LG H840 specs revealed - is this an LG G5 Lite?

Posted: 12 Feb 2016, 13:07, by Florin T.

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LG H840 specs revealed - is this an LG G5 Lite?

LG already confirmed the existence of its G5 flagship smartphone, which will be officially unveiled later this month, on February 21, at MWC 2016. Apparently, the handset has the model number LG H830 (or LG F700), so we're intrigued to find out that an LG H840 also exists. Judging by the model number, this H840 should be more advanced than the G5, right? Well, according to a recent GFXBench listing, that's not the case.

It looks like the LG H840 has 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB of internal memory, and sports a 5.3-inch Quad HD (1440 x 2560 pixels) display - slightly smaller than the screen of the LG G5 (likely a 5.5-inch one). Sure enough, this doesn't make the H840 less advanced than the G5. What does make it belong to an inferior class is the processor, which appears to be Qualcomm's mid-range octa-core Snapdragon 625 - certainly no match for the top-of-the-line Snapdragon 820 that's expected to power the G5.

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the front and rear cameras of the LG H840 are listed as being 8 MP (3264 x 2448 pixels) units. However, these kind of benchmark references often don't reveal the exact camera Megapixel count.

The really weird part about all this is that, according to the listing (seen on the right), this upcoming handset runs Android 4.4 KitKat - but that is, almost certainly, a mistake of some sorts, as it's unlikely for the device to run anything else than Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

By the looks of it, the H840 may be a Lite variant of the LG G5 flagship, akin to what the LG G4 Beat (aka G4s) was compared to the LG G4. We've no idea if the LG H840 will be announced on the same day as the G5, but we're going to let you know if it does.

source: WinFuture (translated)

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posted on 12 Feb 2016, 14:11 4

1. Joseph96 (Posts: 30; Member since: 08 Feb 2016)

Android 4.4 oh no what are you doing LG

posted on 12 Feb 2016, 15:09 2

6. PHYCLOPSH (Posts: 529; Member since: 28 Jun 2014)

4.4 is still the best version of Android, especially if you're a power user. If LG released the flagship with that installed (and an option for the user to upgrade, for those that prefer) I would be perfectly happy.

posted on 12 Feb 2016, 16:09 10

7. SenorThrottles (Posts: 284; Member since: 23 Dec 2015)

Marshmallow is a lot better than kitkat...

posted on 12 Feb 2016, 16:10

8. tango_charlie (Posts: 334; Member since: 16 Nov 2011)

Still running 4.4 on my Nexus 4.

posted on 12 Feb 2016, 18:02 1

15. SYSTEM_LORD (Posts: 1003; Member since: 05 Oct 2015)

Right on. Screen on time for my Z3C went down from kitkat to lollipop. Just I don't trust QHD on this...seems off. FHD would be better. Dual 8MP cams on the back plus 8MP at the front, with the looks of newer G-series phones and a 3K mAh battery would make a great phone

posted on 12 Feb 2016, 14:12 9

2. haikallp (Posts: 246; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)

Why must a smaller screen phone have inferior specs. Dammit

posted on 12 Feb 2016, 14:14 2

3. Captain_Doug (Posts: 1034; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)

It just keeps getting worse.

posted on 12 Feb 2016, 16:12 3

9. tango_charlie (Posts: 334; Member since: 16 Nov 2011)

Because high end hardware needs more space. You cannot fit a soc like SD820 and 4GB Ram into a small device let alone 64GB of internal storage. (/sarcasm)

posted on 12 Feb 2016, 16:38

12. celinedion (Posts: 44; Member since: 19 Jan 2016)

The heat pipe is the problem

posted on 12 Feb 2016, 14:14 1

4. BLSEOTB (Posts: 334; Member since: 24 Mar 2015)

Deep down im hoping that the leaked pictures were the "G5 Lite" and that the G5 will return with back buttons.

posted on 12 Feb 2016, 14:57 2

5. surethom (Posts: 914; Member since: 04 Mar 2009)

Does this FINALLY mean the final death of 16gbon medium to high end phone. PLEASE.

posted on 12 Feb 2016, 16:16 1

10. tango_charlie (Posts: 334; Member since: 16 Nov 2011)

In the days of 4K 128GB should be the standard for high end devices with a price tag > 700USD/EUR

Even low end devices should at least have 32GB of internal storage

posted on 13 Feb 2016, 09:25

25. akki20892 (Posts: 3902; Member since: 04 Feb 2013)

don't worry iphone got your back

posted on 12 Feb 2016, 16:29 1

11. jessyi (Posts: 325; Member since: 08 Jan 2015)

They should have made this model with 820 soc and with all the internals of the LG G5...i bet people would prefer the 5.3 inch than the 5.5.

posted on 12 Feb 2016, 17:10

13. tyger11 (Posts: 193; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)

I dream of a 5" version of the V10, myself, just add SD820 & wireless charging and I'm good.

posted on 12 Feb 2016, 17:12

14. avishekmukherjee (Posts: 344; Member since: 09 Apr 2015)

I am still on Kitkat version :)

posted on 12 Feb 2016, 18:16

16. V1nC3 (Posts: 109; Member since: 23 Jan 2014)

LG G5s

posted on 12 Feb 2016, 23:01

17. shield (Posts: 489; Member since: 12 Sep 2015)

LG G5 5,6" Hmmm

posted on 12 Feb 2016, 23:04

18. Jairus24 (Posts: 49; Member since: 20 Jan 2012)

As long as it have the same camera hardware and software processing of the main LG G5 just like how the Xperia Z5 and Xperia Z5 Compact is, that is fine by me even if they downgrade the SOC to Snapdragon 625. Camera quality is the one that I'm looking for a smartphone this year, second is battery life and third is design and build quality, I don't care about the rest since I don't play games on my phone or multitask on it.

posted on 12 Feb 2016, 23:13

19. shield (Posts: 489; Member since: 12 Sep 2015)

http://ggsoku.com/2016/02/leak-lg-g5-rendering/

posted on 12 Feb 2016, 23:43

20. killer7D (Posts: 422; Member since: 18 Sep 2014)

The one shown in that Link is so ugly. I hope its not the LG G5.

posted on 13 Feb 2016, 01:04

21. Freelist86 (Posts: 37; Member since: 10 Jun 2014)

I'm kinda disappointed with this

posted on 13 Feb 2016, 02:50

22. skips (Posts: 221; Member since: 04 Oct 2015)

quadHD display on a midrange SOC----- im cringing so hard, I hope LG knows what they're doing

posted on 13 Feb 2016, 03:18

24. epdm2be (Posts: 640; Member since: 20 Apr 2012)

They obviously don't. They just stick with their QHD screens to perform the numbers-trick on unsuspecting fools.

posted on 13 Feb 2016, 03:15

23. epdm2be (Posts: 640; Member since: 20 Apr 2012)

So, we gave AGAIN a device with a ridiculous high resolution and a processor not powerful enough to push so many pixels.

Great move, LG. That'll give you the credibility of turd.

posted on 13 Feb 2016, 10:39 1

26. saturn_boy (Posts: 6; Member since: 13 Feb 2016)

The source link says the SoC is the Snapdragon 652. You transposed your numbers, phonearena.

posted on 13 Feb 2016, 10:40 2

27. saturn_boy (Posts: 6; Member since: 13 Feb 2016)

The 652 is more powerful than the Sd810, and is made on the 14nm process. it will have no trouble with a 2k screen.

posted on 13 Feb 2016, 12:31 1

28. Symon_Fleece (Posts: 348; Member since: 30 May 2014)

The specs are awesome for a midrange device, 5.3" is enough, but i don't know if the snapdragon 652 can handle QHD. Snapdragon 652 seems faster than 810 although not the GPU. I doubt it will come with 8mp cam and launch at 4.4. Last, its like the g flex 3

posted on 15 Feb 2016, 23:46

29. dazed1 (Posts: 541; Member since: 28 Jul 2015)

S652 is mid end, much better then mid range socs, mid range soc is 808 and x10...this is 4xA72 monster..

posted on 15 Feb 2016, 23:46

30. dazed1 (Posts: 541; Member since: 28 Jul 2015)

S652 is mid end, much better then mid range socs, mid range soc is 808 and x10...this is 4xA72 monster..