While MediaTek is well known for being ever-present in Indian smartphones, it also seems to have caught the attention of Tier 1 smartphone players as well. LG’s G Pro Lite is one of those phones from top-dog manufactures to hit our markets. As the name suggests, the G Pro Lite is designed to offer some of the key features of the G Pro but at an affordable price. By key features, we mean the large screen and long battery life. Priced at roughly Rs 20,000, the G Pro Lite competes with the Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos and the Sony Xperia C in terms of features and specifications. We’ve been using the phone a couple of days now and here’s a quick video giving you a walkthrough of the handset and a couple positive and negative things we’ve found so far. The G Pro Lite sports a large 5.5-inch display with qHD resolution. Under the hood, it is powered by a 1GHz dual-core MediaTek MT6577 processor coupled with 1GB RAM. While the UI is smooth for the most part, the chipset isn’t powerful enough when it comes to multi-tasking; app loading times are quite long and there’s a noticeable lag which creeps in intermittently. The low resolution display isn’t great for reading fine text and there’s lots of pixelation around icons too.
Budget phablet from LG
All this is powered by a 3,140 mAh battery, which does a good job of delivering an all-day battery life. LG has also included some of its key software features such as KnockON, Pause and Resume recording, and QTranslator. Measuring 150.2 x 76.9 x 9.4mm, the G Pro Lite weighs in at 161 grams. LG has also included a stylus that can be handy to use on G Pro Lite's large display. The device comes in two colour options – black and white.
Here’s a quick look at its specifications:
- 5.5-inch IPS display with 960 x 540 pixels of resolution
- Dual SIM, 3G, Wi-Fi
- GPS with A-GPS
- Bluetooth v3.0
- 8 megapixel BSI rear camera, 1.3 megapixel front-facing camera
- 8GB onboard storage, expandable via microSD card slot
We feel LG has cut too many corners with the G Pro Lite and while it’s nice to see features like an IR port and built-in stylus, we don’t understand why they skimped on critical features like an ambient light sensor or a notification LED. Even GLONASS is missing, which is now a standard part of most new smartphones. We’ll be bringing you to full review of the G Pro Lite soon, so hang tight.
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