LG G8s with Hand ID, Air Motion gestures launched in India

LG has launched the LG G8s ThinQ flagship phone in India at a price of Rs 36,990 for the variant with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage. The main USP of the LG G8s ThinQ is its 3D Time-of-Flight front camera (LG calls it the Z camera) that helps not only in fast and more secure face unlock and achieving greater depth of field effect in portrait selfies, it also lets you control the G8s with the palm of your hand. This includes two user cases – Hand ID and Air Motion gestures. 

A ToF system essentially calculates the time it takes for an IR laser to bounce off subjects and return to the device to create a more accurate 3D picture of the environment. Hand ID, as the name suggests, allows you to unlock the G8s by holding your palm in front of the phone’s Z camera – using vein maps that LG says will be hard to spoof from a security point of view. Air Motion gestures are a lot more diverse – once you get the phone’s attention by waving at it in a particular way, you’ll be able to perform a range of tasks, from playing/pausing media to dismissing an incoming call. 

In theory, the LG G8s is a phone that you can control largely without even having to touch it - by combining Hand ID with Air Motion gestures. Google will be employing slightly different tech – a Soli radar chip – for similar but more advanced functionality in the upcoming Pixel 4. 

LG G8s specs and features

Aside from the crazy stuff, the rest of the LG G8s is familiar for a flagship phone in 2019. The G8s has a 6.2-inch 1080p+ OLED display with a notch, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage (expandable), a triple rear camera system consisting of one 12MP standard camera, a secondary 13MP wide angle camera and another 12MP telephoto camera, a primary 8MP front camera, and a 3,550mAh battery. 

Not to mention, LG’s signature quad DAC is sticking around as well, meaning yay points for the good old headphone jack. The phone’s IP68-certified for dust and water resistance and MIL-STD 810G-certified for surviving extreme environments. 

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