LG G3 Limited Edition

Overview

Flagship Smartphone With High-End Features

By Sukhleen

LG Electronics Inc. is a South Korean multinational company that deals with the business of Home Entertainment, Mobile Communications, Home Appliances, Vehicle Components and Air Conditioning & Energy Solutions. It is the world's third largest mobile-phone manufacturer in the world. LG G3 Limited Edition is one of the refreshed version of LG G3 which bears the signature of the legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan embossed at its rear panel. Its pack contents include a handset, charger, battery, stereo ear microphone, USB data cable, quick circle case, quick start guide and warranty card.

Design and Display

LG G3 Limited Edition has a very polished, smart and simple design carved precisely in a bar format. Its metallic body has been given the dimension figures of 146.3 mm in height, 74.6 mm in width and mere 8.9 mm in thickness. Its floating arc design and light weight body makes it easy to use and carry in hand. Talking about its display, it adorns a beautiful 5.5 inches IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen which comes protected with the Corning Gorilla Glass technology and provides a resolution of 1440x2560 pixels. The impressive pixels-per-inch figure of 534 makes the text and images look crisper and sharper.

Hardware and Software

The slim looks of the smartphone hides some very competent hardware and software specifications. It houses a 2.5 GHz Quad Core processor based on Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 chipset and comes paired with Adreno 330 Graphics processor. The company gives you the option to choose from 2 GB RAM and 16 GB on-board storage or 3 GB RAM with 32 GB on-board storage. However, both variants differ in cost but has the ability to expand their internal memory up to 128 GB with a microSD card. Complimenting the gadget, is the latest Android v4.4 KitKat Operating system and the 50 GB online storage on Cloud. It also comes assisted with a host of sensors including compass, gyro, proximity, accelerometer and ambient light sensors.

Telephony and Messaging

This Micro-SIM smartphone operates on 2G GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz, 3G HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz and 4G LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 MHz network frequencies. It avails some messaging facilities like SMS, MMS, IM, Email, Push Mail, Group SMS and some Emailing facilities like Google Mail, Exchange, POP3, IMAP4 and SMTP. Other features that enhance the basic functionality are Voice Memo, Voice Dialing, Handsfree, Predictive Text Input, T9 dictionary, QWERTY keypad and phone keypad.

Camera

On the shooting cam department, LG G3 Limited Edition is set to deliver a 13.1 MP main shooter that comes with enhancements like 8x digital zoom, laser auto-focus, dual LED flash, geo-tagging, smile detection, HDR, touch-focus, cheese shutter, Full HD video recording etc. The front camera is bestowed with a very selfie-friendly 2.1 MP sensor with the built in Flash UI.

Entertainment

To keep the user entertained, it comes loaded with a music player, video player, sound recorder, FM radio, games, social networking services and editors for both pictures and videos. The 1 Watt speakers offers awesome sound quality to the users. Plus the 2 microphones, 3.5 mm audio jack and loudspeaker further enhances its capabilities.

Connectivity and Battery

Being a networking device, it features almost all possible connectivity options like Infrared, GPRS, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, EDGE, NFC, GPS, A-GPS, Bluetooth and microUSB. The data is transferred at lightening fast speeds. To keep the tasks going for longer durations, it comes fueled with a Li-ion battery of 3000 mAh which ensures standby time of up to 565 hours and talktime of up to 19 hours.

Other Features

Besides basic features like document reader, alarm, calender, memo, calculator, world clock, stop watch etc, it comes loaded with various other advanced features also. Some of these includes Knock Code - which gives customizable way to lock or unlock the phone, Kill Switch - which helps to disable the handset in case of a theft, Smart keyboard - which helps to type faster and accurately, the Circle Window - which helps to display the six apps you use the most and the Smart Notice - which gives various reminders based on your selection.

Shades and Price

LG G3 Limited Edition can be purchased in elegant Metallic Black, Gold Shine and Silk White shades at a price range of Rs 47,990 ( for 16 GB) Rs 50,990 ( for 32 GB )approximately (may vary).