LG Electronics, on Tuesday unveils its eagerly anticipated LG G4 smartphone at launch events in New York, London, Paris, Singapore, Istanbul and Seoul. Among the first users of the LG G4 will be 4,000 lucky customers who will receive the new smartphone as part of the company’s largest-ever consumer experience campaign. The LG G4 will start its global rollout on April 29 in Korea and will eventually be available on approximately 180 carriers worldwide. Prices and carrier availability will be announced locally in each market.
 
“We are living up to our promise of Innovation for a Better Life with a fashionable, premium smartphone that is more focused on delivering a balanced user experience that can compete with the best of the best. We wanted to give consumers a truly human-centric device that combined the analog sensibilities with technologies that delivered real world performance. From the design to the camera to the display to the UX, this is the most ambitious phone we’ve ever created,” said Juno Cho, president and CEO of the LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company.
 
The LG G4’s design is defined by the Slim Arc, which runs along its entire body, highlighted by a display with a subtle curvature. Slim Arc offers 20 percent better durability than a flat smartphone in face-down drops and gives the smartphone a more comfortable and secure feel in the hand. The device measures 148.9 x 76.1 x 6.3 - 9.8 mm and weights only 155 gm.
 
LG G4 features a 5.5 inch Quad HD IPS Quantum display with 1440 x 2560 pixels resolution and with pixel density of 538 PPI. It is powered by a 1.8GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 processor SoC with X10 LTE and has 3GB RAM. It runs the latest Android 5.1 Lollipop operating system with LG's new UX 4.0 on top. The device sports a 16 megapixel rear camera. The camera module features a wide F1.8 aperture lens that allows 80 percent more light to reach the sensor. It also houses an 8 megapixel front camera for sharp, detailed portraits and group shots.

LG G4 comes with a 32GB internal storage, which is further expandable up to massive 2TB (tega bytes) using a microSD card. The smartphone is powered by a 3000 mAh removable battery, which is estimated to last 20 percent longer than the G3, from the same capacity battery. For connectivity, LG G4 includes - 4G / LTE / HSPA+ 21 Mbps (3G), Wi-Fi 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, Bluetooth 4.1LE, NFC and USB 2.0.

   

The LG G4 is available in handcrafted, genuine full grain leather in six beautiful colors. Other material options for the G4 rear cover include pure Ceramic White with 3D patterns, artisan-forged Metallic Gray as well lustrous, Shiny Gold.

“LG and Qualcomm Technologies collaborated from the initial stage of the Snapdragon 808 introduction to expertly tune the technologies and make several of the LG G4’s unique features possible. The resulting G4 smartphone is an ideal example of how the best optimized technologies come together to meet consumers’ needs,” said Paul E. Jacobs, Executive Chairman, Qualcomm International.
 
LG G4 Key Specifications:
 
Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 Processor with X10 LTE
Display: 5.5-inch Quad HD IPS Quantum Display (2560 x 1440, 538ppi)
Memory: 32GB eMMC ROM, 3GB LPDDR3 RAM / microSD slot
Camera: Rear 16MP with F1.8 Aperture / OIS 2.0 / Front 8MP
Battery: 3000 mAh
Operating System: Android 5.1 Lollipop
Size: 148.9 x 76.1 x 6.3 - 9.8 mm
Weight: 155gm
Network: 4G / LTE / HSPA+ 21 Mbps (3G)
Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac / Bluetooth 4.1LE / NFC / USB 2.0
Colors: [Ceramic] Metallic Gray / Ceramic White / Shiny Gold /
                 [Genuine Leather] Black / Brown / Red / Sky Blue / Beige / Yellow
Other: Manual Mode / Gesture Interval Shot / Quick Shot

Specifications may vary depending on the market.