The new year is here and already we are looking at an upcoming event that has smartphone fans worldwide excited — the Mobile World Congress. And, even though manufacturers have kind of moved their events to be right before or after MWC, the superconference still clearly marks a time of the year when we start seeing new smartphones getting churned out every month.

LG’s own flagship G series is due for a refresh soon — we should be getting a new LG G8 ThinQ (or however LG chooses to call it) — and the company has already announced its own grand event, right before MWC. It's very, very probable ...