It might not be the splendid G9 or V60 announcement you were hoping to get, but LG just introduced three new K series smartphones with decent specs at a promised attractive price tag, although yet to get specific numbers.
The LG K61, K51S and K41S all run octa-core CPUs (likely MediaTek chipset) and have 6.5-inch screen diagonals (albeit with differing ratios). The trio has 4,000mAh batteries and all have some sort of MIL-STD 810G compliance for durability. They also all come with USB-C ports, four cameras and a fingerprint scanner on the back.
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LG K61
The LG K61 is the most premium of the three. The phone is built around a 19.5:9 FHD+ FullVision display and offers a 48MP main camera in addition to 8MP ultrawide, 2MP macro and a 5MP depth sensor units. Its front camera does 16MP stills.
The LG K61 comes with a 4GB of RAM and 64GB or 128GB of storage with microSD card expansion option.
LG K61 Specifications
- 2G bands: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
- 3G bands: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
- 4G bands: LTE
- Speed: HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Launch
- Announced: 2020, February 18
- Status: Coming soon. Exp. release 2020, March
Design
- Dimensions: 164.5 x 77.5 x 8.4 mm (6.48 x 3.05 x 0.33 in)
- Weight: g
- Colours: Titanium, White, Blue
- SIM: Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
- MIL-STD-810G compliant
Display
- Type: IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Size: 6.5 inches, 103.7 cm2 (~81.4% screen-to-body ratio)
- Resolution: 1080 x 2340 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~396 ppi density)
Operating System
- Android 10.0
Hardware
- CPU: Octa-core 2.3 GHz
- RAM: 4 GB
- Internal Storage: 64 GB, 128 GB
- Memory Card slot: microSDXC (dedicated slot)
Cameras
- Main Camera: Quad
- 48 MP, (wide), PDAF
- 8 MP, (ultrawide)
- 2 MP (macro)
- 2 MP (depth)
- Features: LED flash, panorama, HDR
- Video: 1080p@30fps
- Selfie Camera: Single – 16 MP
- Video: 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps
Multimedia
- Radio: No
- Loudspeaker: Yes
- Audio 3.5mm jack: Yes
Connectivity
- WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
- Bluetooth: 5.0, A2DP, LE
- GPS: Yes, with A-GPS
- NFC: Yes
- USB: 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Features
- Sensors: Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, compass
Battery
- Battery Type & Capacity: Non-removable Li-Po 4000 mAh battery
- Charging: Regular
LG K61 Price and Availability
The phone will be available in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Price is still undecided as at this write up.
