LG V10 leaks, said to have 5.7-inch display with auxiliary ‘ticker’ screen
Alex Wagner / PhoneDog.com :
Context & Ripple Effects
This leak lands just ahead of an event LG had already scheduled for October 1st, which coverage pegged as the likely venue for announcing the dual-display V10 — so the ticker screen here is the first concrete look at what that reveal would center on.
It also marks the start of a long arc: LG would later drop the built-in ticker on the V30 as it moved to small-bezel 18:9 panels, then keep chasing the same second-screen idea through accessories — the V50 ThinQ's attachable Dual Screen and the flip-out second display on the leaked dual-screen Wing.
First-order effects
- LG gets its October 1st event pre-framed around a 5.7-inch display plus auxiliary ticker screen, shifting the V10's pitch from spec-sheet refresh to a differentiated second-screen device.
Second-order effects
- The ticker gives LG's V series a distinct identity separate from its G flagships, pressuring LG to justify two parallel premium lines rather than one.
Third-order effects
- If the pattern holds, the integrated ticker proves too costly to sustain once bezel-less 18:9 displays arrive — the second-screen concept survives not in hardware but as detachable accessories like the Dual Screen and Wing.
The trend: LG spent half a decade iterating on the second-screen smartphone — from the V10's built-in ticker to clip-on and flip-out displays — before abandoning integrated versions for accessory-based ones.