LG G5 and Samsung Galaxy S7 lack support for adoptable storage

LG G5 and Samsung Galaxy S7 were announced at the Mobile World Congress (MWC 2016). Both the flagships sport high-end specifications and most importantly support for expandable storage. However, both these devices are missing an important Android Marshmallow feature.

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LG G5 Hands On and Photo Gallery

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LG has announced its 2016 flagship the LG G5 ahead of MWC in Barcelona. As the name suggests, it is the fifth generation of the flagship G series smartphone. We went hands on with the LG G5 in Barcelona, check our first impressions. Continue reading “LG G5 Hands On and Photo Gallery”

LG G5 with 5.3-inch Quad HD always-on display, 4GB RAM, hardware expansion slot announced

LG G5

LG has officially announced G5, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in the G series that packs a dual rear cameras and a hardware expansion slot. It has a 5.3-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD Quantum always-on display that lets you can check the time, battery status, and notifications without waking the phone. The display’s backlight only illuminates one small part of the overall display, so only 0.8% of the phone’s battery drains in a hour, according to LG. It is powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with LG UX.

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LG G5’s removable battery surfaces in new leak

LG G5 removable battery leak

A design render of the LG G5 smartphone already revealed that the flagship will have a removable battery that can be accessed from the bottom. Today a new leak from China(Via) has revealed the removable slot, which houses its battery. Even though earlier leaks revealed that the phone will have a 2800mAh battery, the latest leak claims that the G5 will have a 4000mAh battery, larger than all the earlier G series smartphones.

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Samsung Galaxy S7 Launch Details, LG G5 B&O Play and more – FoneArena Daily

Galaxy S7 ans S7 Edge press image

Check out the new FoneArena Daily video that gives you a quick roundup of today’s technology news.

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LG G5 will offer powerful Hi-Fi audio experience powered by Bang & Olufsen’s B&O PLAY

LG G5 teaser

LG today announced that it has partnered with premium audio firm B&O PLAY, a subsidiary of Bang & Olufsen, to offer an enhanced high-quality audio experience for the upcoming LG G5 smartphone. “LG will be the first company to offer the powerful Hi-Fi audio features co-designed by B&O PLAY,” said the company. Continue reading “LG G5 will offer powerful Hi-Fi audio experience powered by Bang & Olufsen’s B&O PLAY”

Apple rejects court order, LG G5 live images and more – FoneArena Daily

LG G5 Always ON Display

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LG Innotek introduces compact optical bio sensor module for wearables and smartphones

LG Innotek Ultra Slim Optical Bio Sensor Module

LG Innotek, one of the popular components and materials manufacturers today announced a new ultra slim optical bio sensor module for wearable devices and smartphones to measure heart rates, stress indices, and oxygen saturation levels. “It has lower power consumption and measures data with higher accuracy than the existing products,” said the company. Continue reading “LG Innotek introduces compact optical bio sensor module for wearables and smartphones”

LG G5 will be powered by Snapdragon 820, confirms Qualcomm

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After several rumors, Qualcomm today confirmed that the upcoming flagship LG G5 smartphone that will be unveiled at the MWC 2016 on Sunday will be powered by its latest high-end Snapdragon 820 processor. The Snapdragon 820 uses custom 64-bit CPU architecture in ARMv8-based Qualcomm Kryo CPU and is based on FinFET process. It has Adreno 530 GPUX12 LTE modemSnapdragon Smart protectSafeSwitch kill switch solutionQualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 and more unique features.

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LG G5 live image shows magic slot module, could be a projector

LG G5 module leak

Few days before the official launch, several details about the upcoming flagship, LG G5 have surfaced. Back in December details about a “magic slot” on the device surfaced so that it could enable some functional expansion using modules. Later a mockup design sketch of the phone showed a removable battery, now Android Authority has got hold of a live image of the phone that shows off an extension module attached to the back of the phone.  Continue reading “LG G5 live image shows magic slot module, could be a projector”

LG has an entire X series smartphone lineup planned for 2016

LG X cam and X screen

LG announced the X Cam and X Screen smartphones yesterday with dual cameras and dual screens respectively. The smartphones will be showcased at MWC 2016 before they go on sale in March. However, it seems that LG have many more devices coming up in the X series lineup in 2016.

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LG G5 will have a secondary ticker display

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The LG V10 had a secondary ticker display and so does the LG X Screen which was announced just yesterday. If you thought that it was an indication that the upcoming LG G5 would also have a secondary ticker display then you were right.

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LG K8 with 5-inch HD display, Android 6.0, 4G LTE announced

LG K8

After the K10, K7 and K4 smartphones in the K series, LG has silently introduced K8 (K350N) smartphone in some markets, including Hungary. It has a  5-inch HD screen with 2.5D curved arc glass, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6735 SoC,  runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It also has 4G LTE support. Continue reading “LG K8 with 5-inch HD display, Android 6.0, 4G LTE announced”

LG Stylus 2 with 5.7-inch display, Android 6.0, 7.4mm slim metal frame announced

LG Stylus 2

LG has introduced Stylus 2, successor of last year’s G4 Stylus, ahead of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016 in Barcelona next week. It has a 5.7-inch HD in-cell touch display, is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core processor, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera. It has a 7.4mm thin body with a metal frame and is just 145 grams. Continue reading “LG Stylus 2 with 5.7-inch display, Android 6.0, 7.4mm slim metal frame announced”