LG unveiled a smartphone to feature DAB+, the de facto standard for digital radio broadcasting.
LG introduced its newest smartphone at Radiodays Europe 2016 in Paris, the world’s largest radio conference. Consumers in Australia, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom will be the first to receive the LG Stylus 2 with DAB+.
As the world’s first smartphone with DAB+, the LG Stylus 2 features a DAB+ chipset and an exclusive app that allows customers to enjoy digital radio broadcasts out of the box. A technical interface also enables broadcasters to develop their own tailored apps in which internet services complement broadcasted radio.
Users will be able to access more radio channels with DAB+ than traditional FM. Unlike regular radio apps that stream large amounts of data, DAB+ radio provides excellent audio quality for free, as it uses no data.
DAB+ is expected to replace FM analog radio and already reaches over 500 million people in 40 countries around the world. LG collaborated with the International DMB Advancement Group (IDAG) to include DAB+ technology in the new LG Stylus 2.
LG Stylus DAB+ is a 5.7-inch display with 1280 x 720 pixel resolution, Android 6.0 Marshmallow machine with a quad-core CPU humming along at 1.2GHz. You'll find an 8-megapixel camera on front and there's a 13-megapixel out back. Inside is 16GB of storage and a micro SD card.