Leaked images and other rumors have been piling up around the internet regarding the possibility of a new handset coming from LG that was going to have a curved display. Those rumors have been confirmed this week as LG announced the new LG G Flex smartphone and it will indeed come with a large, 6-inch OLED display that is curved from top to bottom. The initial rumors suggested that the G Flex would have the curved display and many thought the phone could just be a prototype, but after this week’s announcement that is not the case.
LG is bringing the G Flex and its 6-inch OLED curved display with a 1280×720 resolution to the market and it is most likely in response to the curved Galaxy Round from Samsung that was announced just one week before this one was rumored. The Galaxy Round has a display that is curved from side to side, while the G Flex’s display is curved from top to bottom. The phone feels more ergonomic based on early reviews and some claim the curved display gives an IMAX-like experience when viewing videos on it, but that is not the only feature worth talking about.
According to LG, the G Flex also comes with a back side that will “self heal” and allows users to remove scratches in a matter of minutes. The scratch resistant film on the back side will allow for those small scratches to be repaired to factory by the user keeping the style of the device a live for a long time compared to other devices. LG also announced that the G Flex will be able to record high-quality audio. Inside the G Flex is the super fast, quad-core 2.2GHz Snapdragon 800 processor and 2GB of RAM.
Other specs and features of the new curved smartphone include 32GB of internal memory, a microSD card slot for storage, support for NFC and LTE-Advanced, plus connectivity for HSPA+ networks. The camera is a 13MP model on the back side with a smaller, 2.1MP web cam on the front side of the device. Volume and power control buttons can be found on the back side of the device, just like the LG G2. Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean will be installed on the device out of the box, along with a custom user interface. Other features unique to LG include “Swing Lockscreen” and “Dual Window”.
