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With K10, LG gives its handsets a makeover (pictures)

Flashing a smoother look and a display that curves along the edges, the K10 is one of LG's newest handsets at CES 2016.

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The LG K10

At CES 2016, LG unveiled a pair of new smartphones with a remixed design approach. One of them is the K10, a 5.3-inch smartphone with smooth curves.

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A smooth edge

The device features an HD display that curves down into its bezels. We've seen this before in other handsets like 2012's Google Nexus 4 (which was also made by LG), and it gives the handset a much more smoother look.

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Either a quad-core or octa-core processor

Depending on your region, the phone will have different hardware specs. There are two variants to start off with (the LTE and 3G versions), with the former having either a 1.2GHz quad-core processor, 1.3GHz quad-core processor or 1.14GHz octa-core processor, and the 3G one having a 1.3GHz quad-core processor.

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For LTE, take photos with its 13-MP camera

The LTE model has a 13-megapixel rear camera, and either an 8- or 5-megapixel front-facing camera.

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An 8-megapixel shooter for the 3G model

As for the 3G version, it has an 8-megapixel rear camera and either an 8- or 5-megapixel front-facing shooter.

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Running Google Android Lollipop

The K10 will run Google Android 5.1 Lollipop and have either 16 or 8GB internal storage, and 2, 1.5 or 1GB of RAM.

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Removable battery inside

The device will also have a 2,300mAh battery.

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LG's K-series pair

In addition to the K10 (left), LG also released the smaller, 5-inch K7, which will be available to US customers on Boost Mobile. Click here for more of CNET's CES 2016 coverage.

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