The LG V10’s Second Screen is confusing

LG just released a smartphone with top of the line specifications, a phablet form factor, and a top-mounted “ticker” display called the “Second Screen”. Now, we all know LG isn’t the first device with a secondary display: this concept has been around since the heyday of the flip phone, where said phones had a little LCD screen on the back. With so many different approaches taken by various OEMs towards creating secondary display experiences, how does LG’s way of doing things fare?

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LG is doing with a second screen what Motorola and Nokia did with the main screens

It wasn’t all that long ago when people wore a watch everywhere they went. When cell phones started arriving, the necessity of that timepiece on your wrist became less necessary – you’d just pull out your cell phone and check the time. Some flip phones even got fancy and put a small LCD across the top to show you the current date and time, and information about the incoming caller. Modern smartphones did away with this, using their primary display to show you relevant information at a glance. That is, until recently. Now Samsung and LG seem to be leading the charge with ...

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