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this coverage of MWC is brought to you by bitdefender mobile security one might be curved and one might be flat but they are similar in size and they bring a lot of the same things to the table hey it's Josh magar from Android authority what's going on everybody and this is your first look at the LG G pro 2 versus the LG G flex now while both of these phones are quite big we did say that in the G flex that curve from top to bottom did help with the handling of the large display now we are dealing with a 6-inch display on the G flex and 5.9 in the G pro 2 however both of these phones have pretty much the same handling across the board the G pro 2 does have a matted bag instead of the glossy plastic that you have on the G flex but the G flex also did have that self-healing back that did work for at least shallow scratches all on although the build quality on both is quite nice and you have to very attractive devices in the hand you do see a change in resolution when it comes to the displays as the G flex does have a slightly larger screen at 6 inches over the 5.9 inch 1080p display found on the G pro 2 however the G flex only sports 720p resolution when it comes to the G pro 2 you do have a great display quality no matter what you are viewing whether it's media or reading but the same can also be said about the G flex that curve does provide a very subtly different experience when it comes to viewing content on there but it really doesn't change the experience all that much and it still packs a very very good experience so despite the difference in resolution you'll have a great time using either screen performance across the board is pretty much the same between these two devices because they both come with the powerful Snapdragon 800 processor backed by the adrenal 330 graphics however the G pro 2 does support more RAM with an extra gig bringing it up to 3 gigabytes of RAM you don't get expandable storage on the G flex however when it comes to the hardware but it does come with a decent 32 gigabytes of storage whereas on the G pro 2 you are able to expand it with a microSD card slot now both of these phones do Sport 13 megapixel cameras but we will say that the G pro 2 comes with not only the OIS that we loved from the g2 but also OIS Plus which has a software boo which makes it probably an even better camera overall when it comes to the software however finally we do see that it's the same experience in either camp even though the G flex does run Optimus UI along that curve that it has in its screen it really doesn't take advantage of it much at all the only real feature that you'll find is that when you turn on the lock screen you can tilt the phone back and forth and then the lock screen will move along the curve but that's really just about it other than that the Optimus UI is pretty much the same between these two phones but the G pro 2 does introduce some new software features one in particular that we had fun using was the NOC code in which you can unlock the phone turn on and unlock the phone rather by using a pattern of sequence of tabs onto the turn off screen after that the Optimus UI is pretty much what you would expect it to be but it is in need of an update whether it's on the g pro 2 or on the g flex we do what we would like to see a new aesthetic look for the Optimus UI as right now it is still a little bit bloated and is a little bit in your face with all of its features to curve or not to curve that's essentially the main question when it comes to the differences between these two phones while the G flex does have lower resolution in its display I have no doubt that you will still have a lot of fun on it just as much as you might on the G pro 2 these two phones are about the same size so when it comes to the handling it's about the same so really it's kind of your pick if you want something a little bit more classical or you want something a little bit more different and probably a little bit more special in the LG G flex but in the end it's up to you keep it tuned to Android Authority for more coverage of the LG G pro 2 and for all of our Mobile World Congress coverage from here in Barcelona Spain