What The Flex can the LG G Flex2 do?

[jeff79]

If i hit the jackpot then I gvgt the G Flex 2 to show you whether got cracks or not lol. That's why I say LG should give a one year free screen replacement for those who purchase FLex 2, then consumers will have bigger confidence to flex the phone.

Razer Nabu don't have this flex flex gif that's why crack lo



Wait for the King G4. Also got a bit of curve. End of next month will launch!

Lol... Xiaomi (CN) got free 1 year replacement for any damages including crack, drop in toilet bowl etc

http://www.androidcentral.com/lg-of...cement-and-64gb-memory-card-lg-g4-south-korea

LG has an offer for LG G4 that all customers buying the LG G4 in South Korea will receive a one-time screen replacement that is valid up to one year after the purchase of the device, along with a 64GB memory card.

However the offer is exclusive to South Korea.

 

[jeff79]

didn't know got no side buttons. always thought there are power and volume buttons by the side.

The advantage of no side button is they will not get block by flip cover. It there flip cover for LG G Flex2 with the circle window?

 

[Alexz_Hong]

Should not be unique to LG only. Many OEM like sony, oppo, oneplus also have the double tap to wake up. Samsung was testing firmware with tap on side of phone to take photo in the stock camera app but not sure why it was not implement in official firmware.

Double tap to wake has been around a long time... Since Nokia's N9? haha. but knock code (4 tap combination) should be unique to LG.

In the LG UX 4.0 video, there is this double tap the volume down to capture images. That mean the rear mounted buttons are touch capable? If not shouldn't they say "double click" instead? Even the demo in the video make it seem like it's just tapping, and not depressing the buttons. Or was tat just for demo purposes? lol

 

[Alexz_Hong]

After a long string of successful flagships, the Snapdragon 810 has been a bit of a disappointment. At its best, it can be faster than the Snapdragon 800, 801, and 805 chips that it’s replacing. But the two 810-equipped phones we’ve used—HTC’s One M9 and LG’s G Flex 2—have definitely run hot, and performance slows down quickly as you use the phone.

Throttling processor speed in smartphones, tablets, and laptops to avoid overheating is completely normal, but the 810 runs especially warm. More interestingly, Samsung’s Exynos 7420—a chip which uses the same combination of Cortex A53 and A57 CPU cores at roughly the same maximum clock speed—is much faster than the 810, and it holds up better during extended use.

ArsTechnica: In-depth with the Snapdragon 810’s heat problems

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015...)&hootPostID=33579606bea9f44d7d745b4fa578ca08

 

[jtec14]

Finally found a review with more details on #LGHOTCURVES.

Seriously all along my impression is for aesthetic reason only.

http://www.digitaltrends.com/cell-phone-reviews/lg-g-flex2-review/

Is it only there for aesthetic reasons? Initially, I didn’t expect it to be anything other than a gimmick, but I was very wrong. The curved screen makes the phone tougher than those with flat screens, and it’s better equipped at absorbing shocks. It also places the microphone closer to your mouth; LG says voice calls are several decibels louder on a G Flex2 — and sure enough, everyone commented on how clear my voice was on the phone.

The real surprise came when using the phone each day. The G Flex2 may not be as massive as its predecessor, but it’s still big. The screen measures 5.5 inches, and the body is slightly larger than the LG G3. Yet the curved display made it easier to stretch a thumb across it, and the device is considerably more comfortable to hold and use with one hand than the G3. The curved screen made sense, something I didn’t really expect.

The surprises didn’t stop there either. Curved TV screens are supposed to offer a more immersive viewing experience, but I didn’t think that would translate down to something with a screen a tenth of the size of these impressive televisions. Here’s the shocker: it does. While watching streaming video, it did have a different feel to it. I’m not sure I’d call it immersive exactly, but it was definitely more cinematic. It made me want to go out and buy a curved TV.

Flat screen phones felt and looked old, boring, and a bit cumbersome after using the G Flex2 for a few days.

 

[jtec14]

More on selfies taking, not new but improved in LG G Flex 2. So smart to spot clenching a fist?

One of the G3’s party tricks was its gesture control system for taking selfies, which involved clenching a fist in front of the camera. It was clever, but didn’t always work. It’s vastly improved on the G Flex2, and the selfie cam is able to track an open hand around the screen, almost regardless of the lighting conditions. When you’ve snapped a selfie, bringing the phone close to your face shows the picture you’ve just taken, a feature optimized for those who use selfie sticks.

#LGHotCurves
#whyedgehalfway
#LGGFlex2
‪#‎LGMobilePhotography

 

[jtec14]

POLED vs AMOLED? Which one better?

I think one of the main reason for using poled - plastic substrate organic light emitting display is due to the hot curves for G Flex 2. Traditional glass display is not flexible. Found the below in wiki:

An OLED emits light due to the electroluminescence of thin films of organic semiconductors approximately 100 nm thick. Regular OLEDs are usually fabricated on a glass substrate, but by replacing glass with a flexible plastic such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET)[1] among others,[2] OLEDs can be made both bendable and lightweight.

Such materials may not be suitable for comparable devices based on inorganic semiconductors due to the need for lattice matching and the high temperature fabrication procedure involved.[3]

In contrast, flexible OLED devices can be fabricated by deposition of the organic layer onto the substrate using a method derived from inkjet printing,[4][5] allowing the inexpensive and roll-to-roll fabrication of printed electronics.

Flexible OLEDs may be used in the production of rollable displays, electronic paper, or bendable displays which can be integrated into clothing, wallpaper or other curved surfaces.[6][7][8] Prototype displays have been exhibited by companies such as Sony, which are capable of being rolled around the width of a pencil.

 

[Alexz_Hong]

Conclusion for those who find it too long a read.

"What it means

In short, chips throttle, but the 810 throttles more than most, and it's severe enough that the 810 is actually slower than the 801 or 805 in some CPU-bound tasks over the long haul. The Exynos 7 Octa, which has similar specs on paper, is much better in practice.

At this point, Qualcomm has implied to us several times that its use of ARM Cortex CPU cores was a stopgap measure—Apple got the 64-bit A7 chip to market around a year before anyone expected it to. Chips are designed over a period of two or three years, so using the ready-made Cortex cores were the quickest way to get a 64-bit response to market.

The results, unfortunately, don’t look great. It might be because the 810 is using a 20nm TSMC manufacturing process instead of the 14nm Samsung process used for the Exynos, or it might be that Samsung has more experience working Cortex CPU cores into its designs. Whatever the reason, our testing of real phones with these SoCs in them shows that 810-based phones are slower and have worse battery life.

Qualcomm's next major flagship is the Snapdragon 820, the first to use its custom-designed 64-bit “Kryo” architecture. Rumor has it that the chip will be made on the same 14nm Samsung process as the Exynos 7 Octa.

A return to its own CPU cores plus a newer manufacturing process should hopefully mean a return to the kind of performance and battery life we’ve gotten from Qualcomm-based phones in years past. All signs point to the 810 being a one-time slip-up and not the start of a trend—let’s hope that those signs are accurate."

After a long string of successful flagships, the Snapdragon 810 has been a bit of a disappointment. At its best, it can be faster than the Snapdragon 800, 801, and 805 chips that it’s replacing. But the two 810-equipped phones we’ve used—HTC’s One M9 and LG’s G Flex 2—have definitely run hot, and performance slows down quickly as you use the phone.

Throttling processor speed in smartphones, tablets, and laptops to avoid overheating is completely normal, but the 810 runs especially warm. More interestingly, Samsung’s Exynos 7420—a chip which uses the same combination of Cortex A53 and A57 CPU cores at roughly the same maximum clock speed—is much faster than the 810, and it holds up better during extended use.

ArsTechnica: In-depth with the Snapdragon 810’s heat problems

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015...)&hootPostID=33579606bea9f44d7d745b4fa578ca08

 

[WhiteHunter]

The advantage of no side button is they will not get block by flip cover. It there flip cover for LG G Flex2 with the circle window?

doesn't make sense. if you look at this flip cover, the buttons can still be on the side.

 

[WhiteAnt]

Should not be unique to LG only. Many OEM like sony, oppo, oneplus also have the double tap to wake up. Samsung was testing firmware with tap on side of phone to take photo in the stock camera app but not sure why it was not implement in official firmware.

Wah so many copied LG trademark of knock knock. Very useful and innovative feature. Physical home button usually spoil v easily as seen in iphone.

Didnt know Samsung tested tap to snap. Maybe touchwiz is too laggy? I know LG has featured a new UX 4.0 in G4 whereby taking photo is a breeze just by tapping the volume button twice at the back, even when phone is locked.

http://www.androidcentral.com/lg-of...cement-and-64gb-memory-card-lg-g4-south-korea

LG has an offer for LG G4 that all customers buying the LG G4 in South Korea will receive a one-time screen replacement that is valid up to one year after the purchase of the device, along with a 64GB memory card.

However the offer is exclusive to South Korea.

Correct, I've mentioned this a few times lol. This is by far the most attractive freebies. While not everyone might need this, it sure comes in handy when accident happens. I take it as a form of assurance for less worrisome about screen cracks when given an extended warranty of screen. Tempered glass is not foolproof.

 

[WhiteHunter]

there are quite alot of flaws just to make the LG G Flex2 bendable. an example is the power button is on the back cover. then that means the volume is only adjustable through the phone interface and we can't adjust it during the call like other phones.

"Complimenting the Flex 2's easy-to-grip tiny arch is the fact that it has no buttons on the frame. The side and top are free of the power and volume buttons I so commonly press on other phones that I grab. LG stuck with its design formula that puts them on the back cover.

The placement will always be strange. It's either a love-it wise decision or hate-it design flaw. Getting used to where the power button is was difficult at first and often led to inadvertent camera smudges. Taking screenshots of the Flex 2's interface was also a problem."

 

[WhiteAnt]

there are quite alot of flaws just to make the LG G Flex2 bendable. an example is the power button is on the back cover. then that means the volume is only adjustable through the phone interface and we can't adjust it during the call like other phones.

"Complimenting the Flex 2's easy-to-grip tiny arch is the fact that it has no buttons on the frame. The side and top are free of the power and volume buttons I so commonly press on other phones that I grab. LG stuck with its design formula that puts them on the back cover.

The placement will always be strange. It's either a love-it wise decision or hate-it design flaw. Getting used to where the power button is was difficult at first and often led to inadvertent camera smudges. Taking screenshots of the Flex 2's interface was also a problem."

I think more phones are adopting the back power button. More stylish feel. I think the Japanese phones are the first to come out with back power button if I am not mistaken. Correct me if I'm wrong. Can't remember the brand, only recalled that the word docomo printed as I first came across that a few years ago when my friend showed me his jap smartphone which has fingerprint unlocking feature too. He told me it's intuitive that the index finger will always find the right spot when u hold the phone single-handedly. Moreover, it is waterproof and I got really impressed because there is no such smartphones with such capabilities at that time.

 

[xiaowhois]

After a long string of successful flagships, the Snapdragon 810 has been a bit of a disappointment. At its best, it can be faster than the Snapdragon 800, 801, and 805 chips that it’s replacing. But the two 810-equipped phones we’ve used—HTC’s One M9 and LG’s G Flex 2—have definitely run hot, and performance slows down quickly as you use the phone.

Throttling processor speed in smartphones, tablets, and laptops to avoid overheating is completely normal, but the 810 runs especially warm. More interestingly, Samsung’s Exynos 7420—a chip which uses the same combination of Cortex A53 and A57 CPU cores at roughly the same maximum clock speed—is much faster than the 810, and it holds up better during extended use.

ArsTechnica: In-depth with the Snapdragon 810’s heat problems

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015...)&hootPostID=33579606bea9f44d7d745b4fa578ca08

that why samsung drop using qualcomm 810 for their Galaxy flagship phone since they can make better cpu only if LG can make their own cpu than we can have own cpu in LG Flex 2 future series phone

 

[xiaowhois]

Does the LG G Flex 2 have a removable battery too?

Nope Lg G flex 2 battery is built in which is the sad part

 

[Nakedtoes]

I think more phones are adopting the back power button. More stylish feel. I think the Japanese phones are the first to come out with back power button if I am not mistaken. Correct me if I'm wrong. Can't remember the brand, only recalled that the word docomo printed as I first came across that a few years ago when my friend showed me his jap smartphone which has fingerprint unlocking feature too. He told me it's intuitive that the index finger will always find the right spot when u hold the phone single-handedly. Moreover, it is waterproof and I got really impressed because there is no such smartphones with such capabilities at that time.

BUTTON back or side not much a problem now.. got knock code mar

 

[xiaowhois]

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge vs LG G Flex 2

a youtube video compare between the two phone by samsung & LG

 

[Nakedtoes]

Recently posted video from Pocketnow. Trying to test out the self healing properties on the back cover. haha. I don't see much healing going on actually. lol. Since the back is removable anyway, self healing back is probably not a huge deal.

gimmicks lar.... If they can use sapphire for screen then is break through

 

[xiaowhois]

For those interested in know more about lg poled screen used in LG G flex2

http://news.oled-display.net/lg-display-explain-plastic-oled/

maybe hwz can do a video related to LG Gflex 2 screen

 

[xiaowhois]

gimmicks lar.... If they can use sapphire for screen then is break through

now not commercial worth to build a breakproof screen for phone like that all major brand(apple,samsung,lg,sony,htc etc) can earn lesser from charge customer to replace panel.

currently there are rugged phone available on sale

 

[Nakedtoes]

Alleged leak image of G4 back....

No need NDA liao

http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_g4_dual_simversion_leaks_with_extra_details_and_images-news-12013.php

in built battery too