LG Wing 5G T-Mobile Unlocked LMF100TM 6.8 inch 8GB+256GB – Aurora Grey (US Warranty) (Renewed)

What a weird and enjoyable phone
I’ve been using this as my main phone for a week now. That’s not a huge amount of time but I use the phone off-and-on constantly throughout the day for all manner of activities, both work and personal.**The Swiveling Screen**I’ll start with the most important thing. The swiveling screen is just lots of fun. It’s a little silly and sometimes awkward to hold, but I’ve enjoyed how weird it is. The swivel feels good, but I’d be scared to drop the phone while it’s “open.” And on that note, there’s not much for a phone case to grip onto with this phone. I purchased my case separately from Case-Mate, and the case has some adhesive inside, to hold the phone in place.**Rotations and Launchers**When the phone is opened in its T-Pose, you can rotate it any way you prefer, and the screens can adjust to suit that rotation. Just bear in mind that SOME apps can’t be used in landscape mode. (Instagram, for example, seems to be locked to portrait only.) One thing that was ALMOST a hiccup, is I downloaded an alternate launcher. At first it wouldn’t rotate to suit my needs, but I found a setting inside the app that allowed it to. So yes, if your launcher accommodates rotating, you’re not stuck using the Wing’s proprietary launcher.**Built-in Features & Camera**In its T-Pose mode, the phone has some cool built-in features. In the YouTube app, the second screen can act as video controls (volume, brightness, 10-sec skips, play/pause.) Or you can lock the second screen and use it as a grip, to hold your phone better. Another funny option is, you can use the second screen as a laptop style track-pad, and a cursor will appear to click things on the main screen. Apps can also be swapped quickly between the main and second screen, and vice versa, which comes in handy.Another cool feature, is the phone lets you create shortcuts on the second screen that pair up two apps of your choice, to your preferred screen. So, for example, I could have a shortcut that instantly opens Instagram on the main screen and Discord on the second screen. Or you could have Google Maps running on one screen, with your music app on the second.In its default state, the second screen limits which apps you can use on it. It won’t even show them in your app drawer. It bases this on which apps it thinks are fully compatible. However, if you go to the “Second Screen” menu in the settings, you can choose which apps to allow, and it will attempt to run them. So far, the only app that hasn’t worked for me on the second screen has been Snapchat. Every other app has been functional.This phone also has cool built-in features with the camera. ONE IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE is that the front facing camera is a pop-up! I didn’t know this when I bought it. Every time you activate selfie mode on Snapchat or wherever, a lens physical rises from the top of the phone’s body and then retracts when you’re done. It’s aesthetically neat, but it’s a little impractical. It makes a little motorized noise each time it appears or retracts. That said, however, the camera has other useful phone features. One is a gimble mode, which acts as an image stabilizer and has on-screen controls to move the lens view around left/right and up/down. The phone also lets you “dual record”, which splits the screen in half and records the rear-camera on one half and the front-facing camera on the other half. And last of all, there is a time-lapse feature, but I haven’t played with that yet. I haven’t heavily tested the camera abilities yet, but it seems to be as good or better than the Galaxy S21+ I’d been using.**Usefulness**So is this phone’s two-screen ability actually useful? For me, the answer has been sometimes. Mostly, it’s been a convenience but not a necessity. I’ve found that my most frequent use is to have a video playing on one screen while I browse social media apps on the other screen. And this reminds me of another perk. I don’t pay for YouTube, and so there are some videos (like music ones) that prevent you from running them in thumbnail mode as you’re browsing other apps. The LG Wing bypasses that restriction, because you can have the YouTube app open on one screen while you browse with the other. I love that.All-in-all, two years ago when this phone was $1000, I probably wouldn’t have said its unique swivel feature was worth the high price. But nowadays, since I bought the phone refurbished for $300, I’m loving it. It’s fun, it’s weird, and it does have some practical multi-tasking uses. I don’t think the second screen is going to spoil me, but I will admit that I’d miss it if it was gone.

Extremely Cool Form Factor
This phone makes me sad LG decided to stop making phones. This form factor is so enjoyable to use. Makes multi tasking fun. The phone arrived with minor wear and tear but nothing extremely noticeable. After a good two weels of use, it can get a bit glitchy with the lockscreen however, that isn’t a deal breaker for me. Battery life is ok for me but I can get thru a whole day off one charge, sometimes I may have to top off the battery. The refresh rate is 60 Mhz but again not a deal breaker. I think the display is beautiful and very peppy when scrolling. I also think the cam takes great pics and gimble mode is fun to use while taking video. The speaker isn’t the greatest seeing there is only one but again that isn’t a deal breaker. It’s very cool to flip out the winged screen. It is certainly a conversation starter. If you love tech and you can get your hands on this device, I say give it a try.

A collectors item and a great phone
LG phones are underrated but offer the best hardware, from the camera system to the Quad-DAC in their V-series phones, and the LG-Wing is no exception. The display on this phone is beautiful and vibrant, the camera system with the Gimbal functionality is great for recording outdoor events and the battery life is also good, LG is my brand of choice ( I hope they return to the smartphone segment)

Un excelente equipo, llegó en tiempo y forma, impresionante lo impecable que llego el equipo, no tenia ni un solo raaguño (no se si fue mi unidad o todas vienen asi) la bateria esta muy bien con un uso normal me da entre 6 y 7 horas de pantalla encendidas, la carga inalambrica funciona sin problemas al igual que la carga rapida. La multitarea es lo mejor en este equipo sacando un provecho al máximo (al principio no veia muchas aplicaciones para usar en la pantalla secundaria, despues me di cuenta que hay que ir a ajustes y elegir las aplicaciones que puedes usar en esta) es un equipo bastante grande y pesado pero el poder deslizar la pantalla lo hace que valga la pena. Altamente recomendable.

Por el precio del producto difícilmente podrás encontrar algo mejor, se asemeja mucho a la “gama media premium” de finales del 2021, incluso dando mejores resultados en muchos apartados.En mi caso la batería ha sido el punto débil del celular, pero sin lugar a dudas es una excelente opción a tomar en cuenta.