LG K3 (2017), K4 (2017) India Launch Expected on Wednesday

LG India has started sending media invites for an event on Wednesday where the company is expected to introduce new K-Series smartphone. The event will take place at the side lines of India Mobile Congress 2017. The launch invite clearly shows "K" letter embossed suggesting that the company may showcase the new K-Series smartphones. It is being widely speculated that LG may unveil new K3 or K4 smartphone on Wednesday.

LG, at the beginning of 2017, unveiled four new K-Series smartphones globally though only two have made it to the Indian market so far, the LG K8 and LG K102017 editions. There are speculations that LG may unveil both the LG K-Series smartphones at the same event.

The last LG K-Series handset, the LG K8 (2017), was unveiled in August, and was priced at Rs. 11,000. Prior to this, LG unveiled the LG K10 (2017) priced at Rs. 13,990 back in February this year.

Both the LG K3 (2017) and LG K4 (2017) smartphones were initially announced at CES 2017. There was no pricing announced for both the phones.

For specifications, the LG K3 (2017) features a 4.5-inch FWVGA (480x854 pixels) IPS display and sports a 1.1GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 MSM8909 SoC coupled with 1GB of RAM, and 8GB of inbuilt storage with expandable storage support up to 32GB via microSD card. The Android 6.0 Marshmallow-based LG K3 sports a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and also houses a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It measures 133.9x69.7x9.4mm and weighs 132 grams. Connectivity options include 4G LTE, 3G, GPRS/ EDGE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS, and Micro-USB. LG K3 (2017) is backed by a 2100mAh removable battery and will be available in Metallic Titan as well as Pink Gold colours.

The LG K4 (2017) features a 5-inch FWVGA (480x854 pixels) display with a pixel density of 196ppi. It is powered by the same processor as the LG K3. The LG K4 packs 1GB of LPDDR3 RAM and comes with 8GB inbuilt storage with expandable storage support via microSD card (up to 32GB). It sports 5-megapixel front and rear cameras. LG K4 (2017) packs a 2500mAh removable battery and runs on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow. It measures 144.7x72.6x7.9mm and weighs 135 grams. Connectivity options on the handset include 4G LTE, 3G, GPRS/ EDGE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b, g, n, Bluetooth 4.1, and Micro-USB. The LG K4 will be available in Titan and Black colours.