Reports from South Korea indicate that tech giant LG will launch a new 5G-enabled smartphone in the country in May. The information credited to have emanated from an LG official equally says the company will be rating the G series in the domestic market and will launch the model under a new brand name.

According to The Korean Times, the tech company was already reportedly set to launch the phone which is said to be cheaper than the Galaxy S20 premium models and having all the dressings on a flagship phone on May 15. However, an official of the company is quoted to have refuted the May 15 date, revealing that the release date is flexible but the new 5G smartphone would make its debut next month.

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Korean giant LG had already hinted that it would be dropping the G series which has been the firms premium series but the flagship V series would be retained. The company is adopting different approaches for different regions in a bid to regain lost grounds in its ailing smartphone business. To this end, the premium V60 ThinQ 5G was released earlier this year in some counties in North America and Europe. The model is targeted at customers who would like to try their hands on a faster 5G-enabled smartphone.

The tech giant will adopt a different approach for its home market where it plans to launch a “mass premium” smartphone that will come in at a cheaper price tag but offers premium features such as a large screen, larger battery capacity, and better cameras compared to the now-rested G series phones.

The phone will utilise either of Qualcomm’s 5G-enabled Snapdragon 765 or 765G processors. This lends credence to an earlier report that LG and Google were planning to ditch the Snapdragon 865 in favour of the 5G SD 765 series. The premium device will equally come with a dual-screen attachment accessory. The company is also rumoured to have bumped up the design in a bid to revive the glory days of the Chocolate phone, which happened to be the company’s most popular line till date.

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