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10-28-2013, 05:50 AM
LG is flexing its muscle in smartphone technology with a new handset that boasts a curved touchscreen, along with a special "self healing" technology that the company claims can prevent scratches on the phone's casing.
The South Korean electronics vendor unveiled the new phone on Monday, calling it the LG G Flex. Digital renderings of the handset were leaked (http://www.techhive.com/article/2054470/lgs-curved-g-flex-phone-takes-a-bow-in-leaked-press-renders.html) earlier this month. But in its Monday announcement the company offered further details on the phone, showing that it contains a few new technologies, along with its curved display.
The G Flex is the second phone to feature a curved display, the first coming from Samsung Electronics with its Galaxy Round handset (http://www.techhive.com/article/2057180/handson-with-the-samsung-galaxy-round-few-new-features-but-posh-design.html). The top and bottom of the G Flex's 6-inch screen are curved towards the user, while on the Samsung phone it is the sides that are curved towards the viewer.
This makes LG's handset closer to the curve of a traditional fixed-line phone handset, a design choice LG said is optimized for the contours of a face. Users can more comfortably hold the phone to their mouth and ear, improving its voice and sound quality, according to LG.
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The South Korean electronics vendor unveiled the new phone on Monday, calling it the LG G Flex. Digital renderings of the handset were leaked (http://www.techhive.com/article/2054470/lgs-curved-g-flex-phone-takes-a-bow-in-leaked-press-renders.html) earlier this month. But in its Monday announcement the company offered further details on the phone, showing that it contains a few new technologies, along with its curved display.
The G Flex is the second phone to feature a curved display, the first coming from Samsung Electronics with its Galaxy Round handset (http://www.techhive.com/article/2057180/handson-with-the-samsung-galaxy-round-few-new-features-but-posh-design.html). The top and bottom of the G Flex's 6-inch screen are curved towards the user, while on the Samsung phone it is the sides that are curved towards the viewer.
This makes LG's handset closer to the curve of a traditional fixed-line phone handset, a design choice LG said is optimized for the contours of a face. Users can more comfortably hold the phone to their mouth and ear, improving its voice and sound quality, according to LG.
To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here (http://cdmagurus.com/article/2058380/lg-follows-samsung-unveils-curvedscreen-phone-with-selfhealing-covering.html#jump)
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