LG V20, the world's first smartphone with Android 7.0 Nougat, launched

 

NEW DELHI: South Korean technology giant LG has launched its latest smartphone in the 'V series' at an event in San Francisco. The smartphone is the world's first to come with Google Android's latest version Nougat out of the box. It is also the first smartphone to use Google's In Apps feature that helps users find content from built-in apps including contacts, emails, text messages and photos and user-installed apps.

The smartphone features a 5.7-inch QHD display with 144-x2560 pixel resolution and a 2.1-inch second display with 160 x 1040 pixel resolution. The company says that second screen offers enhanced visibility with double the brightness and 50% larger font size compared to the V10. It runs a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor.

The smartphone comes with a lightweight aluminium body and offers 4GB RAM and 64GB internal storage. The users can expand the storage up to 2TB by installing a microSD card.


Coming to the camera, the LG V20 sports a 16MP rear camera with dual LED flash, 75-degree lens, f/1.8 aperture, OIS and Hybrid Auto Focus (HAF) integrating three AF mechanisms -- Laser Detection AF, Phase Detection AF (PDAF) and Contrast AF -- for both videos and photos along with a 8MP rear camera with f/2.4 aperture and 135-degree lens for capturing wide shots. There is also a 5MP front-facing wide angle lens camera for better selfies.


The device also offers Hi-Fi Video Recording and uses Low Cut Filter (LCF) that removes unwanted background noise and Limiter (LMT) and sets recording distance. It comes equipped with a fingerprint sensor and offers 4G, LTE, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, NFC and USB Type C as connectivity options. The smartphone has B&O audio for better music experience and is backed by a 3200 mAh battery with Quick Charge support.

LG V20 will come in Titan, Silver and Pink colour options had will go on sale from this month in Korea. The company has not yet revealed any details about the device's pricing.