LG Commences Global Rollout Of Its New Mid-range Handsets

LG commences global rollout of its new mid-range handsets

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Published 30 Mar 2015

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LG today announced the global rollout of its new mid-range smartphones: the Magna, Spirit, Leon and Joy. The handsets will be first making their way to retail stores in South America followed by Europe, Asia, Middle East Africa and North America.

The company, however, did not reveal the pricing of the handsets.

All the four mid-range handsets from LG are powered by a quad-core processor, 1GB RAM, LTE and are running on Android 5.0 Lollipop. They were unveiled by LG just a week before MWC and were showcased by it at the trade show floor.

“Millions of customers around the world today are seeking reasonably-priced devices that don’t sacrifice on looks or features,” said Juno Cho, president and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. “Our newest mid-range smartphones are designed with both new and experienced users in mind all over the world who know a good deal when they see one.”

The full specs of all the four handsets are as follows:

LG Magna:

Display	5.0-inch HD (294 ppi)
Chipset	1.2GHz or 1.3GHz Quad-Core*
Camera	8MP or 5MP* / 5MP
Memory	8GB / 1GB
Battery	2,540mAh
OS	Android 5.0 Lollipop
Network	LTE Cat. 4 / HSPA+ 21Mbps
Size	139.7 x 69.9 x 10.2mm

LG Spirit:

Display	4.7-inch HD (312 ppi)
Chipset	1.2GHz or 1.3GHz Quad-Core*
Camera	8MP or 5MP* / 1MP
Memory	8GB / 1GB
Battery	2,100mAh
OS	Android 5.0 Lollipop
Network	LTE Cat. 4 / HSPA+ 21Mbps
Size	133.3 x 66.1 x 9.9mm

LG Leon:

Display	4.5-inch FWVGA (220 ppi)
Chipset	1.2GHz or 1.3GHz Quad-Core*
Camera	8MP or 5MP* / VGA
Memory	8GB / 1GB
Battery	1,900mAh
OS	Android 5.0 Lollipop
Network	LTE Cat. 4 / HSPA+ 21Mbps
Size	129.9 x 64.9 x 10.9mm

LG Joy:

Display	4.0-inch WVGA (233 ppi)
Chipset	1.2GHz Quad-Core /1.2GHz Dual-Core*
Camera	5MP / VGA
Memory	8GB or 4GB/1GB or 512MB
OS	Android 5.0 Lollipop /Android 4.4 KitKat
Battery	1,900mAh
Network	LTE Cat. 4 / HSPA+ 21Mbps
Size	122.7 x 64.0 x 11.9mm