LG’s upcoming smartphone to feature new battery, display and processor tech

LG Electronics today announced its next flagship smartphone will incorporate the latest cutting-edge technology from its other vertically integrated sister companies – LG Chem, LG Display and LG Innotek. This is the same smartphone that both LG and Qualcomm have been teasing this past week and LG today confirmed it will be the first smartphone to run on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064 processor.
The Korean electronics giant is claiming LG Chem has developed a new technology that would improve the battery’s energy capacity without increasing its size. As a result, the upcoming smartphone will have a lifespan of 800 cycles, which it claims is 60 percent longer than the typical smartphone battery that last for about 500 charging cycles.
The smartphone, which is thought to be called the Optimus G, will also feature a 1280×768 pixel IPS+ display with a pixel density of 320ppi. LG claims this display will not just be sharper and brighter than comparable AMOLED displays but will also consume 70 percent less battery and won’t suffer from screen burn-in like AMOLED displays. It has been developed in by LG Display in partnership with LG Innotek and will feature a unibody unit. Called the G2 Touch hybrid Display, there is no gap between the glass and the LCD panel as found in traditional touchscreens. This sounds similar to “In-Cell” display technology that LG began manufacturing earlier this week and is expected to be used in the next generation iPhone.
This flagship smartphone is expected to be launched in Korea in September followed by a global roll-out. We expect LG to unveil it during next week’s IFA in Berlin.