LG returns to Windows Phone with a budget Verizon handset

It took a long time, but LG is returning to building Windows Phone handsets. Verizon is launching the LG Lancet, the first LG handset running Windows Phone 8.1. LG created a handset for the original Windows Phone 7 launch back in 2010, but the company skipped Windows Phone 8 and it looked like it might never return to Microsoft’s mobile software. While many had hoped LG would return with an equivalent to the G4, the LG Lancet is the type of Windows Phone you’d expect to have seen announced five years ago.

LG is using a FWVGA (854 x 480) 4.5-inch display on the Lancet, alongside 8GB of storage (only 4GB is usable) and a 1.2GHz quad-core processor. There’s an 8-megapixel camera at the rear and a VGA front-facing one, adding to overall...

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