Subhan Tariq: LG announces G Flex, the real curved screen smartphone

LG today announced the world’s first true curved-screen smartphone the G Flex. With the announcement, LG has officially taken on the rival Samsung in curved screen smartphone market.

Weighing a little high at 177g, the G Flex uses a flexible OLED screen technology offer 6 inch display with a dramatic curve on the horizontal axis.

Characterizing the G Flex, Park Jong-Seok, President of LG’s mobile Unit said that phone is the best representation yet of how a smartphone should be curved. He called it world’s first real curved-screen smartphone.

Inside the G Flex, there is a 2.26GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor, 2GB of RAM, a 13-megapixel camera, and a staggering 3,500 mAh battery.

LG has said that curved nature of screen will offer wider viewing angles and enhanced experience. Unlike Samsung, LG didn’t offer any tailor-made aiding software to capitalize the curved screen.

On top of its curved nature, G Flex – according to company – uses a self-healing technology that will automatically get rid of scratches on the rear of the phone.

The LG G Flex is the first smartphone to apply a “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, keeping the G Flex looking newer longer.

LG G Flex will be made available in Korea starting November. Worldwide availability is yet to be announced. No words on price of G Flex were said.