LG V10 leaks, said to have 5.7-inch display with auxiliary ‘ticker’ screen
The Samsung Continuum launched on Verizon in 2010 with a unique feature: a secondary ticker display beneath its main display. We never saw a second Continuum, but new leaks have suggested that LG may be prepping a new device in the same vein.
Context & Ripple Effects
LG's second-screen experiment has a lineage: Samsung's Continuum put a ticker display beneath its main panel on Verizon back in 2010, but no successor followed until now. A new leak says the V10 pairs a 5.7-inch display with an auxiliary ticker screen of its own, and LG's October 1 event was already flagged as the likely venue for a dual-display device before the official reveal confirmed the secondary screen alongside dual front-facing cameras.
What makes this leak worth tracking rather than dismissing as a one-off gimmick is what came after: the design shipped to AT&T and T-Mobile within weeks of launch, LG carried the ticker forward into the V20 with Android 7.0 Nougat, and by 2019 the concept had scaled into the V50's attachable Dual Screen accessory.
First-order effects
- If the leak holds, LG's October 1 event turns the V10's second screen from rumor into a shipping differentiator against Samsung and other 2015 flagships that stuck to single displays.
- US buyers get a new premium option on AT&T and T-Mobile rather than a Korea-only experiment, per the subsequent carrier rollout.
Second-order effects
- Rival flagships face pressure to justify their own hardware extras, since LG is competing on form-factor novelty rather than spec-sheet parity alone.
- Carrier lineups gain a differentiated tier-1 Android handset, giving AT&T and T-Mobile a talking point beyond pricing promotions.
Third-order effects
- If the pattern holds — ticker screen on the V10 and V20, then a full second OLED on the V50 — LG's V line becomes the industry's longest-running test bed for whether secondary displays are a durable category or a niche feature.
The trend: Smartphone makers are treating secondary screens as an iterative differentiator, with LG carrying the idea from Samsung's 2010 Continuum through its V-series to dedicated dual-screen hardware.