LG planning to unwrap two flagship phones in 2016

PanARMENIAN.Net - LG has decided it will introduce "two new flagship models" in 2016 alongside "a more cost-competitive value chain," The Verge reports.

The introduction of two marquee devices in a single year is far from a new phenomenon in the smartphone market. Fellow Android handset makers like Samsung and Sony have made a tradition out of it: Samsung with its Galaxy S and Galaxy Note lineups and Sony with its biannual refresh of the Xperia Z. LG itself got into the same game late last year when it launched the premium V10 handset mere months after the LG G4 flagship.

Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next month will be the stage for the introduction of LG's first flagship smartphone for the year. Expected to be dubbed the LG G5, this Android smartphone has been rumored to have an all-metal design with some unique hardware features such as a dual camera on the back. It sounds like substantial change is in the offing, and given the mediocre commercial performance of LG's previous flagship devices, that might well be a good thing.