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Stuff Magazine|April 2020 - Issue 104
LGVTQ 5G
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LG V50 THINQ

As much as it seems everyone is hyped about implementing 5G in SA, we’re nowhere near countrywide access yet. But 5G phones have started rolling in. LG’s V50 ThinQ is by far the largest, most bombastic device by the company yet, and it’s one of the first in SA toting the 5G label. We’re not convinced that’s a real advantage though. Not yet. The V50’s specs are powerful enough, with a Snapdragon 855 chipset and 6GB of RAM. Unfortunately, it runs Android 9.0 Pie out of the box. Oh well, at least it’s got 128GB of storage as well as a microSD slot for you to add another 2TB. If you wanna.

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