CES 2015 : LG Annnounce G Flex 2 Smartphone With Curved Display

LG has launched the G Flex 2 smartphone at CES 2015 Las Vegas. The main highlight of the G Flex smartphone is its flexible display, along with a "self-healing" rear cover. The LG G Flex 2 is the first Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 powered smartphone.

The display has a 700-mm radius curvature and at the back a 650mm-radius cuvature. The Corning Gorilla Glass 3 has toughened with the firm's own special chemical treatment technology which LG calls Dura-Gaurd Glass. LG has also improved the 'Self Healing' back, the device will now get healed within 10 seconds.

Coming to the specs the LG G Flex 2 features a 5.5-inch full-HD curved P-OLED display with 403ppi pixel density. The smartphone is powered by 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor with Adreno 430 GPU and paired with 2GB LPDDR4 RAM and 16GB and 32GB storage variants [microSD card support]. The smartphone runs Android Lollipop 5.0 out of the box.

Camera features include a 13-megapixel rear camera with OIS+ and dual-LED two tone flash and laser guided autofocus. While the front snapper features a 2.1-megapixel front camera. Connectivity options include 4G LTE-A with tri-band carrier aggregation, HSPA+, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth Smart Ready (Apt-X) 4.1, NFC, SlimPort, GPS/ A-GPS, GLONASS, and USB 2.0. The smartphone packs a 3000mAh non-removavable battery.

Other features of the LG G Flex 2 include Simple hand Gesture Shot, Gesture View (to check last clicked shot) and Glance View (to swipe down notification when screen is off). The device also support quick charging with battery reaching 50% in less than 40 minutes after putting it for charging.

The LG G Flex 2 will be available in two colour variants - Platinum Silver and Flamenco Red. The smartphone will be available in Korea at end of January followed by other region.

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