LG presents modular smartphone

amsterdam - Producer LG Electronics presented its latest smartphone: the LG G5. The unique feature of the phone is that it is possible to attach various accessories directly on the device, such as a camera module or a so-called DAC for better sound quality.

The G5 has a 5.3 inch wide screen with a resolution of 2560 by 1440 pixels 'always on' is. That is to say that there are always shown on the time and notifications. According to the authors used this little power because only a portion of the 'backlight' is used behind the screen.

At the rear is a 16 megapixel camera for 'normal' pictures, plus a 8 megapixel camera that includes a wide-angle lens. It runs on a Snapdragon 820 processor with 4GB of RAM and 32GB of storage memory. As operating system was chosen 6. 0 Android from Google.

The modular accessories can be inserted into the bottom of a special opening. As a result, can be placed in a camera module, allowing the phone suddenly has some physical buttons to send the camera join. There is also a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) to achieve better sound quality.

In addition to the modules, LG has also unveiled other accessories, such as a rolling robot, a 360 degree cameras and virtual reality goggles which can be connected via a cable to the phone.

It is not yet known how much the device will cost or when it is available Netherlands