The
LG G Flex is an Android phablet
developed and manufactured by LG .
First unveiled by the company on
October 27, 2013 for a release in South
Korea , and carrying similarities to its G2
model, the smartphone is the
company's first to incorporate a flexible
display, along with a "self-healing" rear
cover which can repair minor abrasions
on its own.
The G Flex was met with mixed reviews
by critics, who characterized the device
as a proof of concept for early adopters
rather than a device targeted towards
the mass market. While the G Flex was
praised for its durability, performance
and the visibility of its screen, it was
panned for being too similar in
hardware, software, and design to the
G2, having a relatively lower screen
resolution in comparison to other
recent smartphones, and presenting no
compelling justification for the curved
display in relation to the device's high
price.
History
In May 2013, LG announced that it
would unveil prototypes for two OLED
flexible displays at an exhibition
organized by the Society for
Information Display , a 55-inch
television, and a 5-inch "unbreakable"
display meant for mobile devices. In
October 2013, rumors from a "person
familiar with the company's launch
plans" suggested that LG was planning
to released a phablet with a curved, 6-
inch OLED display known as the "G
Flex".
On October 27, 2013, LG officially
unveiled the G Flex for a release in
South Korea in November 2013, and
later announced releases in Europe and
the rest of Asia.
Specifications:
The G Flex's physical design resembles
that of the LG G2 , consisting of a
polycarbonate shell with a curvature of
700 millimetres (28 in), with volume
and power buttons located on the rear
of the device directly below the camera
—the power button also contains an
LED lamp which can be used as a
notification light. The rear casing of the
G Flex carries a "brushed metal " look
and features a "self-healing" coating
which can repair minor scratches and
abrasions made to it. LG claimed that
the curved design would be more
"natural" when held to the head for
conducting phone calls, and would
reduce the level of glare on the display.
While the phone can withstand being
bent—having been being bent a
hundred times with 88 pounds (40 kg)
of pressure during internal testing
without any permanent damage to its
form, LG chose to maintain a level of
rigidity to the G Flex's design in order
to ensure a "premium" feel. The G
Flex's internal hardware is almost
identical to the G2, with a 2.26 GHz
quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor
with 2 GB of RAM, support for LTE or
LTE Advanced networks where
available, 32 GB of internal storage, and
an infrared emitter. Unlike the G2,
however, the G Flex's display is a 6-inch
(15 cm), 720p , flexible OLED display
coated with Gorilla Glass , and it also
incorporates a non-removable
3500 mAh battery specifically
optimized for the G Flex's curved form
factor.
The G Flex ships with Android 4.2.2
"Jelly Bean" with a similar user
interface and software to the G2, with
the addition of a "dual-window" split-
screen multitasking mode, and
alongside the G2's existing optimization
options for one-handed use, the ability
to slide all of the on-screen navigation
keys to one side of the screen. Aside
from the lack of optical image
stabilization (which was excluded
because it would make the image
sensor too tall for the device's body),
the G Flex's 13-megapixel camera is
similar to the G2, with the addition of a
new "Face Tracking" shooting mode to
assist users in taking photos containing
themselves with the rear-facing
camera, which automatically focuses on
the user's face, and uses the power
button's notification LED as a status
light.
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