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LG G3 flagship smartphone specifications revealed?

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Upcoming flagship devices from both HTC and Samsung, the HTC M8 and Galaxy S5 respectively, have been the topic of rumours for weeks already. Not wanting to be left out of the rumour mill, the next flagship smartphone from LG is now also the topic of speculation. Citing anonymous sources, ZDNet Korea this week reported that development on this device is […]

LG-D410 revealed by benchmarks and UAProf file

GFXBench results for LG-D410

Another upcoming LG smartphone has been revealed. Following the recent discovery of the mysterious LG-D678, the LG-D410 has now surfaced in a number of places, including the Bluetooth SIG, the GFXBench benchmark results database. Its UAProf file was also found on the LG website itself. The benchmark results give us the most information. They tell us the LG-D410 will be powered by a […]

webOS headed to CES 2014 in new LG smart television

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LG acquired webOS from Hewlett-Packard earlier this year. While the announcement may have renewed hope that the mobile operating system would resurface in future mobile devices, LG made it clear that it had no plans to use the operating system in smartphones and tablets and would instead use it in in future smart televisions. The South Korean company confirmed today […]

BlackBerry’s BBM to come preinstalled on LG smartphones (Updated)

BlackBerry BBM

There is more good news coming from BlackBerry today. Following yesterday’s appointment of John Sims as President, Global Enterprise Services, the company today announced a new a bundling agreement with LG Electronics that will see BBM installed preloaded on LG smartphones. The LG G Pro Lite will be the first LG device to offer BBM out-of-the-box. “People across the globe […]

LG unveils LG Gx for South Korea

LG Gx

Just over a week before Christmas, LG has unveiled a new addition to its smartphone portfolio. As we reported last week, the LG Gx is headed to South Korea and appears to be the successor to last year’s LG Optimus G Pro. As expected, the LG Gx does not support LTE-A as initially reported but does support the 2600MHz LTE […]

LG to begin LG G2 Android 4.4 KitKat upgrade this month in South Korea

KitKat upgrade for LG G2

LG’s plans to upgrade its LG G2 flagship smartphone to Android 4.4 KitKat continue to take shape. Following LG Canada’s announcement that it was aiming to have devices upgraded by the end of Q1 2014, French carrier SFR announced that it would roll out the update to its customers by the end of January. LG Korea today announced that it […]

Google and LG make small modifications to Google Nexus 5 buttons and speaker holes

Google Nexus 5 speaker holes comparison

Much as they did with the Google Nexus 4 last year (remember the small nubs it added to the bottom?), Google and manufacturing partner LG have made some slight modifications to the design of the Google Nexus 5. These were made to address two recurring customer complaints, namely poor speaker quality and rattling power and volume rocker buttons. Both fixes, […]