LG Wing Teardown! - HOW DOES IT WORK?!

The LG Wing is probably one of the most unique devices we've seen all year or maybe even all time. It's one of those devices that blazes its own trail without stopping to ask for directions and I'm all for it. a pre-production unit that LG sent me so it's not a retail unit, the durability test has to wait until it comes out like we always do, but the hardware is finalized so we can take it all apart to see how it

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s. Thanks to LG for sponsoring this video and sending you the

wing

. It's quite brave as he's never opened a phone like this before and there's a good chance he won't survive.

Let's get started. The LG Wing is about the same size, shape, thickness, and weight as my note 10 plus inside its case, but the LG Wing can do this, which is something I never thought a phone would need to do instead of folding it. This guy spins. It will be super interesting to see how it

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s from the inside. The phone splits in half and rotates upwards in a T-shape so that the screen lies horizontal while revealing a secondary square screen below. The s

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motion feels solid and really easy to initiate and something catches the screen at the top of the swing for easy placement.

Firstly, we'll find out how the hinge works once we get inside. LG has installed a high lubricity polyacetyl, which is a lubricated source plastic that surrounds the front panel and protects the screen. It's a softer, smoother plastic that rises to form a slight cavity on the inside so foreign materials don't rub against the screen when it's closed or open. This is important because pocket sand is a real danger to glass screens when the phone opens onto its wing to indicate more space for activities. and multitasking like on YouTube, it shows the video on top and video controls on the bottom or when we are in the camera app, the bottom screen can act as a gimbal for the camera unit, adding electronic stabilization In addition to the camera, there is no physical movement. of the camera hardware while you control the gimbal, it's all done with software, but it's still cool activating the top camera makes it pop out of the phone like a daisy and then the wing can film forward and backward at the same time. the same retraction and drop detection features we've seen on other pop-up cameras.

The best thing, I think, is the ability to watch a video in full screen while another app, like texting, is open at the bottom or even the ability to comment. a video while it's still in full screen or maybe while you're on a road trip, the navigation can be vertical while the music ends on the side screen, there are a lot of different options, I mean let's be honest, this probably isn't going to work . might be the best phone to recommend to grandma, but if you're looking for the latest craziest, most uniquely designed phone on the market, this could very well be it Now that the wing's been up for five minutes, it's time to take it down, so Note that this is the first time I've seen the LG Wing and it's very different from any other phone we've taken apart recently, so fingers crossed for the survival of our new friend.

The Dlg Wing has passed nine different tests from the mil 810g standard, one of which is the impact test that dropped the wing at 26 different angles from 1.2 meters and still survived, but obviously that's quite different from being completely dismantled. I'll be removing the rear glass panel since that's where I assume we'd find the display and internal connectors along with whatever magic that constitutes that rotating hinge without the back glass, we get our first look at the wireless charging pad and the no dogs allowed sticker , which is good since I'm not a canine, I'll continue there. nine regular Phillips head screws hold the top plastics in place and once the panel is removed we get our first taste of how LG has put the wing together.

We know that ribbon cables can flex, you know, because of those pop-up cameras and this ribbon cable that controls the display. through the PCB and rotates smoothly with the screen inside its large smooth circular opening. LG says they've tested this opening motion over 200,000 times, so for example, if you opened the phone 100 times a day, it would still last you about five and a half hours. years so far so good, we can also see the pop-up front camera up close. It has the same stepper motor setup that we've seen used in other pop-up cameras. I used to dedicate an entire video to a pop-up camera, but now we have entire phones splitting in half, the technology is pretty cool, I'll disconnect the battery, the bottom screen, the USB-C charging port cable, everything like little legos, then I'll take out this SIM card and expandable memory.

SD card tray, you might think that a phone like this would have no water protection and you are right, the phone is not exactly sealed, but LG has coated the internal plates with a water repellent coating, there is no official IP yet . rating, so keep it away from water, but it's good to know it has some protection. I'll lift up the phone's motherboard after disconnecting the 32-megapixel front camera. There are three rear cameras. The 12 megapixel rotating camera. Above a 64 megapixel main camera that has optical image stabilization and a 13 megapixel wide angle camera below, at the bottom, the top camera

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all the work of the gimbal that I showed you before with its built-in electronic stabilization, there is a small thermal pad on the back, which helps transfer heat from the processor to the frame of the phone, I'll take the battery out next, before I try to remove the wing, there is an incredibly reasonable amount of adhesive holding the battery down, there are no tabs magic, but it pops up easily with my thumbs-up pry tool because it has a capacity of four thousand milliamp hours.

We have a few more reveals about that hinge from this point of view, the little trim that dampens the opening of the hinge is right here next to the display strip, it's the smallest hydraulic damper I've ever seen. Hydraulic shock absorbers are common on trucks and ATVs to help cushion the impact of the vehicle while driving off-road and here we have the smallest of the baby shock absorbers inside the LG wing if we can get it. a wow in the comments, that would be cool, we'll get a closer look at that guy in just a second so we can remove the front screen.

I imagine it has something to do with these six large Phillips head screws after they have been removed. I can see that the screen wants to separate from the phone but it is still connected somehow. I'm trying to be gentle since I never asked LG if they wanted this phone back to life or not, but they also didn't tell me how to open it. So here we are, after a lot of fruitless moving and moving, I realized that the screen itself had a small hole in its sliding mechanism, something like what we would find on a hotel room door lock and a Once I got those internal screws, I removed them.

It is loosened enough that the hole can be aligned and removed from the body of the phone. I used to, you know, tell my mom that video games would help me learn problem-solving skills that I could use as an adult and I don't think this is exactly what I had in mind, but I'm still telling it. There are nine black screws holding the super-thin top display hinge and once they're gone, we finally get a full view of the LG's wing hinge and the rest of the hinge. The components are riveted together, which makes sense because what's left inside are two fairly powerful springs, one that helps the phone open and keep it open and the other that keeps it in the closed position, both equally balanced so that the twisting motion be easy.

The big hole. in the center is for that flat cable, the two curved sections you see on the hinge are for the double locking mechanism that prevents the screen from opening too far in either direction and having two of them made of metal helps keep the screen in a strong position. Parallel to the rest of the foam body, it appears that our tiny hydraulic shock absorber is held in place with three small screws of its own. I'll take them out and move our little tick-tock-sized friend away. It's amazing how small this thing is. it's the same technology that keeps your screen door from slamming shut now it's inside a cell phone 2020 has been pretty wild talk about wild it's going to be really crazy if I can put this all back together and work again I'll power it to the top screen through the hinge and screw it on, the top screen measures 6.8 inches and the bottom screen, which is still attached to the frame, measures approximately four inches, aligning the curved metal guide slot on the screen with the metal post on the The foam body is probably the most complicated part of the reassembly, but once I feel it click, everything else just snaps into place exactly as it should and I can attach the spring part of the rotating hinge to the frame from the inside, everything else is relatively normal, like a normal phone, the motherboard goes back in with this pop up camera and all the little lego style ribbon accessories clip on.

I will put the battery in place and connect the wing display ribbon, then I can connect the wireless connection. plastics with load backing and protection with the screws and believe me, I am as surprised as you. Everything still turns on and works normally, not bad at all. I am impressed by LG's leap of innovation. The wing brings some exciting diversity to an otherwise pretty boring sea of ​​rectangles and I think it's cool. I'm curious to hear your thoughts on the wing in the comments. We will do a durability test when the retail version comes out for consistency.

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