LG officially announced the LG G5 at MWC 2016 today featuring a metal uni-body and modular attachments to swap out the battery, increase the camera performance or make the smartphone into a HiFi audio device. As rumoured, the LG G5 offers a modular slide-out battery connected to the bottom panel which you can slide-out after you turn off the phone. You can then slot in another Slide-Out Battery or increase the camera performance with a Slide-Out CAM Plus attachment featuring dedicated buttons for the power, shutter, record, zoom anda an LED indicator with a more comfortable grip. The LG CAM Plus also offers an extra 1200 mAh battery with auto focus and exposure lock.
The LG G5 CAM Plus (left) and LG G5 Hi-Fi Plus (right)
The LG Hi-Fi Plus attachement features Bang and Oluffsen or B&O PLAY for 32-bit Hi-Fi DAC upsampling audio. It also supports 32-bit 384 KHz high-definition audio playback. The LG G5 itself is always on and features an extreme Wide Angle Lens consisting of two rear cameras. One is a standard 78-degree lens while another has a 135-degree wide-angle lens, so you can switch between the two when you need to. The Always-on feature means that you can always see just the time, date and notifications on the screen even while the G5 is in sleep mode (perhaps useful in a darkened room according to the video below) which saves battery by only requiring 0.8 percent of the battery's full capacity per hour, so you don't have to always turn on the display to check things out.
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Processor
- 5.3-inch Quad HD IPS Quantum Display (2560 x 1440 / 554ppi)
- 4GB LPDDR4 RAM
- 32GB UFS ROM + microSD (up to 2TB)
- 16MP rear camera (LED Flash) + 8MP rear camera (135 degree wide angle lens) + 8MP front camera
- 2800mAh battery (removable)
- Android 6.0 Marshmallow
- 149.4 x 73.9 x 7.7mm | 159g
- Supports 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, USB Type-C, NFC, Bluetooth 4.2
- Available in Silver / Titan / Gold / Pink
The LG G5 also comes with a diverse range of devices including an LG G5 controllable sphere drone with built-in camera, 360 degree camera and more but you we'll cover more of that in a bit.
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