New Delhi: Having announced the LG G5 in the Indian market last week and pre-registrations started on Flipkart, the smartphone today went on sale on the e-commerce site along with some launch offers. The LG G5 is available at a price of Rs 52,990 and can be compared against HTC 10, Samsung Galaxy S7 and the Apple iPhone 6s and others.
LG has managed to innovate in almost every area for the LG G5. Here are the 5 things about the LG G5 you need to know:
Price and availability: The LG G5 is listed on Flipkart with a price tag of Rs 52,990. Customers will also get an exchange bonus of up to Rs 15,000 that will bring the price of the smartphone down to Rs 37,989. Buyers will also get a free battery and charging cradle worth Rs 3,499, and can also opt for no cost EMI from Bajaj Finserv. Customers who will pre-booked the LG G5 will be entitled to a free LG Cam Plus companion device worth Rs 6,000.
First modular smartphone: The LG G5 is the first modular smartphone from a major manufacturer, which has a bottom sliding out, which allows hardware add-ons to be installed. The add-ons can be a replacement battery or a microSD card up to a whopping 2TB. There are some interesting add-ons like the Cam Plus, which is a plug-in grip that adds comfy-to-use physical camera controls (a shutter button and zoom dial) as well as 1200mAh of extra battery power. Also for music lovers, there’s HiFi Plus DAC that will be able to play incredibly high-quality 32-bit DSD music files.
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All metal smartphone with great specs: LG G5 is the company’s first smartphone to offer an all-metal unibody. It comes with a Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 CPU that runs at a blistering 2.1GHz and a whopping 4GB of efficient LPDDR4 RAM. The smartphone comes with a supercharged USB 3.0 Type-C connector, Bluetooth 4.2 with aptX HD, a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi and 4G LTE. Also it is the first LG smartphone with a fingerprint scanner.
Two cameras: The LG G5 sports a 16MP rear camera with laser-assisted autofocus. But it also has a brand new 8MP wide-angle camera just beside the rear camera. This camera is ideal for group portraits, landscapes and any other situation. For selfie-lovers, it houses a 8MP front camera.
Bundled with accessories: The LG G5 comes bundled lightweight LG 360 VR virtual reality headset and the LG Cam 360, an action camera that deploys two 13MP wide-angle cameras to take photos. It also comes with a Rolling Bot, a smartphone-controlled robotic ball that will stream what it sees straight to your phone.
