Even as LG plans massive changes to its flagship G series, the company hasn’t forgotten about the other end of the spectrum. At the upcoming MWC 2018, LG will unveil two budget-to-midrange phones in LG K8 and LG K10. In fact, the pair has already been confirmed, but it will be made official at the event, which kicks off next Monday.
Here are the specs:
| Â | LG K8 | LG K10 |
| Display | 5.0-inch HD On-cell screen, 294ppi | 5.3-inch HD In-cell screen, 277ppi |
| Chipset | 1.3GHz Quad-core | 1.5GHz Octa-core |
| Memory | 2GB RAM and 16GB ROM, microSD card of up to 32GB | K10 and K10α: 2/16GB, microSD of up to 2TB K10+: 3/32GB, microSD of up to 2TB |
| Camera | 8MP back and 5MP front | K10 and K10+: 13MP back and 8/5MP front (wide-angle)
K10α: 8MP back and 5MP front |
| Battery | 2500mAh removable | 3000mAh non-removable |
| Software | Android 7.1.2 Nougat | Android 7.1.2 Nougat |
| Network | 2G/3G/LTE | 2G/3G/LTE |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth 4.2, USB Type B | Bluetooth 4.2, USB Type B, NFC |
| Colors | Aurora Black, Moroccan Blue and Terra Gold | K10: Aurora Black, Moroccan Blue and Terra Gold K10α: Aurora Black and Terra Gold K10+: Moroccan Blue and Terra Gold |
| Extras | FM Radio, Flash Jump Shot, Quick Capture, Quick Shutter and Time Helper | Rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, Flash Jump Shot, FM Radio |
The new LG K8 and K10, which comes with three sub-models that are differentiated by RAM, storage and colors, are here to succeed last year’s models. Where the metal-framed K10 comes with a 5-3-inch display screen and an LG G6-sourced 13MP camera on the back and 8MP for selfies, the K8 relies more on software optimizations such as gesture control, Flash Jump Shot for capturing continuous shots to create GIFs and even HDR, among others, to deliver the best shots on its 8MP and 5MP lenses.
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Price details will be announced at the MWC event, but given the current K8 and K10 models range between $60 and $130, expect nothing different with the upcoming models. The disaster here, though, is the software, where you still get Android 7.1.2 Nougat out of the box, but it’s nothing unusual in this price category.
