After great suspense, LG Electrnics India has finally announced the price of its uniquely designed LG G Flex smartphone with curved display. LG G Flex has been priced at Rs. 69,999 and will be available from today in retail stores and LG exclusive shops across India. Three days ago, the leading online e-commerce portal Snapdeal.com had listed this smartphone at a price of Rs. 69,990, with the promise of shipping in 15 business days.
The LG G Flex comes with a 6-inch HD (1280 x 720) curved display. It is powered by a 2.26GHz Snapdragon 800 processor, an Adreno 330 GPU, and 2GB of RAM and 32GB of internal memory. As per LG, the display found in the G Flex is the world’s largest Plastic OLED (POLED) display developed and mass produced specifically for this smartphones. The ultra-thin, ultra-light flexible POLED display and curved OLED panel are built on plastic substrates instead of glass, giving LG G Flex its unique shape and durability. The LG G Flex is equipped with a 13-megapixel rear camera, and a 2.1-megapixel front camera. The G Flex weighs just 177 grams, and runs on Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2 OS.
The curved battery packed in the G Flex is designed especially for this phablet and this technology, reduces the physical stress on the battery pack when in the curved form and provides better stability and performance. Despite its thin form, the LG G Flex battery has a capacity of 3,500mAh, enough power for more than a full day of use.
For connectivity options, the LG G Flex has Blue Tooth 4.0, USB 3.0, WiFi (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac), and NFC.
LG G Flex also features the Rear Key first introduced in the LG G2 smartphone. Devoid of any buttons on the sides, there is less chance of accidentally powering off the phone and the convenience of using one’s index finger to adjust the volume when conversing is maintained.
Compared to Samsung’s Galaxy Round curved smartphones, which is curved from side to side, the G Flex is curved from top-to bottom, and LG calls it vertically curved. The curved design also offers a more reassuring grip and fits more comfortably in one’s back pocket. What’s more, in landscape mode, the display offers an IMAX-like experience, with the result being the most comfortable viewing angle for watching videos or playing games.
The LG G Flex is the first smartphone, which comes with “Self Healing” coating on the back cover. The elastic coating has the ability to recover from the daily wear-and-tear scratches and nicks that un-cased smartphones are likely to receive.
Commenting on the announcement of price and availability, Mr. Soon Kwon, M.D., LG India said, “Curved flexible displays are a groundbreaking technology that enhances consumers’ viewing experience by many degrees. LG’s latest offering G Flex combines innovation and technology along with sleek, curved design that not only delivers a more comfortable grip and fit, but offers better voice and sound quality. G Flex represents a new era in the smartphone space where curved and flexible displays are no longer a sci-fi fantasy.”
The LG G Flex is the most expensive smartphone launched in India. It will be very interesting to see how many people buy this smartphone with curved dispaly at such a whopping price. But India is a crazy and very big country, every product if it performs well, sells here. Few years ago, who had imagined that the luxury cars like Audi,BMW,Mercedes and Jaguar would be smash hit in India! People are passionate about possessing the latest and trendy gadgets and there is no dearth of rich people in India.
