Earlier today, LG unveiled the LG V40, its latest flagship smartphone featuring not one or two but five cameras! The device features three cameras at the rear and two at the front and aims to deliver an unrivaled camera experience with tons of features. While all that might be nice, there’s one thing that’s definitely going to disappoint a lot of potential LG V40 owners: the lack of an IR blaster.
Samsung was among the first few Android OEMs to include a handy IR blaster on its flagship Galaxy S and Note devices. Since the Galaxy S6 though, the company has had a change of heart and has not bothered including the handy sensor on its flagship devices.
The OnePlus 6 was unveiled by OnePlus yesterday featuring a glass design, notched display, and top-notch internals. Despite coming with a new design, the OnePlus 6 lacks any kind of official IP certification and is not water-resistant. What about IR blaster then? Does the OnePlus 6 feature one?
Earlier today, OnePlus unveiled the OnePlus 6 — the successor to the OnePlus 5T from last year. The handset is a major step up from its predecessor in terms of the design department. OnePlus has gone with a glass panel at the rear similar to almost every other major flagship launched over the last few months.
After months of leaks, LG has unveiled its next flagship handset: the G7 ThinQ. The handset is based on the V30 from last year, but LG has improved it in every key aspect to ensure it remains competitive with smartphones released in 2018. But has LG reintroduced the IR blaster on the G7?
Samsung’s Galaxy S8 and Note 8 are filled to the brim with plenty of features and customization options. But for some reason, something as simple as setting a custom ringtone on the handsets is a complex and convoluted task.
The Moto G5 series was easily among Moto’s most popular smartphones launched in 2017. The handsets ticked with customers due to their stock Android experience which offers a very simple to use UI and top-notch performance.
Samsung has packed the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ to the brim with features. And I am not talking about just hardware features but software ones as well. You will find plenty of features to play around on your Galaxy S9. Surprisingly though, there’s one very basic feature missing from the handset: call recording.
The Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ are among the best flagship handsets released this year. Packed to the brim with features, they run on Samsung’s latest Experience UI which has been further improved since it first debuted on the Galaxy S8 with new features and enhancements. However, these improvements have ended up making a simple task of setting up a custom ringtone or notification sound on the handset pretty complex.
IR blasters on smartphones have become almost extinct. I say almost because while major OEMs like Samsung, LG, and Motorola have given them the boot from their devices, there’s one company that continues to include IR blaster on its flagship devices. And that’s Huawei.
