LG Magna, Spirit, Leon and Joy mid-rangers go official

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LG Magna, Spirit, Leon and Joy mid-rangers go official

LG announced a quartet of mid-range smartphones ahead of MWC. LG Magna, Spirit, Leon and Joy will be showcased in Barcelona next week alongside the LG Watch Urbane smartwatch.

The newcomers will be available in 3G or LTE variants. The LTE models will feature distinctive metallic back covers.

LG Magna is the leader of the pack. It features quad-core CPU (1.2GHz or 1.3GHz depending on the market), 1GB of RAM, 8GB of expandable memory, and 5” 720p display. An 8MP main camera (5MP for 3G model) and Android 5.0 Lollipop round up the highlights in the device’s specs.

Physical measures of LG Magna are 139.7 x 69.9 x 10.2mm. A 2,540mAh battery powers the smartphone.

LG Spirit packs similar specs as the Magna, but in a smaller form factor thanks to a 4.7” 720p display and 2,100mAh battery. The device’s measures are 133.3 x 66.1 x 9.9mm.

LG Leon packs similar internals as it larger siblings, 4.5” FWVGA display, and 1,900mAh battery. Its measures are 129.9 x 64.9 x 10.9mm.

With 4” WVGA display, the LG Joy is the smallest from the bunch. It features quad-core or dual-core CPU depending on market, 1GB of 512MB of RAM, and 8GB or 4GB of expandable memory. The device will ship with Android 5.0 or Android 4.4.

LG Joy’s measures are 122.7 x 64.0 x 11.9mm. It offers the same 1,900mAh battery as the LG Leon.

Midrange HTC One M8i is in the works, rumor claims

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Midrange HTC One M8i is in the works, rumor claims

If you've been wondering what other smartphones HTC has in the pipeline for this year aside from the One (M9), then you'll be very interested in this.

According to a new (and yet unconfirmed) rumor, the Taiwanese mobile device maker is going to release a handset called One M8i at some point this year. It's currently codenamed M8_QL.

The name in use here implies that it will resemble the One (M8), which is pictured to the left, perhaps in terms of design. On the inside, however, the M8i will be a midranger through and through.

It will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 chipset, namely the MSM8939. This has an octa-core Cortex-A53 processor. Four of its cores can be clocked at up to 1.7 GHz, while the rest only go up to 1 GHz.

Unfortunately we don't yet have any other specs to speak of, but the chipset choice indicates we might also see changes in other hardware areas compared to the One (M8).

As always with rumors though, don't take anything you just read too seriously, at least not until we get some more leaks and details about this device - if it exists at all, that is.