LG G2 vs Sony Xperia ZL – Comparing the Display of these Smartphones

LG has struggled in the recent past, at least in the smartphone market.

The company has released a plethora of high-end smartphones into the market, but has been unable to create recognition for themselves. The company is in desperate need for a successful device. The company requires a complete winner, if it has to get recognition by customers that are smitten by Galaxy series. In the smartphone market, the Korean giant has made life difficult for most companies. An array of smartphones is released every now and then and without any competition, people are left with no option than to stick to the latest smartphone produced by Samsung.

LG has started to copy the strategy opted by the Korean giant, in order to beat Samsung Electronics in the arena dominated by its counterpart. The LG G2 is a result of the mimicking done by the company. The G2 smartphone comes equipped with a large display, quick processor and a plethora of software features, in order to make life easier for the masses.

In comparison, the Japanese tech giant, Sony, released the Xperia XL smartphone. The handset encompasses a 5-inch display, having a 1080p resolution, 13MP camera, LTE connectivity and a powerful quad core CPU. All these features brought the Xperia ZL into the high-end smartphone segment. Regardless, the smartphone competition is a lot fierce than the specs offered by these two smartphones.

Today, let us compare the LG G2, in terms of display, to the Xperia ZL smartphone.

Display

LG G2

In terms of display, the LG G2 comes equipped with a large screen with narrower bezels. The 5.2-inch screen of the G2 smartphone, offers a superior resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels. As a result, the pixel density also improves and comes at a massive 423-ppi (pixels-per-inch). The IPS LCD screen of the G2 smartphone offers sharp and clear pictures. The color balance bends towards being colder than warmer. The display being bright, offers the user with great viewing experience, even in broad daylight. It offers great viewing angels. The screen still proves to be a big advantage for the LG G2 smartphone, making multimedia viewing and playing games a superb experience.

Sony Xperia ZL

The Xperia ZL encompasses a 5-inch screen, offering a resolution similar to that of its counterpart, the LG G2. The 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution of the ZL smartphone offers the user a great pixel density. The image produced on the screen is sharp and pleasant with smooth graphics.

The ZL offers a great viewing experience under bright sunlight. Regardless, the display viewing angles failed to impress the masses. The color degrades and contrast is lost when the screen is tilted to its sides.

Samsung, LG ready to display future of electronics

Samsung Electronics will showcase its updated "smart home" technology and new televisions at the upcoming IFA technology fair in Berlin, with a view to strengthening the company's grip on the global market.

LG Electronics will also roll out new gadgets, including televisions and wireless vacuum cleaners, raising market expectations around the world for Europe's largest consumer electronics conference.

This year's "Internationale Funkausstellung," an international tech fair also known as International Radio Exhibition Berlin or the Berlin Radio Show, but more widely called the IFA, will be held from Sept. 5 through 10, local time, at a convention center called Messe Berlin in the German capital. The event is considered one of the three most significant IT fairs alongside the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

This year, Samsung Electronics will have a presence in a newly built hall, "CityCube Berlin," next to the main convention hall. At its new venue, the company is expected to emphasize the smart home technology in its electrical home appliances, which makes them "smarter."

The smart home concept involves using Internet of Things (IoT) technology to embed Internet connections in home appliances such as lighting systems, air conditioners and washing machines, allowing users to control them remotely or automatically.

The electronics giant will update four new functions ― safety service, energy monitoring, location recognition and voice control ― to its smart home lineup this year.

Samsung Electronics will also show off its technological prowess with 78-inch bendable ultra-high-definition (UHD) televisions and 105-inch curved UHD televisions.

The bendable UHD TV is designed to help viewers concentrate better on the screen. The 105-inch curved UHD TV is the model with the largest screen and is expected to appeal to European consumers.

Yoon Boo-keun, consumer electronics president of Samsung Electronics, will deliver a keynote speech about the future of the company's smart home segment.

It is also said that Samsung Electronics might release a prototype of a new television using a color-reproduction technology called "quantum dots" at this year's fair.

LG Electronics will bring its UHD-class organic light-emitting diode (OLED) television to the fair for the first time in the world.

Ha Hyun-hwoi, president of LG Electronics' home entertainment division, said the company expects that the OLED televisions will replace liquid crystal display (LCD) televisions within two to three years on the strength of their technological advantages in terms of visual clarity.

The company will also exhibit wireless vacuum cleaners, dubbed "cord-zero" models. The company said it had improved the gadget's sweeping power and battery capacity using self-developed motor technology and new battery technology designed for electric cars by another LG Group affiliate, LG Chem.

The major exhibits at previous IFA fairs were domestic appliances and audiovisual apparatuses such as televisions, refrigerators and washing machines. But recent events have diversified to include more "smart" devices, such as new smartphones and "smartwatches."

Samsung Electronics will hold an "unpacking" event Sept. 3 in Berlin before the fair and unveil the Galaxy Note 4, which is expected to be equipped with OLED displays on each side of the device as well as its front panel. The company will also release its new smartwatch "Samsung Gear S," which has a curved super-AMOLED display.

Sources said the electronics giant would release its new virtual reality head-up display device, called "Gear VR," during the fair and set its price at $199. The new device can be connected to the new Galaxy Note 4 and can be used to display a larger version of the smartphone's screen.

LG Electronics will reveal a new smartwatch called the "LG G Watch R." It is the world's first pure round-type smartwatch that features an OLED display. The firm also plans to roll out a new smartphone, the "G3 Stylus," the latest model in the company's G3 smartphone lineup.

Alongside Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, about 1,500 companies including global IT conglomerates such as Siemens, Philips, Dison, Bosch, Sony, Toshiba and Haier will join in from 47 countries, drawing over 240,000 spectators.

LG L60 Dual smartphone listed online for Rs 7990

This is very awkward, but the LG L60 Dual has been put up on the company’s official website for India at a price of Rs 9000. We’re talking big bucks for a dual SIM phone with a dual core processor, 512MB RAM and a 4.3-inch WVGA screen, don’t you think?



Having KitKat inside is hardly an achievement for the LG L60 Dual handset seeing as even the cheapest of handsets have been arriving with Android 4.4 ever since the Moto E set an example. Quite thankfully, fans of the brand can still buy it at less than the officially announced cost since Amazon India is selling it for Rs 7990 here.

Reputed brand or not, you’ve gotta be gutsy to let out an unimpressive smartphone for Rs 9000 in a price-sensitive market like India at a time when the Redmi 1S and ZenFone 4 are making the headlines. The LG handset has to fight the battle equipped with a pitiful 512MB of RAM, 4GB internal storage, 5MP camera, 4.3-inch display and 32GB microSD card support, after all.

Quick look at LG L60 Dual features:

- Android v4.4 KitKat
- 4.3-inch WVGA touchscreen
- Dual SIM slots
- 1.3GHz dual core Qualcomm chip
- Adreno 305 graphics
- 512MB of RAM, 4GB ROM
- 32GB memory expandability
- 5MP camera, VGA webcam
- 3G, 2G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, AGPS
- 1700mAh battery
- 124.1 X 66.3 X 12 millimeters

It looks like the LG L60 Dual may provoke too many negative reactions owing to its price and badly timed launch. That’s probably company isn’t acknowledging its roll-out with a press release, a Facebook post or even a quick little tweet.

LG is all set to launch the LG G Watch R at IFA 2014 in Berlin

With the Motorola Moto 360 expected to be officially launched on September 4, 2014, LG will be coming out with a round smartwatch of its own with the LG G Watch R. The LG G Watch R will be officially unveiled a week after the Moto 360 launch.

Unlike the Motorola Moto 360, the LG G Watch R comes in a full circle design and is considered better since it looks more like a piece of jewelry rather than a smartwatch. At first, the LG Watch R was believed to be something that would replace the existing G Watch. But as it turned out, the LG G Watch R is actually pegged as the latest member for LG’s Android Wear roster.

Design-wise, many feel that the LG G Watch R is a better version when you talk about the rounded design pitch. The Moto 360 is not actually entirely round with the screen being cuts off by a horizontal gap near the bottom portion.

For now, the best you can tell from the LG G Watch R is through the teaser video that they had released. No further details or specifics are available for now aside from the fact that it would run on Android Wear and that it will have buttons on the side.

Though the announcement of the LG G Watch R does somehow spoil the coming of the Moto 360, its popularity could now come with a time constraint, especially once LG officially announces its own bet next week.

The LG G Watch R is expected to be announced at the IFA 2014 electronics trade show in Berlin which could further shed off some more specific details that many would want to find out.

LG flagship smartphone offers subtle differences

If Samsung represents one extreme in the move to add bells and whistles to smartphones, LG seems to be aiming for the other end of the spectrum.



In its Galaxy S line of phones, Samsung has taken the kitchen sink approach each year by adding a host of new features, from new ways to shoot photos to new hardware elements such as pulse monitors. But too often, the add-ons have been either poorly conceived or partially developed.

LG takes the opposite approach. With its new flagship smartphone, the G3, the company focuses on only a handful of new features, most of which are subtle improvements rather than flashy advances.

I like the idea, but I think LG might have carried things too far. The G3 is a good phone, but it’s not exciting.

Like many other Android flagship phones these days, the G3 touts a jumbo screen, a long-life battery and a fast quad-core processor. But unlike those phones, the G3’s interface is relatively unmodified from standard Android. And its tweaks — like its three-page home screen that flips like pages in a book — are fairly subtle.

LG has sought to distinguish the G3 not through its interface or the size of its screen, but through the resolution of its display. It’s one of the first phones to have more than 500 pixels per inch.

By contrast, Apple’s iPhones, which flaunt a “Retina” display, have a resolution of about 326 pixels per inch, while the HTC One has a resolution of 440 pixels. LG calls the G3’s 538 pixel resolution “Quad HD,” noting that it has about four times the number of pixels as a 720p HD display.

The screen is certainly beautiful and vibrant. But the difference in pixel resolution is subtle at best, even if you are comparing the G3 with the iPhone 5S. And it’s likely to be imperceptible if you are comparing it with an ultra-high resolution Android phone such as the HTC One.

The other key feature that LG pushes with the G3 is the laser-based autofocus system for its camera. The company says the system, which is more commonly found in high-end DSLR cameras, is a first for a smartphone. It is supposed to focus much faster than a typical smartphone and perform better in low-light situations.

In my tests, I found the speed improvement marginal at best. In most cases, the time it took for my iPhone to focus and shoot wasn’t noticeably longer than the time it took the G3.

The G3’s camera did do a better job at quickly shifting focus from an object in the distance to one extremely close up. But that’s not a situation I experience frequently.

That said, the G3’s 13-megapixel camera is very good for a smartphone. The pictures it took were generally clear and sharp, even when I zoomed close in to examine particular details.

The G3 is a nice phone and worth consideration if you are looking at the Galaxy S5 or the HTC One. Just don’t expect to be wowed by it.

LG Announces Sonos-Like Hi-Fi Speakers Called Music Flow

Last night, LG entered the Hi-Fi home audio market by introducing a new brand of audio products, called Music Flow. Music Flow, as a brand, is made up of a set of home audio speakers along with a companion app that allows you to easily listen to your entire collection of digital music both outside and inside the home.

On one side of the Music Flow equation, you have a set of Hi-Fi speakers (plus a bridge) that are setup within your house. The speakers range in power from 70W to 40W to sound bars. With the tap of your device, thanks to NFC, you can play music through a speaker with ease (a “first” in home Hi-Fi systems). If the speakers are bridged throughout your house, you could carry on your music experience in each room, a lot like how Sonos works.

On the other side of Music Flow, you have a companion app called Music Flow Player. This app is the hub and controller for your speaker system. According to LG’s announcement, the app also lets you listen to your music collection outside of your home even if the music is stored on a variety of devices. The app lets you listen to internet radio stations (Spotify, Deezer, Napster, and TuneIn) and provides recommendations for playlists as well.

If you needed an actual reason to buy these, the system may have one special feature. Should you be out and about, jamming away to your music collection via phone, but then return home, you can continue listening without interruption on your Music Flow system at home. That’s kind of cool, right?

The collection of Music Flow products will be on display at IFA during the first week of September. Availability will start in the UK this month before spreading to other European markets next month. A global rollout should happen some time after that. No pricing was announced.

Smartphone multitasking review: Samsung vs LG vs Huawei

Smartphones and tablets would be much more useful if they allowed us to multitask the way desktop and laptop computers do.



When I'm watching video, for instance, I have to pause it to read an email or text that comes in. When I'm composing a message to make plans, I have to leave the app to check the weather forecast. For the most part, I'm not able to do more than one thing at a time on a single screen.

That's starting to change with Android devices, though. Windows tablets do let you run multiple apps side by side, but Windows phones do not. The iPhone and iPad don't, either. 

Here, I assess some of the Android devices that offer limited multitasking. These approaches aren't as smooth as what I'm used to on Mac and Windows personal computers, but they are a start. 

Samsung devices
Samsung offers Multi-Window, which lets you see multiple apps running side by side on the screen. You're typically limited to two, though Samsung's 12.2-inch Galaxy Tab Pro tablet let you do as many as four. There's a slider you can use to control how much screen space each app takes.

Multi-Window works with only selected apps, though. You can use Samsung's Video or Google's Play Movies & TV app as one of the selections, but not Hulu or Netflix. Even so, the choices have gotten better since Samsung first made this feature available in 2012.

As much as I like this concept, I've rarely used it on my two-year-old Galaxy S III. It takes me longer to figure out which apps are supported than to simply grab another device and get what I need there. 

Owners of Samsung's Note smartphones and tablets also get a second way to multitask. It's called Pen Window and gets activated when you use the stylus that comes with the device. You simply use the pen to draw a box in the screen. The box floats over the main app on the screen, and apps open inside the box. You can have several apps open at once, and you can temporarily set an app aside by minimizing it into a small dot.

Again, this only works with selected apps.

LG's G3
LG's latest smartphone, the G3, has a Dual Window feature. Just hold the back button and choose two apps to open side by side. As with Multi-Window, you're limited in your choices. You can adjust a slider to determine how much on-screen real estate each app occupies. 

The phone also has Q Slide, which gives you easy access to three apps at once. Unlike Dual Window, these apps are in overlapping windows, similar to traditional PCs. There's a slider to make two of the apps semi-transparent while working on the third. So if you're composing a text message to make plans and need to see whether you're free, you can launch a calendar through Q Slide. Unfortunately, Q Slide works with even fewer apps than Dual Window. 

For the most part, you're limited to messaging, Web browsing and tools such as the calendar and calculator. Dual Window has a few extras, including Maps, YouTube and the photo gallery. Neither offers weather or streaming video services. 

Huawei Ascend Mate2 4G
The Mate2 has a feature called Window on Window, or WOW. When you turn it on, a small translucent circle hovers over the home screen or any app you're using. Clicking on it gives you quick access to some basic tools: a calculator, a calendar, a note pad and text messaging. You're limited to just those four. 

The app hovers in a window over whatever you're doing. Hit the arrow to expand it to full screen, or hit the "x" to make it go away. 

The extent of apps available doesn't exactly wow me, but it's another effort toward making mobile devices as useful as laptops. There's more work to do, but I'm glad device makers are working on it.

LG G Vista Hits AT&T Retail Stores Beginning August 22

The G Vista from LG, which was introduced on Verizon’s network last Wednesday, has received a launch date on AT&T for August 22. At that time, anyone looking to grab 5.7″ device can do so for $49.99 on a new two-year agreement or $355 off contract.

The G Vista looks just like a G3, however it is quite larger, featuring a 5.7″ HD display, 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor, 3,200mAh battery, 8MP rear-facing camera, 1.3MP front-facing camera, 8GB of internal storage with microSD which supports up to 32GB of storage, 1.5GB of RAM, and runs Android 4.4+ out of the box.

The device may not come packed with any top tier specifications, but LG has packed in a bunch of software, which brings up the device’s value a bit in our eyes. LG has baked in Mini View, Dual Window, Smart Keyboard, as well as KnockOn and KnockCode.

LG launching Their G3 Model Smartphone In China

LG Electronics will be looking to find a firm grip in the China market as they are going to start selling their smartphone in the country. But it will be a tough ask for LG as most of the top smartphone makers are finding themselves in difficulty except Apple in the Chinese market.



LG will be selling their new G3 model handset through the second largest online shopping site of the country JD.com at $650 which indicates they are looking to enter into the market with all guns blazing.

However the recent price for their G3 model set is cheaper than the company previously launched the set by $869 back in May in South Korea where one of the local makers Xiaomi have been doing well despite having the number one selling brand Samsung.

LG is at the fifth ranked smartphone making company according to IDC however they are yet to enter into the top ten smartphone makers in the biggest smartphone market of the world China.

And LG is trying to cut the distribution cost by choosing to sell the product through online informed by a spokesman of the firm.

Meanwhile the new G3 model of LG has got the appreciation for its 5.5 inch screen with top class resolution along with the laser focus for the camera and according to the makers they have received a good feedback.
Tom Kang, an analyst with Counterpoint in Seoul, said the new LG phone’s high quality display, which has nearly twice the resolution as that of Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S5, will be an attraction for Chinese buyers, but the absence of carrier subsidies and distribution will be a challenge.

And according to the experts the high resolution of LG’s G3 which is the main attraction of the set will attract the Chinese buyers as it has almost double resolution quality than their rival Samsung’s Galaxy S5.

iPad Air vs LG Pad 8.3 – Which Tablet is the Better?

iPad Air vs LG Pad 8.3

When looking for a new smart device to purchase, things can get a little bit difficult when trying to pick the right choice. Why? Because the market is bundled with hundreds of worthy devices, all filled with features and most at an affordable price. Today we were thinking about tablets and the hard process customers have to go through to pick the right one to fit their criteria. We’re willing to make it a little bit easier on our readers that are looking for a tablet as we chose two of the most talked about tablets at the moment to comment on and see what exactly both have to offer. We’re talking about LG’s Pad 8.3 and Apple’s iPad Air.

The device comes with a very nice design: a color combination between white and silver. The tablet sells at a price around $450.00. Regarding specs, we can see that the iPad Air is powered by a M7 motion processor paired with the Apple A7 chipset (64-bit). It holds a display of 9.7 inches which has a light sensor and oleophobic coating for added protection. The main camera has 5 MP (iSight model) with a resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels and 1080p video shooting. The device comes with 128 GB of internal storage capacity and is estimated to last around 10 hours.

LG releases the Pad 8.3 with two color options: black and white. This tablet can be bought at a smaller price than the iPad Air ($280.00), but it is also a smaller device: it comes with an 8.3 inches display. The display comes with a light sensor and a screen resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels. The processor that powers the device is paired up with the Snapdragon 600 chipset from Qualcomm. The battery unit that is housed by the LG Pad 8.3 has a capacity of 4600 mAh. The internal memory sits at only 16 GB. The main camera has 1.3 MP. While Apple’s iPad Air is quite light, the LG Pad 8.3 is actually lighter (it weighs less than a pound).

After reviewing these two, we can say that both come with some pretty nice specs and features. But overall, we have to give it to the iPad Air for bringing more to the table than the LG Pad 8.3 can. If we’re going to recommend one of these tablets, it would be Apple’s device – but you have to keep in mind that the price is almost doubled with this tablet. 

Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 vs LG G Pro 2 – Top Price and Specs Comparison

Samsung has reached the pinnacle of success and every product they release is seen with good eyes. The Mega 6.3 came in 2013 and the fans had a shock when they saw the gigantic display. The G Pro 2 has hit the markets this year, in February and as expected, its specs and features are more advanced, so yes, in this battle, LG is a winner. But let’s find out more about these two phablets.

Displays, designs and sizes

Galaxy Mega 6.3 features a 6.3inches SC-LCD display with a resolution of 720x1280pixels and 233ppi. The phablet is extremely massive, as it measures 167.6x88x8mm, but it’s not that heavy, weighting 199grams. The exterior body is very pretty, but the phone looks like many of its Galaxy siblings. In addition to the white and black colors, the phablet is also available in purple color.

The G Pro 2 is much smaller, having a display of 5.9 inches, which is True IPS+ LCD and has a Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protecting it. The supported resolution is higher, 1080x1920pixels, while the pixel density is 373ppi. This phone has two buttons for the volume located under the rear camera, which looks kind of weird. The variants of the colors for this phablet are white, titan, silver and burgundy.

Hardware and OS
The Galaxy Mega 6.3 is powered by a dual core 1.7GHz Krait processor, based on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 chipset, which supports an Adreno 305 GPU. The device comes with proximity, compass, accelerometer and gyro sensors and it supports WiFi, GPRS, Bluetooth, and it has micro USB and infrared ports. You can choose one of the two variants of internal memories, 8 and 16GB which are expandable up to 64GB. As for the OS, the phablets runs on the Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) version, which can be upgraded to the 4.4.2 (KitKat) version, and it has 1.5GB of RAM.

The G Pro 2, on the other hand, has a more powerful processor, a quad core 2.26Ghz Krait 400, which is baked by a newer Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 chipset and has an Adreno 330 GPU. It has the same sensors as the Mega 6.3, 3GB of RAM and two variants of built in storage – 16 and 32, also expandable up to 64GB. The operating system is Android 4.4.2, non-upgradable.

Cameras
The Samsung phablet has an 8MP rear camera with autofocus, LED flash, geo-tagging and HDR, plus a 1.9MP front camera. The G Pro 2 has a 13MP primary camera with plenty useful features, and a 2.1MP secondary camera.

Batteries

Both of the phablets have Li-Ion removable batteries with the same capacity, 3200mAh. However, the Mega 6.3’s battery allows up to 10 hours of talk time on 3G and 17hours on 2G, and in stand by mode it lasts 420 hours. The G Pro 2’s battery supports up to 14 hours on 2G and 8 hours on 3G.

Prices

The Mega 6.3 can be found on amazon.com at the price of 400 dollars. The G Pro 2 is much more expensive, 550 dollars.

Android 4.4.2 rolling out to Verizon’s LG G Pad 8.3

While many devices are making the jump to Android 4.4.4 or the lesser 4.4.3, Verizon’s LG G Pad 8.3 is just arriving at software version 4.4.2. Although it’s not Google’s latest and greatest, this is still an upgrade for those who invested in this carrier connected slate. The highlights of this new software push include: Immersive Mode, which automatically places apps in full screen view and LG’s Knock Code security feature that lets users set up screen tap patterns to wake or lock their device.

In addition to the aforementioned standouts, this new software changes the device’s battery icon from blue to white and adds support for printers from HP, as well as Google’s Cloud Print. Lastly, Big Red’s new software bump adds multi-user access, which lets you create separate user profiles on a single device.

The update is rolling out as an over-the-air push, so it might take a little while to hit your tablet, however you can try to manually initiate the download through your device’s settings tab. If you already have the update installed, we’d love to know how it’s treating you and your G Pad.

LG G Vista now available from Verizon for $100 on a two year service agreement

After weeks of leaks and tips, the LG G Vista has officially landed on Verizon. Priced at $100 on a two year service agreement, this handset is a case of a big screen and not so big hardware. The G Vista packs a robust 5.7-inch qHD display, a 1.2GHz quad-core processor, 1.5GB of RAM, an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera, a 1.3-megapixel front-facing shooter and Android 4.4 KitKat.

Powered by a 3,200mAh battery, this mid-range G3 lookalike also ships with LG’s Knock Code security feature that lets you wake and lock your device with a few quick screen taps. If you’re looking for a cheap phone that plays nice with Big Red’s XLTE setup, the G Vista might be worth your consideration, however you’ll probably be able to get a little more bang for your buck if you sit down and do a little research.

LG announces 11.6-inch Android Tab Book with Intel Core i5 CPU, 4GB RAM

LG has announced its hybrid device called the Android Tab Book in South Korea. Pricing and availability have yet to be revealed, while the fate of the device outside Korea is also not known yet.

The Tab Book will feature an 11.6-inch full HD IPS display with 10-point touch control and a slideout QWERTY keypad.   Earlier this year at CES, LG had launched the Tab Book Ultra which was a Windows 8.1 powered hybrid device. The Android Tab Book looks similar to it but of course, it sports the Android 4.2.2 OS. For a latest device with high-end internals, that is quite a dated Android version. We hope that there is an OTA Android KitKat update in the pipeline.

LG Android Tab Book (model no. 11TA740-GA50K) comes with an Intel Core i5-4200U CPU which is a dual-core hyper-threaded processor clocked at 1.6GHz with a maximum turbo boost clock of 2.6GHz. It houses Intel HD4400 integrated graphics. The CPU is paired with 4GB of RAM in a single RAM slot.

On the storage front, you have a 128GB SSD with support for microSD card as well. The Tab Book is 16.7mm thick and weighs 1.05kg. There are two USB 3.0 ports and an HDMI port.

Google Nexus 6 will not made by LG, but by HTC

LG Electronics is reportedly not working on the upcoming Google Nexus 6.

According to Motoring Crunch, LG's global communications director, Ken Hong, revealed that LG knows nothing about the status of the next Nexus smartphone. Moreover, it also has little knowledge about the rumored Android Silver program. The LG exec continued that the company has not been called to work on any Nexus device.

The South Korean company was in charge of making the two previous Nexus smartphones. The good business partnership of the two companies gave rise to Nexus 4 and Nexus 5. The two smartphones turned the heads of many due to a good combination of fair specs and features as well as an incredibly cheap price.

It is true that the manufacturer behind the Google Nexus 6 will likely be HTC. Until now, there were speculations that HTC will work on the handset. This announcement from LG almost confirmed that HTC is taking the helm in making the Google Nexus 6.

There were previous rumors that claimed that Google axed the Nexus line in exchange of the Android Silver program. However, this was denied by a Google exec at the company's I/O Developers' Conference.

Google Nexus 6 is rumored to pack high end specs that includes a 64-bit version of its Snapdragon 800-series chipset clocked at 3 GHz; 5.2-inch full-HD, curved LCD display protected with Corning Gorilla Glass; 3 GB RAM; 13 MP camera and a 5 MP front-facing camera; Bluetooth; NFC; Micro-USB; Wi-Fi; and 4G. However, Google has not confirmed any of the aforementioned rumors.

Nexus 5 prices have been discounted on the online web site eBay. One of the best indications that a new smartphone is coming is that prices get slashed. Google Nexus 6 release date will most likely take place in October or November. The aforementioned time frame has been the official release date window of the Google Nexus 6. This will ensure that the device will make an appearance right before the gift-giving season.

Xiaomi Mi 3 vs LG Google Nexus 5: Which is The Better High End Android Smartphone?

 

LG is currently enjoying success of its LG G3 flagship smartphone, a handset that is selling incredibly well in the US and other markets. Despite this, the company's Nexus 5, which was designed in collaboration with Google, is still a smartphone that is being widely considered by consumers. Today, we compare the handset with the Xiaomi Mi3, which was recently in several markets across the world.

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Design
The Nexus 5 uses a plastic body and happens to be well built. While it isn't as flashy as the Mi 3, the smartphone will appeal to people who like designs that are sober, elegant and simple. It also happens to use a 5-in screen and is about the same as the Mi 3.

While it looks like a metal-bodied smartphone, upon holding it, users will realise that the Xiaomi Mi 3 uses a plastic body with a finish that's something between high gloss plastic and matte. Owing to this, it happens to be somewhat slippery. However, it is a sturdy handset to the aluminum chassis that holds it together. Talking about its size, the Mi 3 will be ideal for people who are accustomed to 5-in display smatphones.

Display
The Nexus 5 houses a stunning 1080p LCD display that has a generous pixel density of 445 ppi. The Mi 3 competes with a 1080p screen as well and offers a pixel density of 441 ppi. Both displays have solid viewing angles,a good deal of brightness and will offer a good visual experience for games, videos and more.

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Hardware
Both smartphones house one of the best processing packages available on the market: the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 with a Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400 and an Adreno 330. They also have the same amount of RAM, which is 2GB. Both smartphones lack storage expansion options but offer decent on-board storage. 16GB and 32GB options for the Nexus 5 and 16GB and 64GB options for the Mi 3.
It goes without saying that both smartphones are stellar performers and that they will be able to seamlessly handle any task that you throw at them.

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Imaging
In the rear, the Nexus 5 uses an 8-megapixel sensor with dual LED flash and f/2.4 lens, OIS. Up front, it a 1.3-megapixel sensor up front for substandard selfies. While there is nothing bad about the Nexus 5's imaging performance, it's safe to say that the smartphone delivers mediocre pictures when compared to the competition.

The Mi 3 wins this round with ease, thanks to its powerful 13 megapixel shooter in the rear along with a decent 2 megapixel camera up front. It's great for clicking pictures and the results can be compared to the likes of the impressive Samsung Galaxy S4.

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Software
Stock Android purists will love the Nexus 5 since it has no bloatware. In fact, the Nexus 5 is one of the best options if you are looking for a stock Android only smartphone.
However, Xiaomi has taken a different approach with the Mi3. The smartphone uses MiUI, which is based on Android 4.4.2 KitKat. Thanks to the company's tweaks, it looks more like a lovechild of iOS and Android.

It offers users the simplicity of iOS, along with the power and flexibility of Android. Apart from an easy learning curve, users will also enjoy MiUI's amazing library of themes, which constantly gets new additions via users and fans. Icons, widgets, wallpapers, animations, transparency levels change entirely with each theme, while one can also mix and match elements of different themes to customise things to suit one's tastes.

Xiaomi has also added several of its own tweaks and customisations and the company has also made it possible for users to uninstall some of the pre-installed apps. Currently, most popular manufacturers do not allow this.

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Bottom Line
While both smartphones offer similar specifications, the Mi 3 has a superior imaging package, allowing it to click better pictures. It also happens to offer more on-board memory, which happens to be important since both smartphones don't have let users expand memory with cards. And then comes the preference of stock Android versus Xiaomi's take on Android, which happens to be rather refreshing.

Also, the Mi 3 costs significantly less when compared to the Nexus 5 in several markets, making it a more feasible options among the two.

LG's Smartwatch Shows Android Wear Operating System Has a Long Way to Go

GOOGLE has a new operating system for wearable devices like smartwatches. It’s called Android Wear and it works like a miniature version of an Android phone on your wrist.




One day, it will do a lot of things, from telling your Nest Thermostat (also made by Google) to turn up the heat because you are on your way home to reminding your television to record a baseball game. It offers a glimpse of a smartwatch future — useful and integrated with your entire digital life.

But that’s the rosy future and this, sadly, is the half-baked now. Although Android Wear is simple and familiar for Android users to operate, its overall incompleteness make it a must-have only for the truly enthusiastic tech fan.

I tried Android Wear on the $230 LG G Watch, one of two smartwatches that run the operating system. The other is the Samsung Gear Live, which costs $200.

The LG G Watch does little to elevate the style and wearability of smartwatches.

It’s a beefy, indelicate package even though LG is trying to make the watch seem more high-fashion and possibly even appealing to women.

The watch is available with either a black band or a white band with gold accents, and you can change out its strap. The white band looks nicer in photos, but no band can diminish the sheer size of the big square watch face or its inorganic rectangular shape.

I got the black-on-black version, which looks a bit like one of the house-arrest monitoring devices you’d wear on an ankle.

The LG G Watch has no buttons, other than a reset button on the back. You operate it with taps and gestures on its 1.6-inch screen. To power it on, you place it on a bulky external charger. To start using it, you download the free Android Wear app to your smartphone (Android only) and match it to the watch using Bluetooth.

It is easy to pair the watch with the phone.

The Android Wear app feels unfinished, however.

It has a simple interface, but feels as if it were meant for app developers rather than consumers.

For example, the settings screen includes an option for “Debugging over Bluetooth.”

When you’re pairing with a new device, one option is, “Pair with emulator.” And one of the two separate settings menus includes an option called Demo Cards that just sends examples of Android Wear features to the watch — fake package tracking notifications, restaurant reservations, boarding passes and so on.

Android Wear seems still in the experimental stage, but this app is not labeled a beta.

In fact, when I mentioned these odd features, an Android Wear product manager seemed surprised they were in the app at all. By the time you read this, they could be gone.

He said Demo Cards, though, was intentionally included to show what’s possible with Android Wear. It is a long list that includes traffic, weather and sports scores, as well as boarding passes, flight status and coming reservations and calendar appointments.

All those notifications are courtesy of Google Now, the digital assistant that scans your email, search history and location history to offer information it thinks you need throughout the day.
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I’m a fan of Google Now, but it has shortcomings. For one thing, all your scheduling emails have to go to the same email address — the one you’re using for Google Now. So if you book a flight for business and send the confirmation to your work address, it might not get tracked.

Also, notifications appear inconsistently, even for things like incoming email.

That said, having Google Now notifications on your Android Wear device puts it well ahead of other smartwatches.

It is rich and usually has useful information. And the notifications are subtle: Information cards simply appear, without beeping or buzzing. The same is true for notifications about tweets or Facebook updates.

The watch buzzes gently when you get new email or texts, and sounds like a ringing phone when someone is calling.

But you can disable alerts for emails, and the notifications for texts and calls are useful.

The watch interface is simple: Just swipe left, right, up or down for more information, to get rid of cards or to access more features. And voice controls are a major benefit.

You can use your voice to initiate text or email messages, open apps and ask for Google Now information. For example, you can tap the watch and say “My reservations” to see coming appointments.

Voice controls depend on individual apps. LG, the maker of the LG G Watch, hasn’t updated its text message app on the LG G3 smartphone to support voice controls on Android Wear, so you can’t use your voice to respond to text messages that show up on the watch. But it works reliably with Google products: You can speak responses to Google Hangouts (Google’s app for messaging and videoconferencing) or incoming mail on a Google account.

And the voice recognition on the LG G Watch is shaky. Composing texts and emails is frustrating, and when a sentence was too long or complicated, the watch simply gave me a “disconnected” error.

Google wouldn’t provide an exact count of available apps, but said most Android apps could do basic notifications through the watch. The Android Wear app links to a curated list of about 40 apps with more advanced features for Android Wear.

But these also have a way to go before they’re truly useful. I use an app called Eat24 to order restaurant delivery.

In Android Wear, the app only lets you reorder the last thing you got. And it’s hard to tell what you’re doing: I accidentally ordered $45 worth of Indian food and had to call customer support to cancel.

Not all your daily apps may be available, either. There’s no Uber app, so I installed Lyft. On the watch, you can say, “O.K., Google, call a car.” But be warned: The next thing you know, a car is on the way.

The Lyft app works with one tap on the phone, and there is no confirmation screen.

Using your voice and a wristwatch to call a car to your precise location is both futuristic and really superconvenient. Android Wear presents a vision of a legitimately useful wearable future.

One thing to watch for is the intriguing Moto 360, by Motorola Mobility (which Google is in the process of selling to Lenovo), which is supposed to arrive “later this summer,” according to Google.

It will also run Android Wear and has an attractive, round watch face.

But right now, there are a few too many kinks for me to recommend Android Wear to anyone but hard-core tech enthusiasts. And that’s fine: It seems Google isn’t quite ready, either.

LG launches G Watch smartwatch running on Android Wear

Along with the LG G3 India launch, LG also also unveiled its G Watch smartwatch, priced at Rs 15,000. 

The watch has a 1.65-inch display and features Qualcomm's Snapdragon 400 processor and has an internal memory of 4 GB with a 512MB RAM. The dust and water resistant watch sports the Android Wear OS and has a 400 mAh battery.

There is a discount of Rs 5,000 on the LG G Watch when bought along with the G3. 



The LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live are the first Android wear smartwatches to go on sale.

LG G Watch is compatible with a wide range of Android smartphones and will present relevant information to users just when they need it or whenever they say "OK Google" to ask questions or to get their work done.

This is LG's fourth device in close collaboration with Google following the Nexus 4, Nexus 5, and the LG G Pad 8.3 Google Play Edition.

LG G Watch has an always-on display. It shows an on-time notification, and raising the watch turns it from black and white to full colour. Users can swipe up and down to navigate between notifications, and swipe horizontally to get to details and actions. Users can select the watch face too. They can simply press and hold to choose which watch time face they want. Also, when a user dismisses a notification on the watch, is also disappears from the phone.

Setting a "do-not-disturb" mode is a swipe away. Just swipe down on the watch to set the DND mode. The watch has a daily step counter and a step-count history for the week. 

LG launches new G3 smartphone

The 4G-supporting smartphone features a 5.5-inch quad HD display, 13 megapixel OIS+ (Optical Image Stabilizer Plus) rear camera and 2.1 MP front camera.

LG, which on Monday launched its flagship smartphone 'LG G3' in Mumbai, said it is on path to achieve 10 per cent market share in the world's second most populous market.

Buoyed by increasing smartphone sales across price categories, the Korean electronics giant LG said it expects revenues from the segment in India to jump almost three-fold this year.

"We are seeing very good traction and will exceed our target of Rs 2,000 crore in revenues from smartphones in India this year from Rs 800 crore in 2013," LG Electronics India Managing Director Soon Kwon told PTI.

In the first half of the year, the business from the category has almost trebled, he added.

Asked about the ambitious target of achieving 10 per cent market share this year, Mr. Kwon said: "It is very much on track and looking at the sales we are having, we are on track to achieve it in 2014."

He added that LG will launch few more handsets this year in the Rs 20,000-30,000 range to further strengthen its presence and reach. Currently, it has phones in the price category of Rs 6,500-65,000.

According to research firm IDC, Samsung is the market leader in multi-crore smartphone category in India with 35 per cent market share followed by Micromax (15 per cent), Karbonn (10 per cent), Lava (6 per cent), Nokia (4 per cent) and others (30 per cent).

LG has roped in Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan to promote 'LG G3' smartphone in the country.

About 15,000 limited edition G3 smartphones with Mr. Bachchan's signature will be released in the Indian market and a few lucky buyers will get the opportunity to meet him.

The 16GB version will be priced at Rs 47,990, while the 32 GB version will be available for Rs 50,990.

LG G3, which sports a 'Kill Switch' that can disable the handset in the event of a theft, features a laser auto focus camera, smart keyboard, and a slim metallic design.

Globally, the G3 has witnessed exceptional traction and LG expects the same in India, Mr. Kwon said. LG Electronics Marketing Head Amit Gujral said the company expects to sell half a million G3 devices by year-end.

The 4G-supporting smartphone features a 5.5-inch quad HD display, 13 megapixel OIS+ (Optical Image Stabilizer Plus) rear camera and 2.1 MP front camera. With the latest Android KitKat operating system, LG G3 also has a a removable 3,000 mAh battery, 2/3 GB RAM and internal memory of 16 GB and 32 GB options. It also has a micro SD slot with maximum 128 GB capacity.

The firm also unveiled at the event its G watch, priced at Rs 15,000. The watch has a 1.65-inch display and features Qualcomm's Snapdragon 400 processor and has an internal memory of 4 GB with 512MB RAM. The dust and water resistant watch sports the Android wear OS and has a 400 mAh battery.

LG said G3 is being launched in India with Rs 15,000 worth of consumer offers. There is a discount of Rs 5,000 on the LG G Watch when bought along with the G3. The offer also includes Rs 3,500 worth QuickCircle Case free and an one time screen replacement worth Rs 6,500. 

LG G3 With QHD Display Listed for Pre-Order in India at Rs. 46,990

LG India may not have revealed plans for rolling out the G3 flagship in the market; however, the smartphone has reached the country via an e-commerce website. The LG G3 is now up for pre-order at an online retailer with the pricing of Rs. 46,990 for the 16GB model, and Rs. 49,990 for the 32GB model.

The listing clearly notes that the handsets will be available on July 25, indicating that the G3 India launch can be expected in the last week of this month. It remains a possibility that the LG G3 will not officially arrive in India with these prices, considering the phone is currently listed on a third-party online retailer.

To recall, LG launched its G3 flagship smartphone at simultaneous events in New York, London, and San Francisco in late May. The LG G3, runs Android 4.4.2 KitKat with a single-SIM configuration, sports a 5.5-inch QHD (1440x2560 pixel) AH-IPS LCD display with a staggering pixel density of 538ppi.

The G3 is powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor clocked at 2.46GHz, featuring 2GB of RAM for its 16GB built-in storage variant, and 3GB of RAM for its 32GB variant. It features storage expansion via microSD card (up to 128GB).

It sports a 13-megapixel rear camera with OIS+, dual-LED flash and a laser auto-focusing sensor, while also including a front-facing 2.1-megapixel camera with f/2.0 aperture, and a selfie mode. The LG G3 is powered by a 3000mAh removable battery, and features wireless charging support.

The G3 is currently up for pre-order in Silk White and Metallic Black colour variants on Infibeam and was first spotted by AndroidOS.

LG on Thursday announced an update to its Smart Keyboard for the LG G3, claiming that it came with new features that would make 'typing less tedious.'

In June-end, the South Korean giant revealed the global roll-out plans for G3. The company confirmed that the new flagship from LG would roll-out in various Asian markets starting Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, and the Philippines, followed by the rest of Asia, Europe and the Middle East among other regions in July.