LG confirms rollable phone, V60 successor won’t be developed ‘any further’
- LG has confirmed that the Rainbow and rollable phones will no longer be developed.
- Pictures apparently showing the two phones recently surfaced online.
- The V70 appears to be a continuation of the LG Velvet’s design philosophy.
LG announced it would end its loss-making smartphone business this week, meaning the LG V60 and LG Wing will be the company’s last high-end smartphones. However, LG was also working on a rollable phone project, and it was widely believed that it was working on a V60 successor, codenamed Rainbow.
It seems obvious that these devices will no longer see the light of day and LG has now confirmed this Android Authority.
“We’re not sure how authentic these pictures are, but neither device is under development,” a representative from LG told us when we asked about the fate of these devices and alleged pictures of these phones that recently appeared online.
Twitter tipster FrontTron (h / t: XDA developer) sent An image that supposedly came from the Korean telecommunications regulator and shows the rollable phone in all its glory. Take a look at the picture below.
We don’t see a fully expanded display here or on the right side of the device where the screen slides out. However, we see the bezels at the top and bottom which presumably hide the rail mechanisms to allow the screen to slide in and out smoothly. We can also see a gap in the top bezel presumably intended for the selfie camera, along with what looks like an earpiece on the same bezel.
Unfortunately, we don’t know much else about the rollable phone such as the processor, camera details, battery capacity and more. The fact that the device found its way to a regulator suggests a launch wasn’t far off at all.
The tipster too sent A picture that appears to show the flagship of LG Rainbow or V70, and we see a device that adopts LG Velvet’s design philosophy. You can see it below.
LG’s unreleased flagship apparently offers a rainbow-style shimmer for the white back (maybe a nod to the code name Rainbow?). However, there are a few other key differences between this device and the Velvet.
The rear cameras also protrude slightly compared to the flush modules on the previous phone, while the secondary rear cameras are also larger than the Velvet’s secondary lenses. It’s unclear what the third camera could be used for, as the Velvet offered a depth sensor, while previous LG flagships offered a telephoto sensor if they had a third camera.
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