LG has announced the X300 smartphone in Korea,
and be sure not to confuse it with the LG GX300 of times past. This new LG X300
is a proper smartphone, even if positioned where entry-level meets midrange.
The specsheet starts off with a 5-inch 720p LCD and
goes on to include a Snapdragon 425 chipset. Not the snappiest of dragons, the
425 relies on a 1.4 GHz quad-core CPU paired with 2GB of RAM. Storage is 16GB,
expandable via a microSD card. Imaging is covered by a 13MP primary shooter on the
back, and a 5MP selfie cam.
On the connectivity front, you'd be getting 4G LTE,
Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, and NFC. The X300 comes with a microUSB 2.0 port,
though - LG isn't too quick to adopt Type-C across the model range. On a
positive note, though, the phone runs Android 7.0 Nougat. Not so great is
battery capacity - only 2,500 mAh, but given the modest hardware it may be just
enough.
The LG X300 is priced at KRW 253,000 (US$ 220). There wasn't info on availability in the press release, though, and
neither was it mentioned if the phone will be sold outside of Korea.
