LG K5

  • Released 2016, June
    128g, 8.9mm thickness
    Android 5.1.1
    8GB storage, microSD slot
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  • 5.0"
    480x854 pixels
  • 5MP
    1080p
  • 1GB RAM
    MT6582
  • 1900mAh
    Li-Ion

LG K5 - Specs

Network Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - X220
  HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 - X220ds
4G bands LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - X220
Speed HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Launch Announced 2016, March
Status Available. Released 2016, June
Body Dimensions 145 x 71.6 x 8.9 mm (5.71 x 2.82 x 0.35 in)
Weight 128 g (4.52 oz)
SIM Single SIM (Micro-SIM) or Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)
Display Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches, 68.9 cm2 (~66.4% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 480 x 854 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~196 ppi density)
Protection Asahi Dragontrail Glass
Platform OS Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Chipset Mediatek MT6582 (28 nm)
CPU Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7
GPU Mali-400MP2
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal 8GB 1GB RAM
Main Camera Single 5 MP, f/2.8, AF
Features LED flash
Video 1080p@30fps
Selfie camera Single 2 MP, f/2.8
Video
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
Comms WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, LE
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
Radio FM radio
USB microUSB 2.0
Features Sensors Accelerometer, proximity
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 1900 mAh battery
Misc Colors Gold, Silver, Titan
Models X220
Price About 120 EUR

LG K5 - User Reviews

  • You can. Just transfer your mp3 music in you Phone Storage particularly on the Ringtones folder. My only problem with this phone is that Cameras are not that clear and it is not suitable for gaming, but overall it is a good phone and since it is cheap it surely does have Cons - then again it is a good phone :)

  • Can somebody help me, I don't know how to block numbers using this phone

  • Sh t phone in the world! Ugly both cameras! No auto focus! Short battery! You can't set your saved musics as your ringtone.

  • I bought lg k5 for my son but he can't use for downloading apps.. SD card not working..

  • Huawei Y6 2018, Nokia 3, Oppo A71, Vivo Y55, and Huawei Y6 prime 2018.

  • Garbage phone! Camera sucks! Disappointing performance! Worst LG phone I've ever had.

  • The phone is just good. Charges quickly. Full charged in just 1 hour and 20 minutes. The problem is the storage and the camera. My LG K5 is disappointing because, I couldn't make my music as my ringtone.

  • That's my issue too !!!!!!!

  • Can anyone tell me how to make my sdcard sa the default storage? LG K5 phone

  • The only thing that don't suck in this phone is the touchscreen LCD which is protected by Asahi Dragontrail Glass. I kept on punching it, smashing it in my knee and my table but NO SCRATCH and DAMAGE at all, UNBELIEVABLE! But the screen stopped working though and turned into white, like completely white. 2/10 would buy again. You might be wondering why I kept punching it and smashing it everywhere because the bottom-right part kept on clicking on itself. I have no idea why it became like that. I used it for like 4 months now and it suddenly has ghost movements in the bottom-right part. It's annoying because while I'm playing it kept on going to multitasking, it's like the phone itself is annoying the sh*t out of me lol.

  • Both cameras are garbage, the battery sucks but charges really fast and you can drop it or smash it and keeps working nice... 7/10 great

  • Nice phone. The camera is pretty good. The only problem is the memory and the battery. But it charges so fast

  • Best phone I ever had.

  • For a budget phone it is okay. I'm hating the battery life. I had a sumsung j3 b4 this ph it got smashed. I brought the LG for 1 buck dearer because of the gigs and the front facing camera has 13mps as my samsung only had 8 and 5 but the battery life on the Samsung was so much better even though the battery specs for both Phs were similar. I could listen to music all day on my Samsung and only use 15% I try to listens to music all day on the LG and it's dead in 8hrs.

  • can i root my lg k5 ? plz help me to root it . it is very imporant to me . also can i upgrade this os to another upper os ?

  • Please FCC ID of this phone. Thanks

  • How do I delete downloads?

  • Go to keyboard setting and and turn off the predictive text suggestion word

  • pls i need one, if possible tomorrow

  • How do move apps or games in SD card?

  • Don't waste your phone on some dummy selfies

  • I bought this LG K5 yesterday and the camera of this phone really SUCKS!. Why do I expect it's just a cheap phone.

  • It's normal. All LG K5 cameras suck.

  • Just bought this phone. First and foremost, the 2 cameras absolutely suck. I'm so disappointed, but what can I expect for a cheap/budget phone. I just wish they've put on a decent selfie camera at least. Another bad thing is it lack the most simplest functions of a smart phone. I mean cmon, it doesn't have the display function of the percentage (%) number of the battery on top of the status bar (which is important in monitoring usage), it doesn't enable to create a photo album in the gallery, and you can't even move or copy a single photo to another folder (are u kidding me?). You can do it in File manager but cmon, it takes a little too much time. This phone also lags when you use facebook. Doesn't have a light indication when charging, and can't use mp3 files for ringtones. Calls and text messaging are good. Has loud speakers but that's all there is. Better save up for a much higher LG model. I'm an LG fan and the G4 was the best phone I had that's why I tried this one but man this one is so disappointing. The ASUS Zenfone Go 4.5 has the same price in the store and it has way way more functions and way better that this one. Rating 1/10 - Phone absolutely suck.

  • My camera og LG K5 has jo auto focus? Is it normal or defect?

  • lol

  • Can someone please tellme how to turn off the camera shutter sound on k5? Ty

  • why cant move the apps to sdcard LG?

  • go to settings>>language and input>keyboard settings

  • Absolutely awful launcher and default apps. (Because, for some reason, it does not include LG's proprietary launcher/apps.) Do yourself a favor and DO NOT GET THIS. Even if it's cheap, it's not worth the frustration.

  • Can someone tell me how to remove the word prediction when typing a text messages? Thanks

  • my lgk5 is not clear camera. idont know if defective or what..

  • There is no "more to sd card" button you know that?

  • Just go to the Applications Manager then click to the app, you can see instruction and click there whether you want to move to sd or to phone

  • How to move my files\apps to my SD card?

  • mine was made in China and it's camera has no autofocus. Disappointing.

  • it could be better with the price point. Off for me - 8GB Internal Memory around 2.7GB user available. -Screen Resolution too Low for a 5inch IPS -battery life could be better but Marshmallow update is a good plus. the ability to use SDcard as application storage..

  • lg k5 has no otg support

  • LG K5 hasn't any "move to SD card" button everytime I download app in save to internal storage the problem is my phone internal storage is full I cant download. And its useless that SD card weren't use. Please help something about this

  • Pathetic battery and RAM, useless.

  • LG K5 - Php3,990 @ abenson and memo-xpress

  • Compare the price. Higher the price the higher the specs. Galaxy S6 costs PhP20,000 and the LG K5 costs only PhP4,500. Think of it, LOL.

  • camara and graphics are horrible, other than that is a pretty decent phone.

  • does it have wifi calling?

  • I almost liked it but the battery was a turn-off. Also the design look like their phones from 2008! L series were better looking than these curved back cookie series-like phones.

  • otg

  • Samsung Galaxy S6 is for other sector of market, this phone is in other category of the market, can t compare them, is like to compare a Roll Royce with a Subaru

  • if u dont want to buy any handset but not lg or asus,,,you better find it in other clips not here,,,think

  • you cannot compare s6 to k5, the features are different, compare ur s6 to higher models of LG....think first bro

  • Samsung Galaxy 6 is better

  • Great mobil for the price.

  • Hello guys! I want to buy a new phone but I don't LG K5 or Asus Zenfone Go ZC500TG. What do you think? Which is better?

  • G5 has 2800mAh with power management

  • Lol. Budget phone? More like overpriced low end phone.

  • You can't compete Samsung and chinese with this k plastic series. I predict this year will be hard for LG, Sony, n HTC..

  • Ha! This phone is going to have a better battery performance than the G5 I Guarantee It.

  • as a fan of lg (since prada3.0)i can easily say that lg is getting rid of old components. good phone with touch screen for the price. i was using (abusing really) lg's L2 410 with exactly half of this specs and it was undestructable! currently using samsung core prime and the only difference i can see is the screen size lol. if lg make this k5 as rigit and solid(hardvare wise) then ill say buy it for sure!!! still looking to find lg product to match my g2(SIZE vs specs). peace

  • Ignore post below me. I can be a nab sometimes.

  • Picture is wrong; K5 has integrated battery and non-removable battery cover. Is also less curved on the bottom and top edges.

  • My friend read both of these articles about the real cost of flagship phones Samsung s7 & iPhone 6s plus;

  • Well man agree with u. But technology of this year is still expensive. For example in present Apple Iphone SE cost like 600 eur which is too much. After 2-3 years same phone will cost 1/3 less. For another Example Meizu MX5 cost around 350 eur in my country. After 2-3 years it will cost half of that price. Reason is simple china makes good products and everything is made in china or Thaiwan. Every phone even apple have their basic components made in china rest is glued p by its mother company to mkake a whole complete product ( in this case phone).

  • Sure they can, take Meizu m3 for example; and still, it cost less then 120€ but only one of them got 4,5 millions pre-oreder in 24h, the other one, who cares... I personally don't believe that Chinese phones are good, but I use a new phone every year, and I don't want to spend at least 400$ on phone that doesn't suck. For the record: most peaple on this planet can't afford spending as much, but every one should have a phone that doesn't lug, a phone with some juice left after a day of use, a phone with descent storage. And sure I will be happy to spend more for better quality, more futures not for basics. My point is that it's 2016 .... technology is cheaper now, I would like to see that.

  • For its price is good. If you try to make a muscle then do your own cheap phone with best ever possible specs. I tell you its not possible. For 120 eur bucks this phone is more than awesome.

  • Phones with 8 gig of storage, 1 gig of ram should be handed. It's 2016 and LG still don't know how move forward.

  • yeah those was the phone. hv. been. waiting for......

  • The phone is very good, but the camera is very ogly. Really?! five megapixel? -_-

  • It simplebphone but good i buy but in guy

  • Similar to Samsung Grand. A budget phone.

  • Nice budget phone from LG

  • Bezel madness!!

  • For its very low price its not bad. Anyway expensive or cheap phone they last from 2 to 4 years and then you have to buy new because of freezing, slow respond, battery problems etc.

  • It's a budget handset ... What do you expect? lol

  • with this specs will be under 100$. if be more shame on lg

  • another suckish phone from the suckish lg k series

  • just 1g of ram? 5mp camera? or other specs are .... does lg like to go to down.... lg we are in 2016.come on