LG G4 Rumour Round-up: Everything We Think We Know

By Anuj

| Published: Friday, February 20, 2015, 14:46 [IST]

Back in May, the LG G3 made its much-anticipated debut. With its gorgeous 5.5-inch QHD screen and beautiful all-new design, the G3 offered one of the best smartphone experience.

Over the past few months, there has been lots of speculation surrounding LG's latest flagship device. So far, LG has remained tight-lipped so far, but leaks suggest this could be its most impressive smartphone yet.

As already speculated, the LG G4 is expected to come with a 5.3-inch 3K resolution display with a 16-megapixel rear camera. The device, as reported, will house a 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor with 4GB of RAM.

Reports that have been published by certain news outlets regarding the LG G4 are speculative and unproven at this time.

Here, we examine the latest LG G4 release date, specifications, features and rumours.

LG G4 Rumour Round-up: Everything We Think We Know

These days it's relatively simple to predict when the next-generation smartphone will arrive. In case of LG G4, we're expecting the device to arrive sometime in April. Back in January, some media report suggested that LG would skip this year's MWC tech conference, and now a recent report from the Korea Times seems to claim that the G4 will launch in April.

The anonymous source said, "Samsung usually releases its new flagship model in the first quarter of each year, and Apple in the second quarter. We need some in-between time to make a bigger splash."

LG G4 Rumour Round-up: Everything We Think We Know

We haven't heard any rumours to suggest that LG would ditch the G series. They were already granted rights to trademarks for the LG G3, LG G4, LG G5, LG G6, LG G7, LG G8 and LG G9 over at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. So that would seem to suggest that LG's next-generation smartphone could be called "G4".

LG G4 Rumour Round-up: Everything We Think We Know

It seems that the LG G4 could feature a 5.3-inch 3K resolution display. This very rumour comes from MyLGphones.com, who was sent in the following screenshot from a tipster. The speculated rumour suggests a forthcoming LG phone with the model name LG-VS999 will have a 3K resolution screen. Some reports even claim that LG G4 would sport a dual edge screen, just like the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge.

LG G4 Rumour Round-up: Everything We Think We Know

Exact details surrounding around the G4's design are still unclear. But broadly speaking, the G4 will probably look similar. Though we're expecting the G4 to be crafted out of metal body. It's possible to see another variant of the G4 with plastic chassis.

LG G4 Rumour Round-up: Everything We Think We Know

Most likely the G4 will be powered by LG's native Nuclun processor. The Nuclun is an octa-core processor with LTE-A Cat 6 network support. LG G Flex 2, on the other hand, is stuffed with a 64-bit Snapdragon 810 processor. LG's rival Samsung - is rumoured to use its own processor to power the upcoming Galaxy G6.

LG G4 Rumour Round-up: Everything We Think We Know

Google recently announced the Android 5.1 Lollipop. LG G4 will come with Android 5.1 Lollipop out of the box. LG's native software - layered on top - may be getting some modification.

LG G4 Rumour Round-up: Everything We Think We Know

According to some reports, the LG G4 will feature a 16Mp camera with a resolution of 5312x2988 pixels. If the camera resolution stays the same, expect upgrades will come in other forms such as better camera user interface (UI).