LG Electronics has partnered with Airtel and Qualcomm to set up LTE experience zone in Bangalore for customers to experience 4G LTE. Airtel introduced 4G on mobile first on iPhone 5c and 5s for customers in Bangalore last month. LG launched the 4G LTE variant of the L2 G2 in India earlier this month starting at Rs. 46,000. This is India’s first-of-its-kind 4G LTE experiential program, says LG.
“We are proud to collaborate with Airtel and LG on the launch of G2 LTE – LG’s first LTE capable smartphone in India, powered by a Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ processor, on Airtel’s LTE network. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor with integrated LTE is designed to deliver high speed and low latency connectivity with maximum performance,” said Dr. Sandeep Sibal, country manager and vice president of business development, Qualcomm India and South Asia. “This significant milestone sets a new benchmark for smartphone experiences such as superfast web browsing, high definition video streaming and console quality multiplayer gaming.”
The LTE zone will be live for three weeks starting from today and would have 4G- enabled G2 LTE smartphone that streams full HD videos or movies from the cloud using Airtel’s LTE network, and mirrors it live on LG’s Curved OLED TV.
Apart from 4G LTE support on Airtel, other specifications of the LG G2 4G remains the same including a 5.2-inch (1920×1080 pixels) Full HD IPS display at 423 ppi, 2.26 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974) processor with Adreno 330 GPU and runs on Android Jelly Bean OS. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash, Optical Image Stabilization (OIS), 1080p video recording and a 2.1-megapixel front-facing camera.
Airtel offered 4G for iPhone 5s and 5c customers in Bangalore at existing 3G data rates. This is also applicable for customers using 4G on 4G-enabled LG G2 . Airtel currently offers 4G on mobile only in Bangalore and plans to expand this service to other cities soon.
