Rumored specs for LG G5 point to custom camera sensor

The fall 2015 season is just rolling around along with a host of new phones hitting the market or about to be announced for the upcoming holiday shopping season. However, the rumor mill is firmly focused on next year’s flagship devices. One of those will surely be the LG G5 and sources are now sharing some early information about specs for LG’s next high end device.

Probably the most interesting item to surface regarding the LG G5 is that it will be equipped with a new 20MP, 1/2-inch camera sensor produced by Sony. That will be a bump in pixels from the current 16MP camera that comes in the LG G4. Sources indicate that the sensor will not be one of Sony’s mass produced units that are available for other manufacturers. Instead, Sony will be producing this customer sensor just for LG to use in its smartphones.

The other spec revealed in this latest leak is that the LG G5 will use a Snapdragon 820 chip. The use of the Snapdragon 820 should not be a surprise as it appears many manufacturers are planning to use the chip in their flagship devices in 2016. Qualcomm has to be pleased after the fiasco with the 810 and potential overheating problems.

What other hardware would you like to see LG add to or improve in the G5?

source: G for Games

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