LG G7 ThinQ newest update allows to record at 4K@60FPS, but there is a catch


It’s natural to expect the best of features that are available for the hardware of a flagship smartphone. It’s a tough competition, and companies like LG can’t lose time in offering the best of a hardware for its customers.

When the LG G7 ThinQ was released it came with 4K video recording abilities, however, in order to record a video with that amount of pixels, the users would need to sacrifice some FPS since the smartphone was capable of recording only 4K@30FPS videos. Today, after a huge demand, the company is rolling out an OTA update that enables shooting 4K videos at 60FPS in the LG G7 ThinQ.

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With this new OTA update, G7 ThinQ owners will be contemplated with a new option in the camera settings that allow for UHD 16:9 (60fps) 3840 x 2160 recording. However, with the addition of new recording capability, LG also added a catch. According to reports, the 4K@60FPS records have a time limit, this is surprising since with the 4K@30FPS the company has put no limitation. With the new FPS option, users will have to be satisfied with up to 5 or 6 minutes of video footages.

At the moment, it’s not clear if that limitation was due to thermal limitations or storage, but when the first 4K@30FPS video made its way through Android smartphones, the biggest issue was related to thermal throttling. What do you think about the referred update? Is it better having 4K@60FPS with some limitations or not having it until the technology matures in smartphones? Let us know in the comments below.

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