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LG K42 Specs Review – 3GB RAM And 64GB Storage

The LG K42 is a new budget smartphone that packs a nice body design and also a special panel and a large screen display size. There is an impressive camera on the device and enough inbuilt storage.

Design And Display

Just as mentioned above, the LG K42 packs a nice body with a special panel which gives it a unique look. The smartphone overall body is built with a combination of aluminum and glass. It has MIL-STD-810G compliant and also measures 165 x 76.7 x 8.4 mm in dimensions and weighs 182 grams.

On the front, it offers a large screen display size of 6.6 inches with IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen and a waterdrop notch. The screen, on the other hand, comes with a resolution of 720 x 1600 pixels and 266 PPI density.

Lg K42
Lg K42

Cameras Features

The LG K42 is blessed with an impressive rear camera of 13 MP, 5 MP ultrawide sensors, another 2 MP macro camera, and 2 MP depth sensors. The four cameras feature LED flash, panorama, HDR and can record 1080p@30fps video quality. The front camera on the notch is 8 MP for selfies and video calling.

Hardware And Software

On the inside, the LG smartphone has a midrange Mediatek MT6762 Helio P22 chipset built on a 12nm process node and an octa-core processor running at a speed of 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53. There is PowerVR GE8320 GPU for graphics and it’s powered by the Android 10 operating system.

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Storage Capacity And Sensors

The internal storage on the LG K42 is 64GB and 3GB RAM and you can further expand the memory using a micro SDcard up to 256GB. The phone packs a fingerprint scanner on the side, it has an accelerometer and proximity.

Battery Power And Network Connectivity

The LG K42 has a non-removable battery of 4000 mAh but the battery lack support for fast charging technology. Further, it has dual SIMs and a 4G LTE network. Other connectivity options on the K42 include Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot, GPS, and USB Type-C 3.1.

LG K42 Full Specifications

Model Name LG K42
Announced 2020, September
Market Availability Available

Network

Network Type GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network Yes
5G Network No
Network Speed HSPA, LTE-A
Network GPRS Yes
Network EDGE Yes
SIM Type Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Body

Body Build Front glass
Body Dimensions 165 x 76.7 x 8.4 mm
Body Weight 182 grams
Protection n/a
Body Colors Gray

Display

Display Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Display Size 6.6 inches
Display Resolution 720 x 1600 pixels, 20:9 ratio
Display Multitouch Yes
Display Pixel Density 266 ppi density
Display Screen Protection Yes Corning Gorilla

Camera

Primary Camera 13 MP + 5 MP + 2 MP + 2 MP
Secondary Camera 8 megapixel
Video 1080p@30fps
Camera Features LED flash, HDR, panorama
Camera Flash Yes

Platform

Operating System Android
OS Version 10.0
User Interface Yes

Hardware

Chipset Mediatek MT6762 Helio P22 (12 nm)
CPU Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53
Graphics processor (GPU) PowerVR GE8320
System Internal Memory 3GB RAM
Internal Storage 64GB
Storage Card Slot Yes
Sensors Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, proximity

Connectivity

Wi-Fi Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct
Wi-Fi Hotspot Yes
Bluetooth Yes, 5.0, A2DP
USB Type Type – C
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
NFC

Battery

Battery Type Li-Po Battery
Battery Capacity 4000 mAh battery
Battery Placement Nonremovable
Fast Charging No
Wireless Charging No
Battery Standby
Battery Talk Time
Battery Music Play Time

Media

Audio Playback Yes, MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, MIDI, WAV, AC3, FLAC
Video Playback Yes, 3GP, Mp4, MPEG4, H.263, H.264 player
Video Out n/a
FM Radio n/a
Alert Types Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones
Ring Tones MP3, WAV
Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers
3.5mm jack Yes

Other Features

Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email
Browser HTML5
Java n/a
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LG K42 Price And Availability

The LG K42 will sell at a price of about $195 and will ships in LMK420HM, and LM-K420HM model number. You can buy the phone in Gray color.

Where To Buy LG K42


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