LG G5 launching in India in Q2 2016

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LG unveiled its flagship G5 smartphone with a modular design along with Friends companion devices at the MWC in Barcelona earlier this week. Today LG has announced that the smartphone will launch in India in the next quarter, soon after the global launch in April. The G5 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. Continue reading “LG G5 launching in India in Q2 2016”

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

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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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LG G5 press render surfaces ahead of launch

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First press render of the LG’s flagship G5 smartphone has surfaced online, thanks to @evleaks. Even though the phone doesn’t look impressive in an image posted earlier, the new render reveals a different design. It shows the phone’s curved screen, minimal bezels on the sides of the display and the metal body. Continue reading “LG G5 press render surfaces ahead of launch”

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

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

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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 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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Facebook withdraws Free Basics, HTC One M10 launch details and more – FoneArena Daily

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LG G5 shows up on Geekbench – Snapdragon 820 and 4GB RAM confirmed

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The upcoming flagship from LG is now receiving a lot of limelight. After revealing that the G5 will have an “Always On” display in a teaser, a new listing on Geekbench confirms the fact that the smartphone will have 4GB of RAM and will be powered by a Snapdragon 820 processor.

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LG announces touch-enabled Quick Cover case for the upcoming G5

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After confirming Always ON display for the G5, LG today introduced a Quick Cover case for the LG G5 smartphone that will be introduced later this month ahead of MWC in Barcelona. Continue reading “LG announces touch-enabled Quick Cover case for the upcoming G5”

LG G5 announcement set for February 21 at MWC in Barcelona

LG G5 launch invite Feb 21

After the teaser last month, LG today sent out invites for announcement of its flagship G5 smartphone on February 21st, ahead of Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015 in Barcelona, the same day Samsung has scheduled its Galaxy Unpacked 2016, where it will introduce the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge smartphones. Continue reading “LG G5 announcement set for February 21 at MWC in Barcelona”