South Korean tech giants LG have been very busy in recent times owing to the build up to the release of their flagship smartphone at the MWC 2017 event in Barcelona next week, but that hasn’t stopped the company from releasing the other iterations of their different device line-ups for a varied range of customers. Early on Wednesday, LG launched the K10 (2017) smartphone in India. The device has been priced at Rs. 13,990 and will be available via retail stores from Thursday, February 23 in Black, Gold, and Titanium color variants. The LG K10 will also be available on online e-commerce platforms from Sunday, February 26.
The LG K10 features a 5.3-inch HD (720p) In-cell display and a pebble design comprising of a 2.5D arc Arc screen sporting a fingerprint scanner in the rear panel of the device. It is powered by a 1.5GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6750 SoC coupled with 2GB of RAM and the Mali-T860MP2 GPU. The device also packs in 16GB internal memory (expandable up to 2TB). The device sports dimensions of 148.7×75.3×7.9mm and weighs 142 grams.
On the optics front, the LG K10 is expected to sport a 13-megapixel rear camera with a CMOS sensor and flash in addition the to 5-megapixel front camera with a 120-degree wide-angle lens for Selfie and video calling purposes. The device is backed by a 2,800mAh battery and comes with OTG support. In terms of connectivity, it supports 4G LTE, 3G,2G, WiFi (802.11 b,g,n), Bluetooth 4.2, USB 2.0 and NFC. Sensors on the device include accelerometer, ambient light sensor, magnetometer (digital compass), and a proximity sensor.
The device, which has been launched in the dual Nano sim variants sports a panic button support for the 112 national emergency number along with support for 9 regional languages.