LG White Card surfaces online – Required for LG Pay service

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Just like Samsung has Samsung Pay, LG is also hard at work to bring their own payment service which will be called LG Pay. While the name certainly doesn’t stand out, the way in which it works might. Apparently, users will need a separate device called as White Card in order to use the service.

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LG K Series smartphones – K10 and K4 global roll out begins this week

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LG introduced the K7 and K10 smartphones ahead of CES earlier this month, later the K10 was launched in Korea and the K4 smartphone surfaced on the official website. Today the company has announced that the K10 and K4 smartphone will be rolling out starting this week globally. Both these smartphones run on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). Continue reading “LG K Series smartphones – K10 and K4 global roll out begins this week”

LG K4 entry-level smartphone listed online

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LG announced the K7 and K10 smartphones with special camera features during CES 2016. Now, an even lower end K4 smartphone has surfaced online through an official listing.

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LG Q4 2015 profits up 27% YoY, 59.7 million smartphones shipped in 2015

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LG Electronics has reported revenues of 14.56 trillion won (US$ 12.57 billion) in Q4 2015, a 3.8% increase compared to the same quarter last year with operating profit of 349 billion won (US$ 301.38 million), up 27% from the same period the previous year. For the whole 2015 operating income was 1.19 trillion won (US$ 1.03 billion), compared to 1.83 trillion (US$ 1.58 billion) in 2014 on revenues of 56.51 trillion won (US$ 48.8 billion), compared with 59.04 trillion won (US$ 50.98 billion) the previous year, mainly due to sluggish global market demand for TVs and softer growth of smartphone market. Continue reading “LG Q4 2015 profits up 27% YoY, 59.7 million smartphones shipped in 2015”

LG G5 sketch reveals design refresh – No rear mounted volume controls

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Similar to what Samsung did with the Galaxy S6 lineup, it seems that LG have gone and done a bit of a Project Zero with their upcoming LG G5 flagship as well. A new sketch of the devices design reveals a fresh new design which showcases a very design design philosophy compared to the LG G4.

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LG G4 Stylus 3G with 5.7-inch HD display, Octa-Core SoC launched in India for Rs. 19000

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LG has launched G4 Stylus 3G (H540D), 3G variant of the G4 Stylus that was launched in India last year. The G4 Stylus with 4G support was launched in India for Rs. 24,990 back in July and got a price cut to Rs. 21,000 in August. The 3G variant of the smartphone has a 5.7-inch HD display, runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) and has a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, similar to the 4G variant, but this is powered by a 1.4GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592M processor, instead of Snapdragon 410 SoC and has a 8-megapixel camera with LED flash, laser auto focus, instead of 13-megapixel camera on the 4G variant. Continue reading “LG G4 Stylus 3G with 5.7-inch HD display, Octa-Core SoC launched in India for Rs. 19000”

LG H830 surfaces in UA Profile – Should be the G5

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A new UA profile has surfaced online that shows a new LG handset with the model number H830. This is likely to be a model number of the LG G5 and is shown to be running on Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

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LG G5 might have a metal unibody with removable battery thanks to a clever design

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Smartphones of late have often resulted in both companies and users having to make choices. You either get superior materials, build quality and design or have features such as removable battery and microSD expansion. Companies like Samsung went for the former while LG chose the latter and it affected their sales as a result. It now appears as if LG have a new trick up their sleeve that combines the best of both worlds.

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LG K4 budget 4G smartphone teased in official video

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LG unveiled K10 and K7 smartphones in the new ‘K Series’ ahead of CES 2016 last week. Earlier this week the company launched the K10 smartphone in Korea. Now it has revealed LG K4, the entry-level smartphone in the promotional video of K10 and K7. These new ‘K Series’ smartphones share a similar glossy pebble design language with a curved, modern finish targeted at younger generation. Continue reading “LG K4 budget 4G smartphone teased in official video”

LG teases Feb 21st event prior to MWC 2016 – Could be the G5

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It is traditional for big brands to hold separate conferences prior to events such as CES and MWC. LG also has a history of doing the same and it seems that this year they will be holding an event on 21st which is just before the MWC is scheduled to start on 22nd.

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LG K10 with 5.3-inch HD display, 13MP camera launched in Korea, pricing revealed

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LG unveiled K10 and K7 smartphones in the new ‘K Series’ ahead of CES 2016 last week. Now the company has launched the K10 smartphone in Korea. It packs a 5.3-inch HD screen with 2.5D curved arc glass and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). The Korean variant with 4G LTE support has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 5-megapixel front-facing camera, is powered by a quad-core processor, has 1.5GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage with expansion slot. Continue reading “LG K10 with 5.3-inch HD display, 13MP camera launched in Korea, pricing revealed”

LG K7 Hands-On : First Impressions

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LG announced two new smartphones in the K Series at CES 2016 – the K10 and the K7 which have advanced camera features. The K07 is the lower end variant among the two and we went hands on with the device at the event and here are our impressions.

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LG K10 Hands-On : First Impressions

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LG announced two new smartphones in the K Series at CES 2016 – the K10 and the K7 which have advanced camera features. The K10 is the higher end variant among the two and we went hands on with the device at the event and here are our impressions.

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LG K7 and K10 smartphones with advanced camera tech announced

LG has taken wraps of two new smartphones in the K series ahead of the upcoming CES 2016. LG K7 and LG K10 are the first two devices in the K series which come with the advanced camera technology and UX features.

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