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LG G6 available in South Africa from Friday for R12 099

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I quite liked LG’s approach to the modular G5. It was a time where every single flagship seemed to be almost identical, differing only by the camera specifications and add-on nonsense in an attempt to stand out. The G5 really did stand out. With its removable bottom, users were able to plug in other modules – like an expanded camera module, a fancy speaker and well…not very much else.

While the G5 was great in theory, in practice, it was anything but – and fumbling around with additional modules proved more of a hassle than it was worth. Thankfully, LG has gone back to being a little more traditional with the G6. They’re doing less to stand out with no leather backs or modules, just great specs – and in being more traditional, LG has delivered its best phone in years.

It’s sleek and svelte, with a metal unibody enveloped in Gorilla glass. Gorilla glass 3 for the front, and 5 for the back. What that means is that the LG G6 doesn’t have a removable battery as its precursors have but it does give the phone IP68 protection which results in it being dust and water-proof, able to be submerged for half an hour without worry. It’s got a fingerprint sensor on the back that also doubles as its power button. An odd, but also genius and natural placement inherited from the LG V20.

At the top of the device you’ll find a 3.5mm headphone jack, as LG’s not courageous enough to buck that trend just yet. At the bottom, a USB-C port for charging and a sim and microSD slot on the right. It’s not toying with conventions much in its design, and that’s a good thing.

Where the phone does stand out a little is with its display, a gorgeous 5.7-inch LCD display with an 18:9 ratio and a Quad HD resolution. Yes, that’s 2560 x 1440 packed into a mobile device – with support for both HDR 10 and Dolby Vision.

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What the odd ratio (two squares, neatly stacked atop each other) does mean is that while apps that are native to this resolution look genuinely amazing, some that stick to the 16:9 convention will produce black bars on the side. LG has a way to force apps to rescale, but it can lead to cut off. But man, that is a gorgeous display.

As for performance, the LG G6 comes equipped with the Snapdragon 821 processor (instead of the newer 835) alongside 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM and an Adreno 530 GPU – which means that it’s about as equipped as Google’s Pixel XL. It also does mean that it’ll be a dream to use –without so much as a hitch in multitasking.

The camera is also nearly flush against the back of the device, which is quite nice. To do that LG has trimmed down the mega pixel count from 16 to 13, which means that both of its twin rear cameras sport the same megapixel count. One camera will give you wide angled shots, while the other is a standard sensor. Here’s a quartet of photos snapped with it so far:

Naturally, as new flagship it’ll come with Android 7 Nougat right out of the box. As an added bonus there’ll also be a 64gb memory card bundled in, an LG bluetooth Tone headset and 100gb Google Drive space valid for two years. Vodacom and MTN will have stock of the LG G6 first, with Cell C and Telkom Mobile receiving the phone later this year.

It’ll be out in South Africa from Friday – at a cost of R14 629.

[Update] The local pricing of the phone is now a much more reasonable and measured R12 099. It’s available on contract from R599 per month.

LG G6 Specs

Display:

  • 5.7-inch 18:9 QHD+ FullVision IPS LCD display
  • 2880 x 1440 resolution
  • 564ppi

Processor

  • Quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
  • GPU Adreno 530

RAM

  • 4GB LPDDR4

Storage

  • 32/64GB
  • MicroSD Yes, up to 2TB

Cameras

  • Rear: Dual 13MP wide-angle sensor (f/2.4 aperture / 125°) / 13MP standard sensor (f/1.8 aperture / 71°), OIS 2.0
  • Front: 5MP wide-angle sensor (f/2.2 aperture / 100°), 1.12µm pixel size

Battery

  • 3,300mAh
  • Non-removable
  • Quick Charge 3.0
  • Qi and PMA wireless charging

Connectivity

  • LTE-A 3 Band CA
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
  • Bluetooth 4.2 BLE
  • USB Type-C, NFC

Software

  • Android 7.0 Nougat
  • LG UX 6.0

Colors

  • Ice Platinum, Mystic White, Astro Black

Dimensions and weight

  • 148.9 x 71.9 x 7.9mm
  • 163g

 

Last Updated: April 10, 2017

10 Comments

  1. Alien Emperor Trevor

    April 4, 2017 at 15:37

    Meh. That’s not a G6, this is a G6…

    http://www.military-today.com/artillery/g6_rhino.jpg

    Reply

    • Admiral Chief

      April 4, 2017 at 15:49

      Nou pra jy pappie!

      Reply

  2. Original Heretic

    April 4, 2017 at 15:44

    Far too pricey for my taste.

    Reply

  3. Admiral Chief

    April 4, 2017 at 15:49

    I need it, I need monay too

    Reply

    • Grimsupanoob

      April 5, 2017 at 08:57

      man I have to say I have been really impressed with the LG’s. Got a G5 and man what a phone…

      Reply

  4. RinceThis

    April 4, 2017 at 15:50

    “as LG’s not courageous enough to buck that trend just yet.” I thought you were going to say “as LG’s Darryn is not courageous enough to try and use”. Tehehehehe

    Reply

  5. Fox1 - Retro

    April 4, 2017 at 16:16

    Even LG are sporting a screen res twice of the iPhone 7.

    Reply

  6. Galbedir

    April 4, 2017 at 16:37

    R15k for a phone…what a waste!

    Reply

    • Grimsupanoob

      April 5, 2017 at 08:56

      wait for the new iPhone, all the sheep will be lining up for the 20k new crappy one

      Reply

  7. Geoffrey Tim

    April 5, 2017 at 09:55

    Impressions so far: I LIKE IT A LOT

    Reply

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