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LG Wing 5G (GSM Only) 6.8" 256GB

$329.99
Condition: Grade A Refurbished
Color: Aurora Grey
Screen Size: 6.8"
Carrier: GSM Only
Capacity: 256GB
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What a weird and enjoyable phone
By Brian Bridges on Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2023
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.
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Buyer beware....
By Christopher Leander on Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2025
I've bought 4 from Amazon; just love the oddity of the phone, and the LGlink to my T.V.s most of my appliances. I had any issue with the 2nd phone "blipping" with connection, but dealt with it until the screens just want green.?. The last one purchased did not work out of the box, so I decided to investigate. 1 of the top (first layer) screws were rusty, another was not even in place, and another 2 were not even tightened. I will not make a complaint about the phone itself, but the multiple distributors claiming their testing cannot be trusted. Buyer Beware.. I will break down and buy a new Samsung. I hate letting go of something so iconic, but if refurbished isn't quality, it's time to move on.πŸ€”πŸ˜’

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