Gadgetory

what's up guys David here and I'm here at CES 2015 checking out the all-new G flex 2 which LG just announced here at the show as the name of the device implies this is LG's second iteration of its curved smartphone series and December round LG fixed a lot of the issues that made the original G flex somewhat unappealing for starters the middle screen smaller down from the six inches to a more reasonable 5.5 they upgraded the display to a 1080p p LED display and they also tone down the curviness of the device just enough to make it a bit more practical underneath the hood you have core comms new Snapdragon 810 64-bit octa-core processor 2 or 3 gigabytes of RAM depending on the model you end up getting a three thousand million battery along with a 13 megapixel rear camera with laser autofocus and optical image stabilization the G flex 2 comes running with LG's modified you I over top of Android lollipop and features the same rear button design that most of LG's recent Spock ships have had but obviously the main thing that stands out about this phone and the thing that separates it from all the others is its curved design now why would you want a curved phone right and at this point I don't know exactly why you'd want one but I do have some things that I think a curved phone can possibly bring to the table like being easier to hold in the hand resting more naturally on your face when you're on a call being a bit more immersive when watching videos are playing video games like the curved TVs do nowadays and then finally it may actually make the phone a little bit more durable now I know when you first look at it you may not think that the curve would make the phone more durable if anything the curve looks like it leaves it susceptible to cracking if we were to get sit or stepped on but the G flex 2 does have the word flex in its name so it's designed to be able to bend back and forth without causing any real damage and that curve may just reduce the risk of the screen cracking from an accidental face front drop as the display itself wouldn't be hitting the floor with the top and bottom bezels of the phone taking the majority the impact instead acid at the self-healing back that LG introduced last year with the original G flex now improved to work even faster healing itself from minor scratches and scuffs in only 10 seconds and you have what looks to be a pretty durable foam in theory at least the G flex 2 will be hitting stores on a couple of months we don't have an official launch date just yet but you can be sure that when it does officially launch will be featuring it here on the channel maybe see what that Snapdragon 810 can do in a fumble style speed test and maybe even test the phone's durability so if you haven't already subscribed to the channel to make sure you don't miss out on that content but other than that that is pretty much it for me in this video thank you guys for watching and as always I will see you guys in the very next episode