The LG V20 was originally announced back in September and was only available in its home country, South Korea, for purchase back then, but now it’s also available in the US as well, just last week the LG V20 went up for pre-order on AT&T and today, T-Mobile also announced that they will be accepting pre-orders for the device starting today.
Those looking to pick up the LG V20 on T-Mobile can now pre-order the device from its website while the device will hit T-Mobile stores on October 28th. The LG V20 can be purchased on T-Mobile’s interest-free Equipment Installment Plan at $49.99 upfront and then $30 a month for 24-months contract period, while on “JUMP! on Demand” the device can be purchased at a $36 per month price over 18 months without paying any upfront cost. T-Mobile also seems to be offering some limited time promotional offers on the LG V20 as well; on purchasing the LG V20, customers can receive a free credit up to $200 if they trade in working 4G device. Not only that, the customer will also receive a free $149 worth of H3 by B&O Play headphones as well which customers will have to redeem from LG’s official website. T-Mobile says the LG V20 will be the first smartphone to support its LTE AWS-3 spectrum, which in turn, will deliver even faster speeds on its LTE network.
As far as specifications are concerned, the LG V20 boasts a 5.7-inch QHD IPS display with a resolution of a 2560 × 1440. Under the hood, the device is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 64-bit quad-core CPU along with an Adreno 530 GPU to handle graphics. In the camera department, the LG V20 has a dual-camera set up on the back – 16-megapixel sensor and an 8-megapixel wide-angle sensor, with phase detection & laser autofocus and an LED flash, while a 5-megapixel sensor is placed on the front side of the device. On the memory side, the device packs a 4GB of RAM and 64GB of onboard storage and supports a MicroSD card (up to 256 GB). To keep the device running, the device has 3220mAh non-removable Li-ion battery and supports fast charging via its USB-C port. The LG V20 comes pre-loaded with Android 7.0 Nougat software out of the box, in fact, the LG V20 is the first device that ships with Android 7.0, with LG’s custom UI on top of Google’s OS.