SpecEagle review · LG

LG Velvet review: LG's design reboot — "raindrop" cameras, optional dual screen.

SpecEagle Editorial·May 2020·$599
Overall
64/100
Class rank
#19 of 22
Tier
Mid
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The verdict, up front

LG's elegant near-final act.

LG Velvet rebooted LG's design language with a "raindrop" camera and curved P-OLED, keeping the Quad DAC, jack and IP68 — one of the last LG phones before the brand exited.

01Display

80/100

80/100 puts it above the 75-point average for mid phones of 2020.

TypeP-OLED, 60 Hz, curved
Size6.8 inches
Resolution2,460 × 1,080 px

02Camera

64/100

64/100 is one of the weaker camera results among mid phones of 2020 — 6 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

Main48 MP, f/1.8, OIS
Ultrawide8 MP
Depth5 MP
Selfie16 MP

03Performance

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for mid phones of 2020.

ChipsetSnapdragon 765G (7 nm)
RAM6 / 8 GB
Storage128 GB + microSD

04Battery

72/100

72/100 — right at the average for mid phones of 2020.

Capacity4,300 mAh
Wired25 W
WirelessQi

05Build

76/100

76/100 puts it above the 72-point average for mid phones of 2020.

06Value

62/100

62/100 is one of the weaker value results among mid phones of 2020 — 13 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

What works
  • Elegant "raindrop" design.
  • IP68 + wireless + jack + Quad DAC.
  • Optional Dual Screen accessory.
  • Curved P-OLED.
What doesn't
  • SD765G is mid, not flagship.
  • 60 Hz only.
  • Mono speaker.
  • One of LG's last phones.
Cross-shop it against
Pixel 5a
$449 · score 74/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 22-phone cohort of mid devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .