With the G6, announced today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, LG is changing its own definition of “flagship” phone. Don’t expect self-healing materials, modular add-ons, or a focus on high-end specs; in their place is a straightforward device that might not wow on paper, but may well be the company’s best phone in recent memory.

The guiding principle behind the G6’s design, LG says, was to make a phone with a big screen that’s easy to use in one hand. The obvious way to do that is to reduce the bezels surrounding the screen, which LG has done to a greater extent than ever before, but the company has also changed the shape of the screen itself. The 5.7-inch LCD has a resolution of 2880 x 1440, giving it a taller 18:9 aspect ratio…

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