LG launches the Velvet, its design-focused smartphone in India for Rs 36,990

LG launched the Velvet, it’s mid-tier design-focused smartphone in India on Wednesday alongside the Wing. The launch of the Velvet was rather surprising since LG dropped no clues ahead of today’s announcement and also because the Velvet has been around since May. LG isn’t bringing the 5G Velvet to India though, possibly because it would have clashed with the Wing, which is clearly the more premium offering among the two. Since both the Wing and Velvet share the same core hardware, it was only logical to tweak things a bit, plus launching a 4G Velvet also helps LG in pricing the phone more aggressively here.