LG G Pro Lite SA launch date, price
The LG G Pro Lite will launch in South Africa on 1 February 2014 on Cell C and Virgin Mobile at R239/month, LG South Africa announced at a press event on 30 January 2014.
LG first launched the G Pro Lite in other markets during October 2013, and announced with BlackBerry in December that it would pre-install BlackBerry Messenger on the device.
It sports a 5.5“ qHD (540×960) display, 8 megapixel rear camera, runs on Android 4.1 ”Ice Cream Sandwich”, and ships with a stylus, LG said.
According to LG SA’s general manager of mobile communications, Deon Prinsloo, the device is aimed at lower income users that want a large screen device.
In South Africa it will also come with BBM pre-installed, and will receive an additional 300MB of data per month on Cell C’s Straight Up 100 contract.
The table below summarises some of the key specifications of the LG G Pro Lite:
| Specifications | LG G Pro Lite |
| Dimensions | 150.2 x 76.9 x 9.4mm |
| Weight | 161g |
| Operating system | Android 4.1 |
| Display | 5.5″ (540×960) |
| Rear camera | 8MP |
| Front camera | 1.3MP |
| Storage, internal | 8GB |
| Storage, expandable | microSD |
| RAM | 1GB |
| Processor | 1.0GHz dual-core MT6577 |
| Battery | 3,140mAh |
| Cellular data | HSPA |
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