{"id":52334,"date":"2016-02-19T14:56:11","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T14:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/?p=52334"},"modified":"2016-02-19T17:54:54","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T17:54:54","slug":"new-lg-g5-magic-slot-accessories-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/02\/new-lg-g5-magic-slot-accessories-leak\/","title":{"rendered":"New LG G5 &#8216;Magic Slot&#8217; accessories leak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/02\/lg-g5-magic-slot-accessories-leak\/\">we covered<\/a> the LG G5&#8217;s Magic Slot accessories, including a camera battery grip and a theorised DAC module for LG&#8217;s upcoming flagship. Today, we&#8217;re back with the latest news, including new details on the audio module and a photo\u00a0of an\u00a0extra battery module. Let&#8217;s get right into it!<\/p>\n<h3>Bang &amp; Olufsen to bring Hi-Fi audio to G5<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/nexus2cee_boplay-728x331.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-52345\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-52345\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/nexus2cee_boplay-728x331.jpg\" alt=\"nexus2cee_boplay-728x331\" width=\"302\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/nexus2cee_boplay-728x331.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/nexus2cee_boplay-728x331-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/nexus2cee_boplay-728x331-450x205.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/a>LG has announced that it&#8217;ll be partnering with prominent audio brand Bang &amp; Olufsen on the G5, with the speaker company providing &#8216;hi-fi audio features&#8217; to the phone.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s likely that they&#8217;re responsible for the DAC (digital to analogue converter) module that was leaked earlier, which should provide better sound quality than the integrated solutions commonly found in even recent smartphones. It&#8217;s also possible that the module could include extra ports, a more powerful headphone amplifier or even integrated speakers, but we&#8217;ll have to wait and see.<\/p>\n<p>However it pans out, the upgrade will likely only be noticeable on high-end speakers and headphones (and with high quality \/ lossless music). Still, the partnership itself is a newsworthy addition to the phone and a statement on the types of partners that LG is looking to attract to produce Magic Slot hardware.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/mp59558433_1455852210714_2.0.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-52335\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-52335 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/mp59558433_1455852210714_2.0.jpeg\" alt=\"mp59558433_1455852210714_2.0\" width=\"300\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/mp59558433_1455852210714_2.0.jpeg 338w, https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/mp59558433_1455852210714_2.0-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/mp59558433_1455852210714_2.0-254x450.jpeg 254w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Battery module photos leak<\/h3>\n<p>The other Magic Slot news we have today comes via Chinese tech site <em>0937w<\/em>, which shows off the box of a battery module. The battery looks to remain entirely within the G5, unlike the camera grip module we saw earlier.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not clear whether this is a replacement battery with the same capacity, or (more likely) a second battery to provide extra battery life.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, the packaging looks official enough, and surely serves as the final proof that LG&#8217;s Magic Slot will be a major focus of the phone.<\/p>\n<h3>Very friendly<\/h3>\n<p>Friendship is apparently as important to LG as it is to Tea Gardner, as they&#8217;ve dubbed their countdown page for the G5 &#8220;come and meet the new friends on the playground.&#8221; Friends is mostly LG&#8217;s term for its pop-in accessories, and definitely sounds a lot more wholesome than &#8220;magic slot&#8221;. We&#8217;ve preempted the announcement with the launch of our &#8220;G5 and friends&#8221; category, which currently contains the battery add-on and should contain a few more friendly faces next week.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-shop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/lg\/g5\/g5-and-friends\">Shop for LG G5 and friends &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>The LG G5 is shaping up to be a very interesting smartphone indeed. Join us on February 21st as the G5 is announced; we&#8217;ll have many more accessories to shout about on the day. Enjoy your weekend!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-shop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/lg\/g5\">Shop for LG G5 accessories &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n\n<!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 2.0.27.4 -->\n<div class=\"quads-location quads-ad1\" id=\"quads-ad1\" style=\"float:none;margin:0px 0 0px 0;text-align:center;\">\n<div id=\"bari-widget\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday we covered the LG G5&#8217;s Magic Slot accessories, including a camera battery grip and a theorised DAC module. Today, we&#8217;re back with the latest news, including new details on the audio module and a shot of an extra battery module. 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