Let’s be real: not everybody wants a behemoth of a phone, which is probably what boosted the production of the so-called “mini” smartphones. LG has announced the G2 Mini, a smaller version of the LG G2, which will be launched at the Mobile World Congress next week. The phone should hit the stores in March, starting with Russia and its neighboring countries, followed by the Middle East, Asia, Europe and Latin America. Pricing is still unknown.
We’ll learn more about the G2 Mini at the MWC 2014.
The phone itself is not that small, actually – it has a 4.7in IPS LCD screen with a slightly weaker resolution of 960 x 540 pixels. The G2 Mini is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 and has 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage, which you can, thankfully, expand with a microSD card (up to 64GB).
On its back is an 8-megapixel camera with LED flash that shoots 3264 x 2448 photos and 720p videos, and on the inside, a removable 2,440mAh battery. The mini smartphone runs on the very latest version of Android – 4.4 KitKat, which is a really good feature. In terms of connectivity, the LG G2 Mini has GPS, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 and a couple of other connectivity options.
The 4G LTE version of the phone will be available in Europe and Asia, whereas Russia and other countries will get the 3G dual-SIM version. Latin America should receive the G2 Mini with a faster 1.7GHz Nvidia chip and a 13-megapixel camera.
The phone will be available in black, white, red and gold, depending on the region.
