The relatively new LG Max which was launched in India just today, also goes by the name Bello II and Prime II in other countries. The LG Max smartphone was expected to be released on these shores in late July and sure enough, it has arrived. Considering the features it has to offer, it carries a ridiculous price tag of Rs 10990. LG clearly thinks its brand name is enough to convince people to shell out more for it.
The thing is, the Indian market is full of better mid-range options that can be bought at lower rates. It’s not so much the cost of the LG Max as the specifications which will leave folks thinking of it as a bad deal. The LG Max smartphone comes with a 5-inch display of only 854 x 480p resolution and a 1.3GHz quad core processor.
LG has put 1GB of RAM inside the handset and merely 8GB of memory, in addition to a microSD card slot. The phone is powered by Android Lollipop 5.1.1 and a 2540mAh battery. It’s got two SIM card slots and the usual connectivity options like Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth. The South Korean company didn’t see the need to send it out with 4G network support.
In LG’s own words, 4G technology is still at a ‘nascent stage’ in India. The LG Max has an 8MP camera on its back panel. Above its screen sits a 5MP ‘selfie’ lens with a bunch of tricks such as Gesture Shot and Selfie Flash. Overall, the phone is not particularly good looking and gives a weak fight to others like the Yu Yureka Plus and Lenovo K3 Note.
We couldn’t find the LG Max being listed by any big eCommerce vendor at the time of publishing this post. But we assume the company will roll it out through offline and online retail channels soon.