14 DAY TRIAL // LG G5 will be officially announced in about a week from now, but that might not be the only smartphone to be released by the South Korean company.
A lighter version of the LG G5 has been recently spotted by the folks over at Winfuture.de at GFXBench, which makes us believe there will be at least two high-end devices unveiled at MWC 2016.
The so-called LG G5 Lite is listed at GFXBench with model number LG-H840, and, oddly, it runs Android 4.4 KitKat operating system.
Naturally, this is a mistake that comes from the fact that the prototype unit did not correctly report some of the specs, including the Android version it runs.
We don't expect any high-end smartphone launched at MWC 2016 to come with a version of Android other than Marshmallow.
Spec-wise, LG G5 Lite is said to sport a 5.3-inch capacitive touchscreen display that supports Quad HD (2560 x 1440 pixels) resolution. The standard LG G5 might come with a slightly larger 5.6-inch display with similar resolution, but Always-on feature.
Some of the specs have been incorrectly reported by the prototype unit
Another difference between the two LG G5 models would be the chipset inside. The flagship is expected to come equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 while the LG G5 Lite will be powered by an octa-core Snapdragon 652 processor clocked at 1.8GHz.
The G5 Lite's CPU will be coupled with an Adreno 510 graphics processing unit and 3GB of RAM. It will pack 32GB of internal memory, but there's mention of microSD card slot for memory expansion.
The prototype unit incorrectly reports the smartphone includes a 7-megapixel rear-facing camera that features LED flash and 4K video recording, but no autofocus.
The handset is likely to come with an 8-megapixel secondary camera on the front. Other highlights of the LG G5 Lite, or whatever its name will be, include an accelerometer, barometer, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, NFC (Near Field Communication), pedometer, proximity sensor, compass, and GPS.