LG V20 Launched in India!

South Korean multinational LG on Monday launched the V20, its latest flagship smartphone in India. The smartphone has been priced at Rs. 54,999, and will officially be available to buy via Amazon India - the company's exclusive online retail partner and retail stores from tomorrow i.e. Tuesday.

The LG V20 will come along with a free B&O PLAY headset worth Rs. 18,000. The company has also announced an exchange offer where consumers can exchange their old smartphone for a new LG V20 and get a "minimum assured Rs. 20,000 off". More details on this offer are forthcoming.

The company will also be bundling a free SF coated back cover. The highlight of the smartphone is, its dual screen and dual rear camera setup, while it also features a 32-bit Hi-Fi Quad DAC, HD Audio Recorder, and B&O PLAY speakers. Remember, it was the first smartphone to ship with Android 7.0 Nougat out-of-the-box when it was launched back in September.

The company urges that the LG V20 is built out of AL6013 metal, plus is MIL-STD-810G rated for shock. LG says the smartphone can easily withstand a drop from a height of four feet. LG has launched the 64GB inbuilt storage variant of the smartphone in India, and storage is expandable up to 2TB via microSD card.

The LG V20 sports a 5.7-inch QHD IPS Quantum Display (1440x2560 pixels), and a secondary display - similar to what we saw on the LG V10. The smartphone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 SoC paired with 4GBs of RAM.

Now considering the camera, LG V20 sports a 16-megapixel primary rear camera with a f/1.8 aperture and an additional 8-megapixel secondary rear camera with a f/2.4 aperture; the secondary camera of the LG V20 is a 5-megapixel sensor with a 120-degree wide-angle lens and a f/1.9 aperture.

The LG V20 houses a 3200mAh battery, and include an accelerometer, ambient light sensor, magnetometer, proximity sensor, and gyroscope. The smartphone measures 159.70x78.10x7.60mm and weighs 174 grammes. Connectivity options on the LG V20 include 4G LTE (with support for Indian LTE bands), Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, NFC, Infrared, and USB OTG.

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LG V20 With Dual Screen and Rear Cameras, Android 7.0, Snapdragon 820 Launched

LG V20, the first phone to ship with Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box, was officially unveiled in San Francisco on Tuesday. The LG V20 will be available in Korea later this month, and is expected to launch in India and other markets soon. LG V20 price would be revealed as and when it hits the retail shelves across the globe.

The LG V20 is made out of AL6013 metal - which is used to build aircraft, sailboats, and mountain bikes - and LG claims it can easily survive drops from a height of four feet. It comes with a 5.7-inch main IPS Quantum Display and a secondary display, also seen on the LG V10. The secondary display on the LG V20 comes with a font size that's 50 percent larger font size compared to the V10, making it easier to view notifications and alerts at a glance. The new Expandable Notifications feature lets users tap a button on the Second Screen to enlarge notifications in order to check long messages at a glance and quickly send a reply or share information.

The LG V20 comes with features like 32-bit Hi-Fi Quad DAC (with support for flac, did, diff, and alac file formats), HD Audio Recorder, and B&O PLAY speakers, to keep the audiophile in you happy.

LG has packed the V20 to the brim with features to keep shutterbugs happy as well. There's a dual rear camera setup, a 135-degree 8-megapixel lens accompanied by 16-megapixel 75-degree lens, accompanied by a 5-megapixel 120-degree lens on the front. The Auto Shot feature detects when you are smiling and automatically clicks a selfie.

The LG V20's Hybrid Auto Focus (HAF) integrates three AF mechanisms – Laser Detection AF, Phase Detection AF, and Contrast AF – for both videos and photos. LG V20 can also record Hi-Fi videos and the optional Low Cut Filter (LCF) technology is said to remove unwanted background noise and Limiter (LMT) while recording audio, which can now be captured using 24-bit / 48 kHz Linear Pulse Code Modulation (LPCM). Optical image stabilisation (OIS) 3.0 is thrown in for good measure.

LG V20 of course comes with Android 7.0 Nougat, and the Google In Apps search function, with LG UX 5.0+, an upgraded version of the LG UX 5.0 first introduced on the LG G5, on top. The new In App search in the Google app, lets users find content from built-in apps including contacts, emails, text messages, and photos, as well as from user-installed apps. It also features the Multi-window mode, that lets you run two apps side-by-side.

"The LG V20 is designed to offer customers a more dynamic experience by building on the most popular video and audio features of the V series," said Juno Cho, president of LG Electronics and Mobile Communications Company. "With the LG V20, we are giving our customers more of everything they love and less of anything they don’t need to set a new standard for premium smartphones."

LG V20 packs in a USB Type-C port and it will be available in titan, silver, and pink colours.

In terms of other specifications, the LG V20 is powered by a quad-core Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820, with two cores clocked at 2.15GHz and the other two running at 1.6GHz. It will come with 32GB and 64GB storage options, with a microSD slot to expand it by another 256GB. It is powered by a 3200mAh battery.

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