LG has today launched a new mid-range smartphone in its home country called the Band Play. The smartphone is priced at 394,800 KRW or Rs 22,675 approximately. Also Read - Today’s Tech News: WhatsApp new features, Twitter blue tick, JioMeet crosses 15 million users
As the name suggests, the LG Band Play is aimed at music aficionados, and boasts a bass-reinforced 1-watt speaker. Additionally, the company has also bundled a pair of LG QuadBeat 3 earphones, which were launched alongside the flagship LG G4. Also Read - LG K42 with MIL-STD-810G certification launched in India: Price, specifications
As far as specifications are concerned, the LG Band Play sports a 5-inch HD (1280×720 pixels) display, and is powered by a 1.2GHz Snapdragon 410 quad-core 64-bit processor paired with 2GB of RAM. Also on offer is 16GB internal memory, which can be expanded using a microSD card. Also Read - LG Tone Free FN7 review: Bacteria-killing earbuds with sound to match
The smartphone also features a 13-megapixel camera at the back with LED flash and laser auto focus, 5-megapixel wide-angle selfie camera up front, and a removable 2,300mAh battery. Connectivity options include LTE support, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1, NFC, and on the software front, it runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop out-of-the-box.
As mentioned above, the smartphone has been launched in South Korea. LG hasn’t revealed if or when it plans to launch the Band Play in other countries.
