Crazy Consumer Electronics World: LG spoils its own surprise by listing metal-clad G3

There are mere hours to go until the LG G3 is officially unveiled, but it seems that LG Netherlands just couldn't wait that long as it posted a full product page, complete with images, on its website.

The listing has since been removed but not before the mistake was noticed and the information revealed to the world. The single most exciting detail to arise from this is that the G3 will apparently have a 'lightweight metal housing'.

We've seen the metallic looking design of the G3 already but it was largely assumed that the device was plastic with a metallic look. This suggests otherwise.

LG G3

Other details include the fact that its 13MP camera will, unsurprisingly, have optical image stabilisation and that the handset has a 'Smart Notice' feature, which gives you context sensitive information and reminders. One example given on the product page is that when you arrive at your office it might ask you whether you want to switch Wi-Fi on.

The 5.5-inch handset will have dimensions of 146.3 x 74.6 x 9.1mm, up from the 138.5 x 70.9 x 8.9mm LG G2, so it will be bigger but not enormously so despite the jump in screen size.

Middling memory

Under the hood there's apparently a quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor and 2GB of RAM, which is a bit of a let-down if true as it initially looked like we'd be getting 3GB of RAM.

The product page also listed the G3 as having a removable 3000 mAh battery, a microSD card slot and a 2.1MP front facing camera, as well as re-confirming that it will have a QHD display.

With such a big leak from such an official source it doesn't seem like there'll be many surprises tonight, but you never know what LG might be keeping up its sleeve, so stay tuned.