After launching LG Q7, Q7 Plus and A7 Alpha smartphones a couple of months ago, LG has announced its latest smartphone in the company’s Q-series of devices — LG Q8 (2018).

The phone comes with a 6.2-inch Full HD+ FullVision display with 2160 x 1080 pixels screen resolution and 389ppi pixel density. The device is powered by Qualcomm‘s Snapdragon 450 octa-core processor along with 4GB RAM.

It packs 64GB of internal storage and comes with a microSD card slot that enables users to further expand phone’s storage capacity up to 2TB. In the camera department, the phone features a 16-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and phase detection autofocus. On the front side, there’s a 5-megapixel snapper with 100-degree wide-angle lens for taking selfies and video calling.

The phone has a fingerprint sensor and comes with a built-in stylus. Further, the device is MIL-STD 810G certified for military grade build and is also IP68 certified, ensuring water and dust resistance. It also has a Portrait mode, QLens, Hi-Fi quality audio, DTS:X 3D Surround Sound, and Hi-Fi Quad DAC.

Connectivity options on the device include 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 ac, Bluetooth 4.2 LE, GPS / GLONASS, and USB Type-C 2.0. Running on Android 8.1 Oreo operating system out of the box with the company’s own custom interface on top, the phone is powered by a 3,300mAh battery that also supports Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 fast charging technology.

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The LG Q8 (2018) will be available in two color options — Aurora Black and Moroccan Blue. It is priced at 539,000 won, which roughly converts to $470 and will soon be available for purchase in Korea. The company has not yet announced its availability in any other region.

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The Q-series of LG is composed of devices which can be defined as affordable variants of its major flagships. The first devices of the line-up are Q6 and Q8 which are, respectively, cheap versions of the G6 and V20. Recently, the South Korean company launched the Q7 trio to offer cheap alternatives to people who can not afford its latest flagship G7. Now, it seems that it is readying the LG Q8+, which is expected to come as an affordable version of the V30. Earlier this month, the handset surfaced on a KCC listing (the Korean equivalent of the American FCC) in two variant identified by the codenames LM-Q815S and LM-Q815L.

Now the name of the handset has popped up again on a list of devices which support Google Play confirming its existence. The listing mentions LG Q8+ and its codename cv7an in the modding community. The first of the two variants has also been certified by Wi-Fi Alliance. However, despite these sightings, specs of the handset hasn’t been revealed. So, at the moment, the only thing we can do is recap the main specs of the original Q8 which is a high-end handset even though it is more affordable than devices from the G and V-series.

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The original LG Q8 has a full metal unibody design and an IP67 certification making it dustproof and water-resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins). It has a main display with a size of 5.2 inches and a Quad HD resolution of 1440 x 2560 pixels, as well as a secondary Always On display to show notifications with a 1.8-inch size and a resolution of 160 x 1040 pixels. Under the hood, it has a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 chipset, 4 GB of RAM and 32 GB of internal storage. It even sports a wide-angle dual camera with a 16 MP resolution.

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Barely one week ago, South Korean tech giant LG announced the LG Q6, Q6+ and Q6a with the Q6 looking like a compact G6. Now, the tech giant has launched yet another smartphone, this time dubbed LG Q8. The smartphone was unveiled in Italy with specs that are in no way mid-range but flagship in all aspect.

LG Q8 Design & Specification

In terms of the design, the Q8 looks very much like a compact version of the LG V20 which was unveiled last year and has a similar secondary display up front. It features a metal body and is listed with an IP68 certification meaning it is dust and water proof and can survive up to 1.5 meters underwater for 30 minutes just like the flagship G6. The device also packs a fingerprint sensor at the rear and a similar horizontally aligned dual camera arrangement similar to the V20. 

Talking about the specification, the LG Q8 sports a 5.2-inch QHD display with a 2560 x 1440pixel resolution. The Q8 has onboard a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 chipset giving it the firepower and that is backed by 4GB of RAM while there is 32GB of expandable storage inside. The dual cameras are configured as a 13MP + 8MP  telephoto and wide angle lens combination and are capable of recording 4K videos. The Q8 also features a Hi-Fi DAC sound system for superior audio quality and keeping the lights on is a decent 3,000 mAh non-removable battery. It comes with a dimension of  149 x 71.9 x 8 mm, weighing just 146g.

LG Q8 Price & Availability

The LG Q8 is slammed with a hefty €599 in Europe and sales will commence later this month. It is not known if and when LG will roll out the model for other regions.

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