LG G Flex with curved display to be launched in India in Feb 2014 at Rs 60K-65K

LG has announced the launch of its curved smartphone, G Flex, in India. LG says the G Flex will go on sale in India in February 2014.

Amit Gujral, head marketing at LG India, said that the price of the LG G Flex in India would be in the range of Rs 60,000 to Rs 65,000, but LG would announce the exact price closer to the phone's India availability.

The LG G Flex is the company's first curved display smartphone. It features a 6-inch 720p display and is powered by a Snapdragon 800 processor. The 6-inch display found on the G Flex is claimed to be the world's largest Plastic OLED (POLED) display developed and mass produced specifically for smartphones.

It includes 2GB of RAM. The phone has a 13 megapixel camera and has rear-mounted control buttons like the ones on the LG G2. The phone has a 13 megapixel rear camera. Unlike the Samsung Galaxy Round that curves from left to right, LG's G Flex goes orthogonally from top to bottom.

According to LG, the curved battery in the G Flex is designed with a technology technology, which reduces the physical stress on the battery pack when in the curved form and provides better stability and performance. The LG G Flex battery has a capacity of 3,500mAh.

LG had unveiled the G Flex smartphone back in October.

Key specs: LG G Flex

- Chipset: 2.26 GHz Quad-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 (MSM 8974)
- Display: 6-inch HD (1280 x 720), Curved P-OLED (Real RGB)
- Memory: 2GB LP DDR3 RAM / 32GB eMMc
- Camera: Rear 13.0MP / Front 2.1MP
- Battery: 3,500mAh (embedded)
- Operating System: Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2
- Size: 160.5 x 81.6 x 7.9 - 8.7mm
- Weight: 177g
- Connectivity: BT 4.0 / USB 3.0 compatible / WiFi (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) / NFC
- Colour: Titan Silver