»^ Operating system........Android 5.0
»^ Processor ...........................Qualcomm Snapdragon 410
1.5GHz quad-core
»^ Memory ...............................8GB storage / 1GB RAM
»^ Dimensions .......................139.7 x 69.8 x 10.2 mm
»^ Weight ...................................136g
»^ Display size .......................5-inches
»^ Display resolution ........720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
»^ Connectivity .....................Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1, NFC
»^ Camera ................................8MP rear, 5MP fronttechnical specs
Price £169.99/$TBA
»^ More information lg.com
»^ Supplied by Clove Technologyinformation
This is a reliable phone, but
it’s the most expensive of
the four due to the brand. It
won’tletyoudown,butit
won’t bring much joy either»Verdict
LG G4c
»head-to-head
Benchmark score
The G4c returned a pretty miserable score,
being beaten by the Vodafone that costs
a quarter of its price. It also had a shoddy
RAM speed rating, something that is
noticeable when using the device.Looks
The G4c is certainly the most attractive
device of the four in this test, looking sleek,
sharp and taking a lot of inspiration from
its suave flagship brethren. It’s a shame
the one-watt speaker is on the back where
your hand usually sits.Value for money
This is the most expensive phone in the
test, yet it’s tricky to see how it can justify
beingsoexpensivewithonlymiddling
cameras, specs and materials. Remember
thattheLGnameisabigdraw.Cameras
The cameras are distinctly average. They
arebetterthanexpected,butit’sunlikely
you’ll take any amazing pictures. Functional
and acceptable are probably the best
wordstodescribethem.The LG G4c has quite the advantage in this face-off
because it has the benefi t of being moulded on one
of the best phones of the past 12 months. Taking
design inspiration from the stunning LG G4, it has an
instant head-start on its rivals because it has a look
that we are really fond of. It sports both LG’s signature
curved back and the buttons placed on the back of
the handset are in easy reach.
The G4c runs Android 5.0 Lollipop, but it only
comes loaded with 1GB RAM and 8GB storage, so is
the least well equipped of the four devices in terms of
power and internal storage, although it can be
boosted to 128GB with a microSD card. Without it
though, we were left with less than 3GB available
storage once preloaded apps were added. This really
isn’t enough for anything other than extremely light
use, so the SD card is unfortunately essential.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 isn’t the most
powerful and transitions are fairly sedate, but we
didn’t experience any serious lag when gaming orscrolling through the web and there were no
overheating issues until we’d been playing a
graphics-heavy game for a good half an hour.
The 720p fi ve-inch screen is bright with an
impressive colour saturation, but you can notice a
lack of sharpness when viewing videos and photos.
As LG usually has impressive screens, we would have
thought that it could have upped this to 1080p to add
that little extra wow factor, considering there isn’t a
whole lot in the G4c to really get excited about.
Probably the highlight of the G4c is its cameras,
which belie their average 8MP and 5MP resolutions by
producing high-quality images. The addition of a fl ash
on both the front and back means that you will always
get well-lit photos, avoiding a common issue often
found with the cheaper kind of phone.
This is a solidly made, good-looking phone with very
middle-of-the-road specs. You’ll be well served for
updates and LG’s tech support, but you are unlikely to
fall in love with it.Can the mini LG G4 do as well in the budget market as its
bigger brother did in the fl agship shoot-out?
LG G4c
Copy
cat
VisuallytheG4cissimilar
totheG4,cominginarange
of similar styles including the
grey crisscross patterned
back,butithasastrange
cutoutatthetopforthe
speakerGroup test
»^ Budget phones
Storage woes
The8GBstorageisareal
oversight from LG, which
surely has the technology
to potentially double that.
Thepreloadedappseata
long way into that
allowancesoyou’releft
with barely anythingPlenty of juice
You can comfortably get a
day’suseoutoftheLG
G4c’s 2,540 battery. It may
beaverageinsize,butit
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detailed screen or a big
processortopower,which
would drain it quickly