LG has showcased the G Flex, the company’s first smartphone with a curved OLED display in India at an event in Delhi. It would go on sale sometime in February 2014. The company did not reveal the price yet. It was announced back in October and packs a 6-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD Curved Plastic OLED display that vertically concave from top to bottom to a radius of 700mm. It is powered by a 2.26 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor and runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2.1-megapixel front-facing camera. It packs a 3500 mAh curved battery.
Software features include, Dual Window for multi-tasking, Swing Lockscreen, Quick Theater, Answer Me, LG Knock-On Guest Mode, Slide Aside and more. The back cover has self-healing technology since it is coated with a special material so that scratches can be removed within minutes.
LG G Flex specifications
- 6-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD Curved Plastic OLED display
- 2.26 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974) processor with 450 MHz Adreno 330 GPU
- Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean
- Dimensions – 160.5 x 81.6 x 7.9 – 8.7, weight: 177g
- 13MP rear camera with LED Flash, 1080p video recording at 30 fps
- 2.1 MP front-facing camera
- 2GB LP DDR3 RAM, 32GB of internal memory
- 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 ac/a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP, GPS, NFC
- 3500 mAh battery
It went on sale in Korea last month. It would be available in Singapore and Hong Kong this month and would go on sale in Europe early 2014. We already unboxed the curved screen phone last month. Check out the unboxing below.
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