Introducing the G Flex 2, LG's Second Generation Curved Smartphone with Snapdragon 810 SoC

The Korean tech giant company has announced its next generation curved display smartphone - the LG G Flex 2. The new smartphone features a curves ranging from a radius of 400 mm to 700 mm across four curves point: front, back, sides and top-to-bottom edges.

The display of the G Flex 2 has been shrink to a more palm friendly 5.5 inch panel from the original G Flex's 6 inch screen; The good news is, the resolution has been boosted up to a 1080p Full HD display.

LG Unveils the 6 inch Curved Display G Flex Smartphone with 'Self-Healing' Back Cover

The mystery of the LG's curved screen smartphone had comes to an end with the announcement of the company's curved display technology first applied on their new G Flex smartphone.

The curved screen uses the flexible OLED panels announced by the LG Display that undergo mass production earlier this month. It is the 6 inch OLED HD display with 1280 x 720 resolution (unfortunately not full HD) and it is curved from the top to bottom.

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LG is Moving Toward Flexible OLED Panel for Smartphone

LG Display announced the company will start to mass production of the world's first flexible OLED panel, a new lightweight 6 inch panel for smartphones. Basically, the display is made from plastic substrates which give its the bendable ability and able to fixed inside a device with curved design.

According to reports, LG is working on its first flexible screen device, the G Flex, a 6 inch curved screen smartphone. The G Flex is set to be announced next month and the company is readying new products with "enhanced performance and differentiated designs" for the following year.

By the way, Samsung is also joining the flexible display for smartphone. Well, we don't have to wait too long to find out. Let's imagine, how cool will it be if we could bend our smartphone into the shape we'd like and stuffed into the jean pockets.

UPDATE: LG announced the company's first curved screen smartphone, the LG G Flex. 

Sources: Engagdet 1, 2