LG G5 Global Rollout; To Go on Sale March 31

LG G5 to go on sale on the 31st of March

LG just announced that its flagship the LG G5 will be going on sale in South Korea starting March 31. The company also confirmed that the LG G5 will be available to buy in the US starting April 1.

The company has not revealed the launching price that it will sell the device for but however, a Reddit user has shared an image of a promotional banner showing the G5 pricing of $99.99 on Sprint and Verizon mobile carriers for a 2-year in the US. The unactivated or unlocked price is mentioned as $799.99 (roughly Rs. 53,000). Additionally, LG is also running a pre-order campaign for the G5 where consumers will get a free second battery and charging cradle, and there is news that AT&T will give a buy one get one free offer.

The critics have been praising the phone like it is the greatest innovation of the year and yes being the first modular phone in the market the critics are not wrong.

LG also stated that they would be launching the G5 in India in the next quarter.

According to an online retailer in the UK, the LG G5 will be available at GBP 449.17 (roughly Rs. 42,700) excluding VAT, and GBP 539 (roughly Rs. 51,270) inclusive of VAT.

The biggest feature that the people are talking about in the LG G5 are the LG Friends which are the add-on modules of the phone. LG Cam Plus is a camera module that adds physical buttons for camera operations along with expanding the total battery capacity to 4000mAh. The Hi-Fi Plus module, co-developed by Bang & Olufsen, is a portable Hi-Fi DAC which can be used as a standalone portable DAC or with the G5 to enable 32-bit audio playback. LG is most probably going to showcase the companion devices in india with the launch of the G5 in India which include - LG 360 VR, LG 360 CAM, LG Rolling Bot, LG Tone Platinum, H3 by B&O Play, LG Smart Controller, and LG Friends Manager.

LG is trying to expand the range of modules that are being offered by calling developer conferences worldwide and plans to introduce SDK (Software Development Kit) and HDK (Hardware Development Kit) through developer.lge.com website in April for developers to come up with new modules.