need to recalibrate your Wing's proximity sensor via the service menu. I had this problem too, and thankfully going in the service menu to recalibrate the sensor worked for me.

[@CrashloveXO]

LG Wing user here! I absolutely love this phone! I do want to note that only the stock LG Keyboard works as intended with the secondary screen. If you download Gboard it will not work how you want it to Linus! You goof lol. Glad you got to experience this phone! Regardless if it was more negative for you.

[@jamesstewart8663]

Ha loved the sponsor spot! Go Sarah and Denis!

[@carpetedrestroom5218]

because it was an obvious troll, i think they should give the fairphone a chance as an honorable mention

[@Suzumi-kun]

That sponsor segment was absolutely amazing, love the running gag

[@Metal_Maxine]

What was really lovely is the reference to the Linus vs Dennis PC Build Simulator video, where Dennis insisted that thermal paste belonged in the socket.

[@bablela26]

5:16 😂 "it's now out of fashion to be able to copy part of a text" XD I feel that, really one of the fashion trends along the removal barrel jack

[@generalsamvods5661]

I have the wing and KZbin was not doing that for me try updating it 4:18

[@XxZannexX]

Linus you know the internet. This is exactly what was going to happen. The community cannot be trusted. I hope lesson learned, but I bet a similar thing is going to happen again

[@arnezbridges93]

BoatyMcBoatface say what?!?!

[@app0the]

They could have stuffed him an SH-01J so there's that.. I mean it runs Android! :P

[@ComboBreakerHD]

I don't watch Linus because he knows the internet. I watch Linus because he knows the internet and still manages to repeatedly get trolled. Quality stuff.

[@modarkthemauler]

I mean, the "F(x)tec Pro1-X" exists with its swing out keyboard.

[@_aullik]

Dennis is a mad genius! Those sponsor spots where THE best!

[@smalltime0]

Its a good production, but I wonder if the sponsor is really going to get their money's worth. People watching this channel are likely to be the people who enjoy making their own PCs and tinkering with them.

[@TheYoutubeUser69]

Ihave so many friends who watch tech content who couldn't even unscrew their GPU

[@_aullik]

@@smalltime0 well not everyone does that when he gets older. Sometimes you just pay the extra bucks to build the PC for you. That ain't me, but there are enough people out there that think that way. If i had to build a PC for someone related that aren't my parents i would do it that way so I'm not 100% tech support.

[@hubertnnn]

@@smalltime0 Well, it depends. I can see some videos being watched by non-tech people that would buy a build-redux machine. Not this video though. But the secret shopper would be a perfect video for this ad.

[@dennislepke2125]

don't be a dennis.... ok >.

[@guve25]

That screen wobble when closed is physical haptic when typing.

[@blazab1]

From my experience, the keyboard always showed on the bottom screen, just you had to use the LG keyboard, that seems to be worthy sacrifice for me, and if you ever wanted to change it back to GBoard, there's a dedicated button to do so if you don't use gestures for navigation, still worthy trad of by my experience. But yeah it's slower than I'd like and buggier than even my V40 before this, but I can't help, but love it for what it's worth. Only thing I hate about it, is absence of 3.5mm jack, what was always highlight about LG phones :(

[@kingzach74]

The LG V60 has a headphone jack with a Quad DAC and micro SD card storage. You can also get a dual-screen case for the LG V60.

[@ggill1313]

muh customization

[@rollingtroll]

9:04 You can also remove them from the apps menu through settings on most (all?) Android phones. That way you have a choice, either quickly remove one and carry on where you are, or go on a phone cleanup rampage. I actually like that you have both of these options on the wing.

[@Niphrentil]

How dare you say something like that, as if Linus doesn't know about that already?! (Probably because he dropped the ball a while ago and he actually doesn't know how Android works anymore)

[@rollingtroll]

There's a lot Linus doesn't know. It depends on who's watching how much of it gets uncovered. And that's fine, this is entertainment value :D @@Niphrentil

[@codyforet8394]

As an active Wing user I can understand a lot of the complaints. I have workarounds for many of them but that doesn't make it any better of a phone. I love it and am willing to put up with the quirks. Even the ones Linus didn't find in his time using it. And as someone who runs their phones into the ground (I used a Pixel 1 before the Wing) I'll be happy to live with my Wing until it gives up on life and I boomerang it into the sunset.

[@gadgez_]

Ah, picture in picture. It's always interesting seeing how my youtube app automatically applies it when I'm in the US, without downloading any updates, and then losing it again when I go back home.

[@pocketlint82]

I'm watching the sponsor segments instead of skipping them. Well done whoever decided to start making them so goofy. Dennis is great

[@pieman3141]

Dennis was the one behind them, I suspect.

[@EricChiEric]

If only all ads on youtube would be like this. Maybe then they would stop having adblocker issues

[@Goonys85]

That’s not rattling. That’s advanced haptic feedback.

[@cadenchurchill4296]

After this I would really love to see you daily drive the FairPhone! Edit: Love that he’s actually doing this! Excited for more content on the Fairphone!

[@SEVENTEENPOINT1]

I agree. Would love to see it.

[@Canuckrz]

@@manitoba-op4jx Yeah I was super disappointed when I saw the vote flipped. Incredibly lame, but typical of reddit.

[@swiftrealm]

@@manitoba-op4jx That is why you should never listen to reddit when it comes to voting

[@bingbong6066]

Yeah the new one. I want it!

[@Darthjammer224]

Why comment about content, if you wont watch the whole video... At the end he literally says hes switching to the FP5. @14:19

[@bryantallen703]

Should've had the LG V60 with the extra screen as a option. Killer phone still being used today. Also, double tap to wake was an LG first. Heck, i still use my LG V40 and a pair of Peerless Audio Status Between Pro ear buds which uses the aptX codec and has basically the best sound through BT 5.2. And yes Lenny, the V40 is nicer than the Joke 9. I just opened a brand new LG V60 and just like all the V-series, they can push a pair of 600Ω Sennheiser HD800's which is due to the 2Vrms 3.5mm headphone jack with ESS SABRE's 32bit qDAC to clean up the audio. Especially FLAC files and mvk. for video. Also, the USB-c to HDMI comes in handy. I could go on and on about the right LG phone. Like i said before. The LG V40 is still serving me well. With some Status audio with the V-series is a match made in heaven. The V-series supports all audio and video codecs. Plus LG's stock music app is the best period. It changes color depending on the album of the artist so no 2 artists ambient background look the same. These phones also have MLT-STD 810G/H, so they can take a drop or hit. Plus the cold has no effect on V-series phones. My Note 20 Ultra 5 kept bootlooping in -15°c weather. How ironic....lmao. I pulled out the V40 and had no issues. GPS accuracy is immaculate. Just check out the V40's (or all V-series) GPS test on GSMarena

[@kornkernel2232]

Well thing is the whole phone selection thing became a joke. LG V60 would be at least better since it was a flagship device. May not be all great in modern standards but at least less compromise than LG Wing.

[@leonro]

Honestly the Wing could have been much better if LG didn't give up on phones soon after it launched. Just having the keyboard on the second screen would have been very useful.

[@wedge9t]

Yeah Linus complained about the power button but didn't turn on the always on display option to double tap to wake, also they didn't use the LG Keyboard that automatically knows which screen to use for the keyboard, Linus was using the Microsoft SwiftKey keyboard, which is why it kept appearing on the top screen regardless of the Wing's mode.

[@ClintonHuynh]

@@wedge9t You'll learn a lot of LTT phone reviews (mostly on Short Circuit now) especially where Linus is the reviewer will be hardstuck in his preferred ways of Galaxy Note 9 and not how each company handles gestures/shortcuts/features. He complains phone can't do X when it does have the feature tied to a different method of calling that feature. IE. Pixel 8 photo camera swapping he complains you can't swipe up but on pixels you simply twist/shake.

[@IAmUrza]

Please put up a warning for the viewers before showing someone putting thermal paste on the wrong side of a CPU. That's not right.

[@sovo1212]

My problem with these kind of designs, from the days of clamshell phones, is that they have a flex cable permanently moving. And that means they have a limited life, because we know how godawful hard is to repair a phone for the regular user. Looking forward for mandatory replaceable batteries too.

[@sleeplessindefatigable6385]

I had an LG G4 back in the day and I've missed the rear-mounted buttons on every single phone I've had since. That thing was just the best, RIP to a real one.

[@PsRohrbaugh]

I bought a note 9 on release day. A few months ago I finally cracked the screen. Replaced it with an Xperia. So disappointed, I just bought another note 9. Why is headphone jack + microsd so hard?

[@bartoszgromek4412]

i'm surprised how much effort you guys put in to the segue it's nice to watch keep up good work ;D

[@ayhamabusalem9113]

it's dennis' whole job now

[@aminamirkhani6377]

LG was kinda the last company to still make janky innovative phones and I think that's one of the reasons that made them to stop making phones I had a LG X Screen as my first Smartphone and I absolutely loved it, it was one of the coolest things ever to have a separate task bar from your main screen or even controlling the music with the main screen being off

[@PatrickDKing]

All the other major electronics manufacturers owe a LOT to LG. Even 10 years ago, LG's IPS LCD panels still kick the ass of many OLED/AMOLED panels of today. Apple's award for best smart phone screen was made by LG. Sony's most expensive OLED tvs, the master bravia are using LG's display panels. LG (may or may not have invented) but were the first smartphones to use double tap to wake/sleep...something still to be adopted by most other manufacturers.

[@awesomeferret]

So many people have forgotten that LG got LCD to truly rival OLED right before they switched to OLED. Many people don't know what a high end LCD looks like.

[@babakdayyani6836]

Hey, I'm a fan of Dennis doing these segues. It's a great use of his unique and imaginative style. This goes for the WAN show sponsor slots as well! Pretty fun, give the man a raise!

[@dyscotopia]

Wild that they left out the headphone jack. That was the one thing LG users never complained about... I miss my quad DAC so much

[@costafilh0]

I was sure he would test the Fairphone later. And I'm glad he will. So people can stop talking about it like it's the best thing on the market just because of some marketing bullshit that will take years of use and testing to prove otherwise and will most likely fail in the process because of poor design choices in durability, resistance and performance. Hopefully the great idea of the Fairphone can be better executed in the future.

[@SonicManEXE]

The concept of this phone reminds me a lot of my first phone: the Samsung Juke. The screen flipped out in the same way but went 180 degrees, exposing the keypad and controls. I heard from other kids my age that these things got broken all the time. I’ve always been careful with my stuff and I still never trusted that thing. I was very happy to move to an iPhone 4.

[@theangrymarmot8336]

I bought a LG V10 when they first came out, and absolutely loved that phone. The little top screen was actually useful, you could easily change the battery, and the back of the phone was grippy and allowed the phone to stay where you put it - unlike today's phones where you look at them funny and the slide off whatever they are on and break unless you have a case. I retired the V10 after a couple years when I bought a Samsung Note8 - and gave the V10 to a coworker with a new battery. He used it for another 3-4 years before it finally died. I currently have a Pixel 7 which I do like, but I think my favorite phone to date was that V10.

[@kingzach74]

LG V60 is actually a great phone. It's definitely worth a try if you can find it for a great price. You can get a dual-screen case for it and it has amazing specs for a cheap price right now.

[@cardude1957]

So no one is going to mention that little dbrand notification? 😂 Good job editor.

[@mascaradninja9838]

i really hope we get a update on the experience with the fairphone 5

[@caodesignworks2407]

Oh man, I've been daily driving an LG V60 since it's release (right before the Wing) and it's been 98% wonderful. I'm thinking a lot of the issues come down to the wing software, since I don't have any of those issues. The biggest issue was the Android 11 update made the device slooooow, but 12 fixed that issue

[@Gave-rf1hr]

Bro I had a V30 for years until I decided to get a V50 like 2 years ago and 2 weeks after I received the V50 the screen got broken so I kept using the V30 until a month ago .......it held up really well ...no major complains

[@Xshunin]

Funny how almost every problem with multitasking he had is solved on Surface Duo. But LG at least have been patching and updating their phone which Microsoft don't anymore.

[@Namenloser_]

I have an LG V50 and it got verry buggy after the last update. This is probably also what happened to the wing. My V50 was awesome till LG pushed out the last update. It's sad that LG stopped making phones they ware great most of the time. Edit; My Bugs are Gallery draining battery in the background. Fingerprint scanner doesn't respond for 20sek. Aod moving so far the the right it only shows the hour. Android Auto sometimes refused. Cellular didn't connect after 3-5 days Wi-Fi usage.

[@mugenfiji0327]

100% false. LG has never made a good phone. Every single one of them was an overpriced paper weight.

[@akrizar4]

​@@mugenfiji0327counterpoint: nexus 5

[@Kitulous]

​@@mugenfiji0327they did back in the day of dumb feature phones

[@Namenloser_]

​@@mugenfiji0327My dad inherited my V30 it worked perfectly and still does, My v50 worked perfectly till the last update. I also had a G5 that broke it's screen from falling on the wooden floor from a couch.

[@mugenfiji0327]

@@Kitulous No, no they didn't. Once again, LG has never once made a good phone. Not one single time. Live in your delusional fantasy world if you want, but your opinion doesn't change facts...

[@Qwerty-432]

My wing is 2nd hand from a colleague, and most of Linus' issues are the same on mine - the scratches from the dust are especially annoying. But, my fingerprint works essentially every time, even after a shower with my hands still damp it works. Mine has no screen ripples? Don't really know if these were common or not. My screen while open rocks as he shows, but when closed and typing - is solid. In all honesty though, the main feature of the phone I use the like once every week. I got mine for £120 and was a huge hardware upgrade from my Pixel 3a so I'm sure someone who comes from Folds and other top tier phones can feel its shortcomings much more easily.

[@93tagor]

Nice review👍. Glas to hear that the Fairphone Had a Fan and geht's maybe a review from an big KZbinr.

[@AshT8524]

9:52 Jake: So are you my real Dad? 🤣😂🤣

[@FaySmash]

The LG G3 was the best phone I ever had (also because of the awesome modding community!) I still use it for MFA apps (switched to a Shiftphone 6mq as daily driver)

[@ThatDroid]

Ahh yes with a cpu that would over heat so bad that it would reflow itself and cause the screen to die. [I own one and had to fix the issue for so long]

[@SidVirtuous]

I loved my G3, but was glad to move on to the Nexus 6. The stock Android experience at the time was miles ahead of lg or Samsung bloatware. But I did love the back buttons for vr headsets as they wouldn't press down when clamped in.

[@FaySmash]

@@ThatDroid I just applied the "thermal hack" (applying a thin thermal pad) pretty early and had no overheating issues. My RAM still died tho, I then bought a used G3 and transferred it's logic board, which is the device I still use today. I had the LG 4X BD before which also wasn't perfect but I still have fond memories of it (it also had a very active modding scene)

[@FaySmash]

@@SidVirtuous the rear keys are also a feature I miss the most. I flashed cyanogenMOD very early on my G3, now it runs lineageOS 18.1 (Android 11)

[@snjert8406]

@@ThatDroidoh, that's what that is??? Mine died out of the blue, with more and more bluescreens until it was basically unusable. Still have it, is there a fix for that issue?

[@sp3edstr]

Was this posted previously, pulled and then re-posted? I swear I saw this posted a few days ago 🤔

[@jakeycampbell]

I use this phone daily. I got it since LG was getting out of phones and I've always loved their sorta gimmicky phones. I like using the Wing to take notes on google docs for my classes. I've had zero problems with the fingerprint reader though (even with a very cracked screen). I have mine on a timer to restart every weekend to deal with the update issues. My complaints are not enough apps support the unique screen orientation and that no one made a case that can swivel and protect the main screen :(

[@ggfools]

as an LG V60 user some of these problems are also on that device, the fingerprint sensor is sometimes infuriating... other then that I'm mostly happy with it but looking at probably upgrading in 2024

[@Churchgrimm]

I love/hate my V60, but the love is intense enough that I'm not getting a new phone until it dies, and even then I might get another secondhand one just for music. But oh my god, the fingerprint sensor is such a step down from the V30. The underscreen sensor is inferior in every way to the back-of-the-phone sensor on the V30. I'd happily sacrifice the wireless charging on the V60 to have the V30 sensor back.

[@thatchinaboi1]

Looking to upgrade to the Xiaomi 14 Ultra.

[@kingzach74]

@@Churchgrimm The LG G8X is a slightly smaller version of the V60 but has a fingerprint reader on the back of the phone. The cameras are a bit of a downgrade on the back, but the front camera is BETTER than the one on the V60 weirdly enough. a 32 MP camera for the Selfie camera versus the 10MP on the V60.

[@TIOLIOfficial]

LG is definitely a company that deserves respect for how innovative they were.

[@SkylordDuck]

No matter what you say, I still love my wing and will not give it up for a long while! Genuinely it is much better with different launchers and such.

[@bricktasticanimations4834]

Meh, I'll keep my Nokia 6300 thanks.

[@zandershepherd4746]

This phone looks hilarious. Also, really excited to see you'll be covering the Fairphone 5. I've been using a Fairphone 4 for about half a year now and I love it. Their philosophy and the repairability are so, so important. And I personally put CalyxOS on mine and I've been using it with little issues. Very satisfied with it, and Fairphone deserves a lot more love.

[@JO19pLuMbUm94HN]

Those miniclips and especially the sponsor parts realy spiced up the video for me 😊❤❤❤❤

[@thomasmarston1078]

i spent my teenage years living with the G3, 4, 5, and 6. i loved those phones so much, apart from their heating issues. also thought the flex 2 was a really cool idea

[@snjert8406]

Yeah, my G3 was a furnace unlike anything I've seen before haha

[@thomasmarston1078]

@snjert8406 in the summer I had to put those phones in the fridge😂 was always buying new batteries to try find one with better efficiency

[@jessemaron1767]

When you get a new android update.. Until you unlock the phone it doesn't give you notifications. That isn't just an LG thing.. It happens on my S23 Ultra as well

[@Inrxz]

I love using youtube music in the smaller screen and then using the top screen normally. When i want to change the song i swivel the second screen out and toggle then shut it again as if i was opening and closing a second tab. I also like you can use the front and back camera at the same time, as well as moving the camera view left right up down in gimbal mode without moving the hand at all, its super smooth. Its also great for using the top screen in landscape mode for twitch with the screen ans chat in the top screen and keyboard on the bottom screen. I also love it for business where i can load reference photos on one screen and then the items im placing an order for on the other. I also like loading youtube instrumentals on one screen and writing to them in notepad on the other. I hate pic in pic mode and i love the Wing for ADHD reasons too. This guy is complaining about the keyboard covering up the top screen in landscape mode but thats because he hasnt set it to appear in the bottom screen. It would also fix the pin pad problem. He just needed to configure the keyboard properly to fix that. If youre having rattling issues you can tighten it and this phone is super easy to take apart and replace screens etc.

[@JournalityOnAJourney]

5:04 There is a seam.

[@carolusrex9138]

Physically yes optically no

[@BryanMiranda96]

I can see it being kind of cool if Drastic DS Emulator works on it where you can have controls on either side of what would be the top display instead of the bottom like a regular DS

[@thisnowthen]

I am 90% sure Drastic doesn't support that second screen. And it definitely won't get any updates to support it. Drastic didn't get an update for 3 years straight then it got a scoped storage update in January. It will be another 3 years before it gets another update

[@DarkNia64]

​@@thisnowthenWhy wouldn't it? DraStic works fine on the Galaxy Fold, and even supports using a separate 2nd screen over HDMI.

[@CT3LA]

Can confirm that drastic will not run across both screens on the wing but does work fine across both screens on the v60 or g8x

[@Vladimir_Kv]

9:20 Of course you'll have problems uninstalling apps if you, _"like a pleb"_ are using the app drawer to uninstall them. There's the whole "Applications" menu in the Settings which should be used to do that.

[@skylerb2218]

The two big issues with LG were..inability to see new concepts through (they often dropped them after 1 year) and the ignoring of the g4 fiasco. LG had vision but no long term follow through. Still miss my v20 with the 2nd ticker screen.

[@SIPEROTH]

Yeah. The moment something didn't make a big bang they dropped it. That is not how you succeed. They were like a team getting a new coach and firing the previous every few months.

[@lmtothethree7533]

I use an LG Wing as a daily driver and i havent had hardly any of the problems linus mentions. Theres a setting to make the keyboard open on the bottom screen and you can add and remove easy access buttons like hotspot

[@ShaiyanHossain]

i had hotspot on the quick notification menu in my lgv20 running up to android 9.0.

[@garvenglish]

It certainly doesn't appear that Linus really went through or researched this device thoroughly over the past month. More like he was nitpicking for issues to report and was simply counting down to use that Fairphone. He didn't even mention the real reason for the second screen scrollpad was best designed for LG Wireless Display Mode, where you use that pad to control the cursor over a large display. Or that you could use the second display in tandem with some games for maps and suchlike. Or merge combinations of apps together to use main and second screen in one click. Or add and remove apps from the second screen, or cycle through large and small keyboard screens with LG Keyboard and rotate the phone accordingly, may I go on? The phone is absolutely amazing and still relevant in looks and features. But to each his own. Cheerios!!!

[@GUY-on-Earth]

I actually wish they made a new version of the Wing, but made it more practical to use ergonomically and the wings should have cameras

[@girlsdrinkfeck]

its a dumb and gauy concept regardless

[@GUY-on-Earth]

@@girlsdrinkfeck not really it just needs to be refined to be more useful. I’m no engineer but it’s a unique design that needs a good engineer to make it work

[@girlsdrinkfeck]

@@GUY-on-Earth no market for such a clunky device that only gives u 50 percent more screen

[@GUY-on-Earth]

@@girlsdrinkfeck i’ll admit it’s a bit clunky but if we could use the bottom half of the device to better control the top screen it would definitely improve it, i think it’s just needs waaaay better software.

[@NANA.PANPAN]

I wonder if the third party apps issues were due to app versions that no longer supported the depreciated form factor

[@TheJunky228]

deprecated

[@TrippyDaMane]

Happy to see Dennis more! That dude is hilarious.

[@odinsudons]

Do you know how many times I have browsed through all of your channels scouring to see if you had talked about this yet? FINALLY! I always thought the Wing was an odd one but incredibly interesting and unique.