LG launches G Flex in India... and you can laugh if you want at the price

Ok so jawdropping is a term i have used a couple of times , i admit at places where it wasn't literally intended... but i can safely guarantee that the LG's latest launch , the GFlex surely made my jaw drop.. Ooookayyyy it has a curved OLED display and a self healing back , which is preeeettty impressive, but what struck me was the price... Rs 69999 in India!!!!!! I mean this ain't even remotely funny, this race all tech giants are currently running in, the who-prices-his-smartphone-the-highest... but seriously guys, at 70k , i would be instead buying a gaming ultrabook rather than a curved sparkly smartphone with a self healing bum...

Coming on to the device with a sigh, read this first
*The flexibility of this product is limited. This phone may be bent flat up to 180 degrees for a limited period of time only.Do not bend inward or twist.

Well this is the cautionary line in the first pic we see in the slideshow at the site page , and its obviously expected..but lets not get into that..

Sporting a 2.26 GHz Snapdragon 800 processor, 2 GB RAM, 32 GB internal storage, a 6 inch 'curved' HD display with 3 subpixels in each pixel which makes it pretty good all right, a 3500 mAh battery, bluetooth 4.0 , 13 MP rear and a 2.1 MP front shooter.... specs which are pretty 'smartphonish' as we might say , but no way in hell worth the money they are asking for it.. though i fully appreciate the innovative display and self healing back cover, i really feel that this phone is taking the term overpriced to new heights....

In short, a really classy and unique looking smartphone with the best of the current times, but just way beyond the normal reach

Get ready for a flexible LG smartphone this year

LG is set to launch a smartphone with flexible OLED display by the end of this year, as told by LG VP Yoon Bu hyun . This is sure to complement the fact that LG is to launch curved televisions, which seems a stupid idea at first, but closer inspection reveals that curved TV can be interesting enough to wait for at least. But talking about the smartphone, this surely marks the start of the flexible devices era, with earlier reports coming on Samsung using ‘flexible’ plastic OLED display in the Note 3.But hey stop your fantasies again, though I admit the image does inspire some really wild ones, but though we know the LG device will have  a flexible screen, we don’t know HOW flexible it will be…. and that , along with our knowledge of the fact that we don’t have flexible internal components, tells us that we need to reign our dream horses , as we may end up just seeing a slightly curved, laterally or out of plane, device. Well we will keep you updated on this, and everything latest in the ‘flexitech’ domain.

 

Source : Techradar

LG Optimus G2 ready to flex its muscle power

 

LG Optimus G , one pretty smartphone that didn’t leave outside the Asian markets now has its successor , as is being speculated, based upon new benchmarks that have surfaced online about a new LG Smartphone, which is probably the LG Optimus G2, and these benchmarks are rocking many a competitors’ boats, as they clearly are the BEST till now. The supposed LG Optimus G2 is rumored to have Android 4.2 sitting in its heart, a 5 inch full HD display, 2 gigs of RAM, 32 gigs of internal storage , a 13 MP shooter , and the quite liberal juice of a 3000 mAh battery. The main thingy responsible for the breathtaking benchmarks is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 quad core chipset ( or what is called MSM8974) , clocked at 1.7 GHz. Now this device is to be supported by 4G LTE network of carrier T-Mobile, and though the early benchmarks that came last year December were about a phone on AT&T, we can’t just throw away this news as crap because of just this. The phone, after the super success of the LG made Google Nexus 4, is expected to cross the Asian continent’s boundaries and maybe help in increasing the market share of LG as well. We are always ready to welcome anything groundbreaking as always.. so lets wait and see the unveiling of the monstrous G2

Via SlashGear , Techradar

LG Optimus L Series - updated

Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2012 saw the launch of the Optimus L series by LG , with mid range specs in a slim design. This year, the same event will witness the update to the same Optimus L series , with an upgraded display, battery life, camera quality and dual SIM card option.

LG is promoting the L711 right now , powered by Android 4.1 , a 4.3 WVGA IPS display and a 2460 mAh battery. No upgrade on the processor though, as it contains the same 1 Ghz dual core processor, and the same 4 GB internal memory expandable through MicroSD . The   rear camera has been upgraded to 8 megapixels.LG is yet to unveil the other 2 models of the new L Series - L311 and L511, and not much is know about the specs, apart from the fact that L311  has a 3.2 inch QVGA IPS display and a 1540 mAh battery , while the L511 has a 4.0 inch WVGA IPS display, and a 1700 mAh battery.

Apart from hardware , a few apps have been added to the series by LG as well, including the QuickMemo, Quick button, Safety Care. L711 has additioal Qslide ( allowing 2 apps to run side by side on the same screen (competing with multi screen window of Galaxy Note, Note 2 et all) and Quick Translator ( which translates text scanned from the camera).


Selling around 10 million Optimus L devices last year, LG is hoping to gain the same popularity for these updated ones as well, though pricing , and the new competition from Phablets et all is gonna make things not so easy for them.