LG X Power $130 Smartphone Comes to Sprint, Boost Mobile

The LG X Power features an 8-megapixel rear-facing main camera, a 5.3-inch touch-screen display and a 4,100mAh battery that promises roughly 33 hours of talk time.

The new handset features a 5.3-inch HD touch-screen display and the first MediaTek chipset ever used in a phone offered by Sprint, the MT6755M 1.8GHz octa-core processor. Also included are 2GB of memory and 16GB of on-board storage.

The new X Power incorporates an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera and a 5-megapixel front-facing selfie camera. The handset runs on the Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system and includes a microSD card slot for memory cards up to 128GB for expanded storage.

The budget-priced LG X Power doesn’t cut corners with its styling. Built with an ultra-slim curved design, the handset is 5.86 inches high, 2.95 inches wide and 0.31 inches thick. The handset weighs 4.87 ounces.

With its Film Effect feature, LG X Power users can select from an assortment of pre-set, creative filters as they take photos with the handset’s cameras. The filters allow users to choose the exact tone they are seeking in their images, which give the photos a film-like look, according to LG. Users can also take multiple shots by holding the shutter button down, and can make a fist twice with Gesture Interval Shot to take four selfies in a row.

The LG X Power is a 3G/4G handset that is 4G LTE-capable on Sprint’s high-speed network. The phone is also capable of roaming in Mexico with a qualifying Sprint or Boost Mobile service plan. Boost Mobile is a division of the Sprint Prepaid Group and operates on Sprint’s network.

Highlighting the X Power is its 4,100mAh non-removable, rechargeable lithium-ion battery, which provides an impressive estimated 33 hours of talk time on a charge.

Sprint’s Unlimited Freedom phone plan provides 4G LTE unlimited talk, text and data, including video streaming at reduced speeds of up to 480p resolution for video, up to 2M bps for gaming and music streaming at up to 500K bps. The plans are $60 a month for the first line and $100 for two lines. Faster streaming for video, gaming and music is an extra $20 a month per line for the Unlimited Freedom Premium plans. Boost Mobile no-contract calling plans start at $30 a month with the Unlimited Starter plan, which includes 1GB of high-speed data. An extra gigabyte of data is $5, or customers can pay $10 for an extra 2GB of data a month. The company also offers its Unlimited Unhook’d plan, which is $50 a month for unlimited 4G LTE data, with optimized lower-speed streaming for video, gaming and music.