Review: LG G Flex 2 - Curved Screen & Self Healing phone | Leaked specifications and features revealed

Introduction

LG is leaving no stones unturned to utilize CES platform this year to lunch some high-end smartphone liked LG G Flex 2 which was speckled earlier today, from tech site TBreak. The phone is quite high end when it comes to the hardware specification and could be a trump card for LG. This will be first curved/bend phone from LG to take on likes of Samsung Galaxy Note Edge etc.

The G Flex 2 from LG

Getting to know about G Flex 2

The first curve screen smart phone will be powered by a 64-bit Snapdragon 810 SoC bearing a 5.5-inch Full HD display and runs on Android 5.0 out of the box. The phone is also dubbed to have an interesting feature called “Self Healing” which is intended to keep phone look new always – basically scratches free phone for life.

The CES Event

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Build & Quality

A fully loaded smartphone from LG is users delight based on what comes inside the hood of the phone:-

Processor: 64-bit capable Octa-core Snapdragon 810 processor clocking 2.0GHz paired with 2GB of RAM

Display: 5.5-inch curved P-OLED display with FHD (1920×1080 pixels) screen resolution

Storage: 16 GB internal expandable upto 32 GB

Camera: 13-megapixel rear-facing camera with OIS+ with Laser Auto Focus, and a 2.1-megapixel front facing camera

Battery: 3,000mAh battery, decent enough to fuel daily usage

Connectivity: Smartphone will support 4G LTE, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Smart Ready 4.1, NFC, and USB 2.0.

OS: Android 5.0 Lollipop out of the box

Other features:
a) Smartphone comes with three new gesture controls: the selfie-taking hand gesture Gesture shot,  Glance View, which shows the time, recent messages, missed calls and other notifications on the display by swiping down when the screen is off and lastly the Quick option to check the last photo Gesture View

b) The Self Healing back,feature to take about 10 seconds to heal normal scratches

c) The Fast Charge feature, ensures 50% charging under 40 mins

Colors & Variants:  Platinum Silver and Flamenco Red

Cheat-Sheet

General Observation & Verdict

The G Flex 2 is refreshing phone from LG and is surely a huge competitor to Samsung. We are yet to get the pricing information however we would expect LG to place it at competitive value to tap the market. Watch out this space for more information in coming days.