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"LG unveiled its latest flagship smartphone the LG G2 at an event in New York this week, and the device appears to be packing enough firepower to give the market leaders a run for their money. The handset&amp;#039;s specs rank it at the higher end of the spectrum, alongside the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S4 and the HTC One, but the South Korean firm has a few tricks up its sleeve that might just set the phone apart. Here, you will find a rundown of the LG G2&amp;#039;s key features and our early impressions of them.  Design The LG G2&amp;#039;s form factor was one of the biggest talking points to come out of the company&amp;#039;s Big Apple press conference. Placing the physical buttons on the underside of the handset might seem like an unorthodox move, but the more we think about it, the more it makes sense. We have lost count of the number of times we&amp;#039;ve accidentally hit the volume rocker on our Android phones when taking a photograph, so shifting this to the back panel, beneath the G2&amp;#039;s rear-mounted camera, was a simple yet effective move.      Measuring in at 8.9mm, the handset isn&amp;#039;t one of the slimmest on the market, but it&amp;#039;s impressively compact for a device with a hefty 5.2-inch display that runs almost edge to edge. The G2 comes coated in plastic, a surprising move considering the criticism Samsung has endured for packaging its Galaxy hardware this way, but it is at least of a more robust variety than the rival Android line. Specs Despite its less-than-premium appearance, the LG G2 comes with nothing but raw power under the hood, with a 2.3 GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor and 2GB of RAM running the show. It&amp;#039;s a combination to be reckoned with, that not only facilitates some of the smoothest menu navigation around, but also makes the phone perfectly equipped for handling 4K video content.  The 5.2-inch display adds to its video-playing prowess, with its 1920 x 1080 pixel Full HD resolution and 423 pixels-per-inch image density giving it the kind of sheen usually associated with a high-end television. Photography enthusiasts are equally well catered for thanks to the inclusion of a 13-megapixel camera on the rear and a 2.1-megapixel unit, with the main snapper backed up by an integrated LED flash and optical image stabilisation. While the rear shooter fails to offer the light management efficiency of the HTC One&amp;#039;s UltraPixel offering, early evidence suggests that it measures up to the 13-megapixel sensor on the Galaxy S4. The handset comes with up to 32GB of built-in storage, but the omission of microSD support is somewhat disappointing. The LG G2 comes with the Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean, operating system on board, as well as a few tweaks to LG&amp;#039;s own user interface, such as the privacy-centric Guest Mode. While the powerful technology at the handset&amp;#039;s core is likely to make it battery-hungry, the G2 will come with a 3000 mAh unit on board in the UK, which should theoretically give it a chance of lasting through the day.  Price LG has announced that the G2 will be rolled out globally over the next eight weeks, with its native South Korea receiving it first, followed by North America, and then Europe. British operators Three and O2 have already confirmed plans to stock the handset, while retailer the Carphone Warehouse expects to have it on its shelves by October. LG is yet to announce pricing for the device, but PhoneArena claims to have heard from an anonymous tipster that the 16GB version will be priced at \u20AC599 (\u00A3516), and the 32GB model \u20AC629 (\u00A3541), which would make it slightly more expensive than the Galaxy S4. The LG G2 will be available in numerous territories later this year. Gallery - the LG G2 in pictures:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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