South Korean tech giant LG has today unveiled a new smartphone in its home market. The model dubbed LG Q31 is similar to the K31 that was launched in the US recently in terms of the design and specs.

The Q31 is a budget smartphone which packs a 5.7-inch FullVision HD+ display. The screen has a waterdrop notch for the selfie shooter and a Panda King Glass screen protection. The phone is powered by a MediaTek Helio P22 octa-core processor backed by 2GB of RAM and there is 32GB of storage onboard.

For photography, you get a dual-camera setup at the rear made up of a 13MP f/1.8 PDAF main camera that is paired with a 5MP ultrawide angle camera that has a 120° field of view. For selfies, the waterdrop notch holds a 5MP camera with features such as Gesture Shot, Auto Shot, and Gesture Interval Shot.

The Q31 packs a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor just underneath the ear cameras. There is also a 3000mAh non-removable battery under the hood. It comes with a 3.5mm audio jack and a micro-USB port at the bottom.

other features onboard the smartphone includes a dedicated Google Assistant key, MicroSD card slot for expanding the storage by up to 2TB. The phone is also MIL-STD 810G certified and has an M3/TR hearing aid rating. It equally runs Android 10 out of the box with an overlay of LG UX 9.1.

The LG Q31 is priced at 2,09,000 won (~$178) and will go on sale in South Korea starting from September 25th. It comes in metallic silver colour only. We must point out that the phone is sold for a lower $149.99 price in the US.

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