LG chose to stick to a majorly plastic build for its flagship device even though companies such as Samsung and Sony have opted for designs with metal builds. Now, rumours indicate that the LG G5 might come with a metal unibody design.
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LG Spirit LTE and G4 Stylus 4G with VoLTE, VoWiFi launching in India through Reliance Retail
LG today announced that it will launch Spirit LTE and G4 Stylus 4G smartphones with VoLTE (Voice Over LTE) and VoWiFi (Voice Over Wi-Fi) in India in partnership with Reliance Retail. These features will enabled faster transmission of data and voice, said the company. LG launched the 3G version of the Spirit smartphone and the G4 Stylus in India earlier this year. Continue reading “LG Spirit LTE and G4 Stylus 4G with VoLTE, VoWiFi launching in India through Reliance Retail”
LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition with LTE global roll out starting this November
LG introduced LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition, the world’s first Android Wear smartwatch with LTE support last month. Today, the Korean company has announced that the smartwatch will roll out worldwide starting from this month. It packs a 1.38-inch 348 PPI display, has GPS and it works with iOS too, but LG says that cellular enabled features will vary across Android and iOS. Continue reading “LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition with LTE global roll out starting this November”
LG G4 White Gold Edition launched in Korea
LG has launched a new White Gold variant of the G4 flagship smartphone in Korea. The company says that the White Gold Edition is targeting “women and young customers”.
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LG V10 Unboxing
LG introduced the company’s new flagship V10 smartphone in the V series last month. It went on sale in Korea early October and started rolling out globally from the United States, China and Hong Kong last week. The international version of the V10 was not on sale in Hong Kong, but we managed to pick a Korean version of the V10 (LG-F600L) for LG U+ for about HK$ 4100, which coverts to about Rs. 35,000. Check out the unboxing video.
Google Nexus 5X Black vs White Photo Gallery
Google had announced the Nexus 5X smartphone last month following which it was officially launched in India earlier this month. We have already seen the unboxing and photo gallery of the phone. Now let’s take a look at the phone in white variant along with the black one in this photo gallery. Continue reading “Google Nexus 5X Black vs White Photo Gallery”
LG V10 global roll out begins this week starting from the US, China and Hong Kong
LG announced its flagship V10 smartphone in the new V series earlier this month. It went on sale in Korea on October 8th, today the company has announced it will start rolling out worldwide from this week. The LG V10 packs a 5.7-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD Quantum display, a second 2.1-inch (160 x 1040 pixels) screen and dual 5-megapixel front-facing camera cameras that has two separate lenses to capture standard 80 degree selfies or wide-angle selfies of 120 degrees. Continue reading “LG V10 global roll out begins this week starting from the US, China and Hong Kong”
LG Q3 2015 profits down 37% YoY due to weak smartphone sales
LG Electronics has reported revenues of 14.03 trillion won (US$ 12 billion) in Q3 2015, 4.7% down compared to the same quarter last year with operating profit of 294 billion won (US$ 251.5 million), down 36.77% from the same period the previous year. Net profit was 124.8 billion won (US$ 106.76 million) during the quarter, down from 202.7 billion won a year earlier. Reason for less revenue is due to weak smartphone sales, but it reported strong earnings in home appliances and high-end televisions. Continue reading “LG Q3 2015 profits down 37% YoY due to weak smartphone sales”
LG G Vista 2 with 5.7-inch FHD, Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 coming to AT&T on Nov. 6 for $450
LG launched the G Vista for Verizon last year and now the company is bringing the successor of the phone. The company has announced that G Vista 2 will be coming to AT&T.
Google Nexus 5X Benchmarks
Google launched the Nexus 5X smartphone made by LG in India earlier this month, which went on sale last week starting at Rs. 31,990. We had already brought you the hands on impressions and the unboxing of the smartphone, here we have the benchmarks. The Nexus 5X is powered by an Hexa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 64-bit 20nm processor that has two bigger ARM Cortex A57 cores clocked at 1.82GHz per core and four smaller ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.44GHz per core with 600 MHz Adreno 418 GPU. It has 2GB of RAM, 5.2-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD display and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores. Continue reading “Google Nexus 5X Benchmarks”
Google Nexus 5X Unboxing
Google announced the LG-made Nexus 5X smartphone last month, which was launched in India last week, priced at Rs. 31990 for 16GB and Rs. 35,900 for the 32GB variant. It went on sale across India through retail storage andAmazon.in from October 21st. It is the successor of the LG-made Nexus 5 that was introduced back in 2013. We already brought you the photo gallery and hands-on impressions of the smartphone, here we have its unboxing.
List of smartphones that will receive Android 6.0 Marshmallow update
Google’s very own Nexus 5X from LG and Nexus 6P from Huawei come pre-loaded with Android 6.0 Marshmallow. But most other smartphones are still running on some version of Android Lollipop or perhaps even KitKat. However, as with the case of every major Android version, there will be a set of phones that make the big jump and in this post, we have compiled a list of phones that are going to receive the update to Android 6.0 Marshmallow.
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LG G4 Android 6.0 Marshmallow update to roll out starting next week
LG just announced that it would start rolling out Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) update for its flagship LG G4 smartphone from next week starting from Poland. This would be followed by other key markets in Europe, Asia and the Americas, said the Korean giant. Roll out details will be announced when it becomes available in local markets. Upgrade schedule for other LG devices will be announced soon. Continue reading “LG G4 Android 6.0 Marshmallow update to roll out starting next week”
Google Nexus 5X Photo Gallery
Google had announced the Nexus 5X smartphone last month following which it was officially launched in India today. We have got our hands on the phone so let us take a detailed look at specs and hardware in this photo gallery. Continue reading “Google Nexus 5X Photo Gallery”
Google Nexus 5X launched in India starting at Rs. 31990
Google unveiled the Nexus 5X smartphone last month, today it has launched the LG-made smartphone in India, as expected. It packs a 5.2-inch 1080p display, is powered by an Hexa-Core Snapdragon 808 processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). It has a 12.3-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, laser auto focus and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Google Nexus 5X launched in India starting at Rs. 31990”