LG K42 launches in Central America and Caribbean as the company’s latest entrant to K-series. While the brand has not revealed any details regarding the pricing, the phone is announced in Grey and Green colours. The phone will soon be going on sale in Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.
LG K42 Specifications
LG K42 packs a 6.6-inch HD+ notch display with a screen resolution of 720 x 1520 pixels. Its back panel has a wave pattern, and comes with an anti-scratch UV coating. Powered by the octa-core MediaTek Helio P22 processor, the phone has 3GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. There is also a microSD card slot for additional storage expansion.
The rear panel of the LG K42 is a place for the quad camera setup that includes a 13-megapixel main camera, a 5-megapixel superwide lens, a 2-megapixel depth sensor, and a 2-megapixel macro shooter. There is a 8-megapixel snapper housed inside the front notch.
It features a 4000mAh battery and it ships with Android 10 OS out of the box with LG UX OS. In terms of connectivity, the device supports 4G LTE, WiFi, Bluetooth 5.0, micro USB port, GPS/ GLONASS and 3.5mm audio jack. The handset measures 165 x 76.7 x 8.4mm and it weighs 182 grams.
The phone sports a side-mounted fingerprint scanner and a dedicated button to access the Google Assistant. The device is also compliant with eight MIL-STD 810G tests.
