Exclusive: LG G6 Smartphone to launch at Rs 51,900 with Rs 5000 launch Discount in India

LG is going to finally launch the G6 Smartphone in India on April 24th at a price of Rs 51,900 that is also expected to come up with a launch discount of Rs 5,000. Earlier this week Samsung had launched the Galaxy S8 & the S8+ Smartphones in India at a price that’s higher than the official price of the G6. Also, considering the fact that there are a variety of different offers at launch, the G6 appears to be a far better option.

Talking about the launch offers, LG is having four launch offers which users can avail. The first one is the cashback offer where customers using HDFC & SBI Credit card or debit card will get cashback upto 7,000 INR. (5,000 INR cashback till 31st May and 2,000 INR till 1st May). The customers buying the LG G6 at launch will also get a 50-percent discount on LG’s Tone Active+ BT Headset worth 9,990 INR. The company will also replace your broken screen within the 6 months of purchase as a launch offer again. And on top of all that, LG is also giving away free games value worth 14,100 INR with the LG G6.

All these launch offers ideally makes the LG G6 way better when compared to the Galaxy S8 in terms of the pricing. Having said that, we would love to know your thoughts on this. Would you be interested in buying the LG G6 with all these launch offers or are you planning to go for the Galaxy S8 or the S8 Plus? Be sure to let us know by dropping a comment down below and also stay tuned to PhoneRadar for more info on this.

You can refer to the tweet for the launch date.

LG G6 Smartphone launching in India on April 24th. @LGIndiaTweets pic.twitter.com/MMuYJkYdD7

— Amit Bhawani (@amitbhawani) April 20, 2017

Earlier: Just yesterday, BlackBerry launched its latest TCL built smartphone, BlackBerry KEYone. Now, we are seeing the second smartphone launch at MWC 2017 from the South Korean company, LG Electronics. LG has officially launched the flagship LG G6 smartphone that includes a few interesting changes from its predecessor. Mainly, the LG G6 lacks the removable battery, and it now needs to offer superior battery life to take a dig at other smartphone brands. However, removing the removable battery feature, the company is now able to offer IP68 certification to make the LG G6 both water and dust resistant.

The device comes with a metal frame and glass back body. It will be available in three different color variants – Ice Platinum / Mystic White / Astro Black. Unlike the last year’s LG 5, the LG G6 lacks the modularity and also misses its Friends.The rear of the LG G6 looks clean with antenna bands limited to the edges. While the volume rocker is placed on the left edge of the device, the power button can be found on the left edge. On the front is a 5.7-inch FullVision display that occupies 90% of the real estate on the front. It comes with QuadHD+ (2880 x 1440 pixels) OLED panel and has unusual 18:9 aspect ratio.

According to the company, the LG G6 is most compact smartphone featuring a 5.7-inch display. It also supports DolbyVision and HDR 10 display technologies for better viewing experience. Not only the device comes with rounded edges, even the display also features rounded edges. Even though Qualcomm already announced the latest Snapdragon 835 SoC which will be first seen with the Galaxy S8 launching next month, LG still opted for the Snapdragon 821 SoC instead of delaying the launch. It is an upgraded version of the Snapdragon 820 SoC and comes with the same Adreno 530 GPU. It packs 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM and 32GB UFS 2.0 internal storage.

There is also a MicroSD card slot for storage expansion upto 2TB. In the camera department, there is a dual camera setup on the rear with a 13MP standard sensor with f/1.8 aperture and OIS 2.0, and another 13MP wide-angle sensor offering f/2.4 aperture and 125-degree wide-angle lens. For selfies, there is a 5MP front camera with f/2.2 aperture and 100-degree wide angle lens. The battery capacity is bumped from 2,800mAh on the LG G5 to 3,300mAh on the new LG G6. It supports Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 3.0 fast charging technology and also wireless charging. It measures 148.9 x 71.9 x 7.9 mm and weighs 163 grams.

The display on the front comes with Gorilla Glass 3 protection, whereas the rear camera lens and glass back body are protected by Gorilla Glass 4 and Gorilla Glass 5 respectively. The device runs on the latest Android 7.0 Nougat with the LG UX 6.0 UI laid on top. It is also the first third-party Android smartphone with built-in Google Assistant. The 32-bit Quad DAC will give Hi-Fi audio output both from the headphones and the loudspeaker. The fingerprint sensor is integrated into the power button on the rear.

Connectivity options include 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac,  Bluetooth 4.2 LE, NFC, 3.5mm Audio port, and USB Type-C 2.0. It will be available for pre-order on March 2 and will go on sale starting March 10. The company is yet to announce the official pricing of the LG G6.