After weeks of tidbit teasers, and just hours ahead of Apple’s expected iPhone 7 announcement, LG Electronics has formally launched its latest cellular pocket rocket.
The LG V20 blends the best of its direct antecedent, the V10, and its unconventional cousin, the G5, into a sleek, lightweight, 5.7-inch handset packed with enough “fun” features, the company hopes, to make for a compelling Android alternative to the reigning Samsung Galaxy flagships.
Decide for yourself:
Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor
Memory: 4GB RAM, 64GB onboard ROM and up to 2TB of MicroSD capacity
Main display: 5.7-inch QHD IPS (2,560 by 1,440, 513ppi)
Notification display: IPS (160 by 1,040, 513ppi)
Screen: extra-thick Gorilla Glass 4
Battery: removable 3,200 mAh
Cable type: USB-C
Materials: aeronautical aluminum (removable back cover) and shock-resistant silicone polycarbonate, for military-grade durability
Rear camera: 16-megapixel with F1.8 aperture at standard angle and 8-megapixel with F2.4 aperture at wide angle, featuring hybrid autofocus (integrating laser, phase detection and contrast adjustments)
Front camera: 5-megapixel wide angle with F1.9 aperture
OS: Android 7.0 Nougat (the first phone out of the gate with the update)
Colors: gray, silver, pink
Other key features include:
Video recording: enhanced video stabilization and audio quality (24-bit/48kHz LPCM);
Audio recording: captures studio-quality HD sound
Audio playback: First smartphone to feature 32-bit Hi-Fi Quad DAC, with support for lossless FLAC, DSD, AIFF and ALAC formats
Pricing and availability: Undisclosed, pending carrier launch announcements
Said Juno Cho, president of LG Electronics and Mobile Communications, “The LG V20 is designed to offer customers a more dynamic experience by building on the most popular video and audio features of the V series … We are giving our customers more of everything they love and less of anything they don’t need to set a new standard for premium smartphones.”