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LG budget phone launches on Boost Mobile for $90

The K51 comes with three rear cameras and Android 9.

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Corinne Reichert (she/her) grew up in Sydney, Australia and moved to California in 2019. She holds degrees in law and communications, and currently writes news, analysis and features for CNET across the topics of electric vehicles, broadband networks, mobile devices, big tech, artificial intelligence, home technology and entertainment. In her spare time, she watches soccer games and F1 races, and goes to Disneyland as often as possible.

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Corinne Reichert

May 6, 2020 4:58 p.m. PT

LG Electronics ' new budget smartphone has launched on Boost Mobile , with the LG K51 sporting a 6.5-inch HD+ display. It retails for $150 but is currently on sale for $90. The new phone in LG's K series runs on Android 9 and has three rear cameras: a 13MP lens, a 5MP superwide and a 2MP bokeh.

The LG K51 also comes with:

A 4,000mAh battery.
3GB of RAM.
32GB of memory.
An external microSD card slot for up to 2TB of extra storage.
A MediaTek Helio P22 octa-core processor.
A headphone jack.
A fingerprint sensor.
A Google Assistant key.

Boost Mobile phone plans start at $35 a month for 3GB of 4G data and unlimited talk and text, and they max out at $60 a month for 5G capability, unlimited data, talk and text and 30GB of hotspot usage.