LG has launched a new budget smartphone in its home country of South Korea. Dubbed as LG X2, the smartphone features a 5-inch display with 2GB of RAM. It is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon quad-core processor and will run on Android 7.1 Nougat out of the box.
As far as the price is concerned, the LG X2 comes with a price tag of KRK 198,000 (Rs 12,200 approximately) in South Korea. The smartphone will be available for purchase from telecom operators like SK Telink, CJ HelloVision, KTM Mobile and U-Mobi. Buyers can also get their hands on the handset from LG Best Shop and e-commerce sites in the country. As of now, no information is available about the global launch of the device and the expected price, if it does make it to India is not available either.
Coming to the specification details, the LG X2 features a modest 5-inch HD display with a screen resolution of 720 X 1280 pixels. It is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon quad-core processor clocked at 1.3GHz. The smartphone sports 2GB of RAM and will run on Android 7.1 Nougat out of the box. It is unclear whether the smartphone will receive the latest Android 8.1 Oreo update after it is made available for purchase.
On the optics front, the smartphone features an 8-megapixel sensor on the rear panel accompanied by an LED flash. On the front, it features a 5-megapixel sensor. The smartphone is equipped with 16GB of inbuilt storage that can be further upgraded with the help of a micro-SD card.
Connectivity options in the smartphone include 4G VoLTE, dual-band WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v4.2, GPS and FM radio. It is fueled by a modest 2,500mAh battery under the hood that does not support the fast charging feature. Considering it is only a budget smartphone from LG, the specifications are quite good and remain to be seen how the smartphone fares in the local markets of its home country.