Oh, LG. You and your marketing gimmicks. The LG V20 was announced as the first phone that would launch with Android 7.0 Nougat, and indeed, that's about to happen. However, the launch this week is only happening in South Korea. The rest of the world has to wait. It's still first, though. LG was technically correct—the best kind of correct.

The V20 is LG's best hope of having a hit smartphone after several years of disappointing sales. The LG G5 in particular was a bloodbath. The company even had to admit several months after release that it wasn't selling as it culled the executive herd. The modular system they debuted on the LG G5 also seems to have been abandoned; the V20 isn't modular and no new modules for the G5 have been launched.

The V20 will have a Snapdragon 820, 4GB of RAM, and a 5.7-inch 1440p LCD. Like last year's V10, this device will also sport a secondary display on the front of the phone and a high-quality DAC. It inherits the dual rear camera from the G5 as well. Launch details for the V20 in additional markets will be announced in the coming weeks.

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