LG has officially launched the Stylus 2 Plus in India. To recall, the smartphone was tipped to have already become available in India via offline retail stores earlier
this week. The LG Stylus 2 Plus has been priced at Rs. 24,450 in the country.
The
LG Stylus 2 Plus was first announced
in April for Taiwan, but got global availability in
June.
The Stylus 2 Plus retains the same form factor as the
original LG Stylus 2. It however has received significant enhancements
compared to its original sibling. Similar to the LG Stylus 2, it retains
the pen with a nano-coated tip which will offer more accuracy compared
to the previous rubber-tipped pen seen on the LG G4 Stylus.
Some of the
other features that the LG Stylus 2 Plus comes include Pen Pop, which
shows a popup menu when the stylus is removed and further offers
shortcuts such as Quick Memo, Off Memo, and Pop Scanner. Another notable
feature of the Stylus 2 is the Pen Keeper, which notifies users when
the stylus bay is empty.
For specifications, the LG Stylus 2 Plus
features a 5.7-inch In-Cell display with a screen resolution of 1080x1920
pixels. It is powered by a 1.4GHz ocIta-core processor.
The LG
Stylus 2 Plus variant launched in India sports a 3GB of RAM and 16GB of inbuilt storage that is expandable via microSD card (up to 200GB). The variant sports a 16-megapixel and
an 8-megapixel front-facing camera, both of which sport LED flash modules.
The Android 6.0 Marshmallow-based LG Stylus 2
Plus is backed by a 3000mAh removable battery and supports 4G LTE, VoLTE, 3G, and
2G connectivity options. Some of the other connectivity options include
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1, and Micro-USB. It measures
155x79.6x7.4mm and weighs 145 grams.
In an emailed statement, Amit Gujral, Marketing Head - Mobiles, LG India said, "We believe in
constantly refining our products to best suit the needs of our
consumers. With the Stylus 2 Plus smartphone, we have taken the Stylus
experience to a whole new level and that too at a very competitive price
point. With the new LG Stylus 2 Plus, consumer experience shall be a
delight with some innovative features such as Pen Pop, which shall
enable Instant access to all pen functions, Pop Scanner, which shall
enable picture editing like never before, Screen-Off Memo, using which
users can write Memos on phone screen without the need to wake up the
phone, Pen Keeper, that alerts the user when they forget to place the
stylus back after use and many more."