LG officially unveils G2 smartphone

5.2-inch flagship with Snapdragon 800

While officially ditching the Optimus brand for its high-end offer, LG has now unveiled its newest flagship smartphone, a 5.2-inch, Snapdragon 800 equipped, LG G2.

Featuring a 5.2-inch 1920x1080 IPS screen with Graphics RAM (GRAM) feature which reduces power consumption by up to 20 percent when displaying still images, the new LG G2 features Qualcomm's flagship Snapdragon 800 chipset with quad-core 2.3GHz Krait 400 CPU, 2GB of RAM and Adreno 330 GPU. The LG G2 is actually the first smartphone based on this chipset that will go on sale world-wide.

With dimensions set at 138.5x70.9x8.9mm and 143g weight, the LG G2 also brings some unique design changes including the complete lack of hardware keys on its front and sides. The power/sleep and volume keys are located on the back, under the camera lens. With ultra-slim bezel and quite sleek design, the LG G2 is definitely a head turner, To be available with 16 and 32GB of internal storage and microSD slot on certain models in certain regions.

The rest of the features include a 13-megapixel rear camera with optical stabilization, 2.1-megapixel front camera for video calls, LTE-A, dual-band 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0 for connectivity, infrared port for remote control with ability to learn from conventional remotes, accelerometer, gyro, proximity and compass sensors, studio quality HiFi sound with an ability to reproduce 24-bit/192kHz HiFi playback as well as 3000mAh battery.

The LG G2 runs on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean OS out of the box and also features some proprietary features that include double tap to wake up the screen and tap to turn back off, auto answer when you get it to your ear, "guest mode" that ensures privacy when the new and shiny smartphone is given for a "check out", as well as three-finger swipe that minimizes active apps. It also has an ability to store app progress for up to three app and can take screen shots of an entire app and not just the content on the screen.

The new LG G2 will be available in black and white color options and will launch in over 130 carriers in the next eight weeks starting in South Korea followed by North America, Europe and other key markets. Current listings in Europe put it at around €599 for the 16GB version and €629 for the 32GB one.



Source: LG.com.

News by Luca Rocchi and Marc Büchel - German Translation by Paul Görnhardt - Italian Translation by Francesco Daghini


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