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hello everybody I'm Lynn law for cnet and LG latest marquee handset is officially here so it's time to take a closer look at the LG g4 flagships similar to its g3 predecessor the g4 sports an ultra crisp 5.5 inch 1440p display but LG has made some notable changes to the screen name Leah using what it calls an IPS quantum display that improves brightness by twenty-five percent and contrast by 50% that means we also see richer and deeper red tones and more true-to-life blue tones the g4 is also slightly curved like LG's other high-end handsets the G flex 2 but the ark isn't as steep and in fact you could only really see it if you lie it face down on a flat surface other than the curve the g4 doesn't look much different from before its dimensions have increased a bit all around its corners are slightly sharper and there are some new design choices like a leather and ceramic like backplate before the most part there hasn't been a huge design overhaul the handset is powered by a six or hexa core 1.8 giga hertz snapdragon 808 processor from Qualcomm though this sounds like a step down from the g flex choose octa-core 810 processor LG reports that the 808 chip is more optimized for the g4 and you're unlikely to notice any significant speed differences anyway in addition you'll get a 3 ampere our removable battery 3 gigs of ram 32 gigs of internal memory and a microSD card slot for expandable storage LG has also made improvements to the phone's camera the front shooter now has eight megapixels and the rear camera has been bumped up to 16 megapixels with an aperture of 1.8 to help shoot in low-light environments you'll still get optical image stabilization and the laser-guided autofocus which we've seen before but there are also new shooting modes to play around with these are labeled simple auto and manual with the last one giving users the most control and tools over their photos as for software the g4 is just with android 5.1 lollipop and as LG's refresh user interface UX four-point-oh overlaid on top aside from the new look there's LG bulletin which lets you organize widgets on a full homepage more ways to organize your photos in the gallery including a memories option and event pocket which syncs with your Facebook events and lets you drag and drop items and photos into your calendar the device has already launched in Korea and will roll out to other countries in late May and early June all four major US carriers will carry the handset as well as US cellular and the phone will be available in the UK and Australia though exact pricing hasn't been released yet you can expect it to be consistent with the g3 when it first launched so about two hundred dollars with a carrier contract or upwards from six hundred dollars without again I'm Lynn and you've been checking out the LG g4