LG's latest Velvet smartphone has rolled out in the U.S. as the Korean tech giant adopts a new design language and device naming scheme. The phone comes loaded with stylish hardware and sleek fingerprint-reading technology.

Design
The LG Velvet represents a departure from the company's old G-series names like LG G8, and it also takes on a whole new exterior aesthetic. On the front, a large 6.8-inch curved OLED touchscreen dominates. The curved glass has a "3D arc design" with a bezel that's not too distracting. There's also a quirky animation that appears at the bottom of the screen, showing you where to place your thumbprint to unlock it.

Camera
The LG Velvet has three vertical cameras on the back: a 48-megapixel primary camera, 8-megapixel ultra-wide lens and a 5 mega-pixel camera for depth.

Apps and functionality
The LG Velvet runs on the Android 10.0 operating system. And for this longtime iOS user, navigating the Google Play Store was relatively easy. Because the phone is thin with a unique camera layout, the LG Velvet feels like a. smartphone from a year or two in the future, while still maintaining approachable elements, such as a headphone jack. The performance was fine. Apps load almost instantly. Nothing really lagged, and it's 5G compatible.