The LG G3 has been officially announced in London earlier today, sporting almost every feature from the leaked specs sheets making the rounds in the past few months and adding up to a rather well designed and powerful device.
Internally, the LG G3 is made up of a 2.5GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor, 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage. This can be upgraded to 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage, one of the first times RAM will be upgradable on a phone.
Instead of making this a unibody aluminium design, LG has crafted a half metal build with a removable back. The removable 3000mAh battery should last a good few days according to LG, even with the new 5.5-inch 2560 x 1440 QHD display.
SD card support has been added to the LG G3 for additional storage, wireless charging is available without the need for the phone case, there is a 13MP rear camera with OIS and infrared laser auto focus and it comes running Android KiKat 4.4 on LG’s redesigned skin.
The back buttons from the LG G2 stay on the LG G3, the 13MP rear camera is in the middle, with the on/off switch and volume rocker down below. On the left is a dual-LED flash and on the right is the sensor for the infrared laser auto focus.
LG has stripped back the design of the LG G3 substantially, after the LG G2 came with too many fiddly interfaces and weird customisations. Most LG G3 apps are simple in their design, the camera app has no buttons and uses a tap to take a photo, with OIS holding the phone steady.
Smart Notice is another new software feature on the LG G3, sort of a smaller Google Now program that shows missed calls and notifications. The LG G3 comes with a lot of these small apps, but none that really standout or do anything special.
The LG G3 should be available in the coming months and it looks to be a contender for top spot.
