LG plans to launch high-end smartphone to surpass G4

From CNET: LG is aiming to battle other smartphone vendors with a new high-end phone later this year.

The Korean handset maker has been known for its flagship G lineup of phones, with the G3 currently out in the market and the G4 expected to launch in April.

But the company is cooking up something to out G the G series, the Yonhap News Agency reported Wednesday.

"We are planning to release a product that stands above the G series," Cho Jun-ho, head of LG's mobile business, said at Mobile World Congress this week. "It will be launched during the second half of this year."

Cho didn't reveal any details about the new high-end phone but it will have to offer some impressive specs to top the G3 and G4. Powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon quad-core processor, the G3 offers a 5.5-inch screen packed with a 2,560x1,440-pixel resolution, a 13-megapixel rear camera with laser auto focus, a removable battery and a microSD card slot.

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