The LG G3 might not be a revolutionary smartphone, but it appears to be the first smartphone to come with laser autofocus. Not only will the phone have laser autofocus, but it will also come packed with a display that is better than full HD.
The display is quite impressive with a 2560 by 1440 pixel resolution, which has a density of 538 pixels per inch. LG first talked about this screen back in August of 2013, and while it took the company a while to get it from the testing phase and into an actual product, we're glad it is finally here.
Such a display is the best available on a smartphone to-date, so already the Samsung Galaxy S5 is inferior in this regard. However, with such a high quality screen, we have to wonder how LG plans to handle battery life. The G3 comes with a 3000 mAh battery inside, but we're not sure if it will be enough to power this device for a full day.
According to LG, the phone should perform at a similar rate to competing products, and we hope that is the case at the end of the day.
Laser autofocus
"We came up with the laser idea [the G3 uses a laser to measure the distance to the camera's subject] from our home appliance company, where the engineers were testing lasers as part of the robot vacuum cleaner's camera. We took that idea and implemented it as a way to speed up focus time. We can do this type of 'holistic' R&D because of our diverse business interests, not many smartphone manufacturers can," said LG's planning division for mobile platform head Dr. Ramchon Woo.
Impressive? We think it is.
However, while we might believe this laser autofocus thing sounds impressive, we haven't yet seen it in action, so it could just be a superfluous gimmick. Not every day we here about smartphones with laser beams, so unless LG can really make it work in the real world, one should keep their excitement on the down low for just a little while.
If it works though, expect other smartphone manufacturers to follow LG's lead, especially Samsung, unless the company comes up with a better idea for faster autofocus.
You know what, all the time we're here talking about his, we didn't once mention the health risks. What are the chances of someone going blind from a laser beam shinning in their faces? We should find out soon enough.
