LG Leon


The LG Leon is a smartphone designed and manufactured by LG Electronics. It was announced in February 2015.

Availability

LG Leon is available in US through T-Mobile, its subsidiary MetroPCS, and Sprint subsidiaries Boost Mobile & Virgin Mobile. In Mexico, it is sold through Telcel.

Specifications

Hardware

LG Leon is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 system-on-chip with a 1.2 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 64-bit CPU and an Adreno 306 GPU. The device comes with 1 GB RAM and 8 GB internal storage that is expandable up to 32 GB with microSD cards. It has a 1900 mAh removable Li-Ion battery.
LG Leon comes with a 4.5 FWVGA IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen with 16M colors, 218 ppi pixel density and 16:9 aspect ratio commonly used in DVD and HDTV formats.
LG Leon has a 5 MP rear-facing camera that can record videos in HD and FullHD resolutions, and is paired with LED Flash. There is also a 0.3 MP front-facing camera.
Connectivity options on the LG Leon include 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n receiver and hotspot, Bluetooth 4.1. GPS, A-GPS and GLONASS. The device is notably equipped with an unblocked FM radio.
LG Leon measures 129.9 x 64.9 x 10.9 mm and weighs 140 grams.

Software features and services

The LG Leon runs on Google's Android 5.0 operating system and is upgradeable to Android 6.0
LG Leon comes with a hotspot application for tethering and many preloaded Android apps including Camera, Google Maps, Google Chrome, Gmail, YouTube, Google+, and the Play Store. The camera is also controlled with Gesture Shots.

Variants

The LG Leon is also sold as several different models.
LG Sunset
The LG Sunset is identical to the Leon except it does not support tethering or the Marshmallow update. The Sunset is sold on TracFone Wireless and its subsidiaries and uses the AT&T GSM network. The Sunset also weighs slightly less than the Leon.
LG Risio
The LG Risio is another model identical to the Leon. The Risio is on the Cricket GSM network.
LG Power
The LG Power is physically identical to the Leon except it does not record HD Video and operates on Tracfone 3G CDMA network.