Last year, LG flirted with innovation when it announced the G Flex (Review | Pictures), which had a unique 6-inch curved screen. However, this phone was an experiment at best and had more than its fair share of problems. The 720p screen was no match for its competition, the phone was too unwieldy, and it had an exorbitant price tag.
After taking a look at the complaints and going back to the drawing board, this year LG introduced an upgraded version, the G Flex2. This new phone has a smaller footprint and a 1080p display, apart from a couple of other improvements. For example, the self-healing coating on the rear is more resilient and apparently the Gorilla Glass screen protection is tougher. Moreover, the G Flex2 is the first phone using Qualcomm's latest and greatest octa-core 64-bit SoC, the Snapdragon 810.
Are the curves better on the LG G Flex2? Let's find out.
Look and feel
Like the original, the G Flex2 has a distinctive design mostly thanks to its curve. In our time reviewing it, we found that It turned heads and piqued people's curiosity. The Flamingo Red colour of our review unit was especially striking, but the phone is also available in a more subtle silver. Compared to the original, the G Flex2 is perceptibly lighter, slimmer, more compact, and easier to use with one hand. However, this doesn't mean that the phone is suited for one-handed operation.
Like the original, the G Flex2 has a distinctive design mostly thanks to its curve. In our time reviewing it, we found that It turned heads and piqued people's curiosity. The Flamingo Red colour of our review unit was especially striking, but the phone is also available in a more subtle silver. Compared to the original, the G Flex2 is perceptibly lighter, slimmer, more compact, and easier to use with one hand. However, this doesn't mean that the phone is suited for one-handed operation.
LG has covered the rear with a self-healing coating (also present on the G Flex) which can recover from scratches. The slimy texture of this coating caused us to lose our grip on the phone on a number of occasions. LG claims that the self-healing back now takes just 10 seconds to heal after being scratched at room temperature. This is significantly lower than G Flex's rating of three minutes. We scratched the back and it did heal itself pretty fast but the 10 second estimate feels a little far-fetched.
The G Flex2 can also bend under pressure applied to its rear, and goes back to its original shape faster than its predecessor did. Just like the LG G2 (Review), G3 (Review| Pictures), and the G Flex, the G Flex2 has its power button wedged in between the volume controls on the rear. The textured pattern on the volume buttons makes it easy to distinguish the from the power button. The tactile feedback is pretty decent too. The primary camera lies above this cluster and is flanked by the dual-LED flash and the laser autofocus window.
The front has a 700mm-radius curvature, while the rear is slightly sharper with a 650mm-radius curvature for grip. The front of the G Flex 2 is taken up by the 5.5-inch screen and LG decided to go with on-screen buttons to navigate through the operating system. The earpiece, LED indicator, front camera, and the ambient light sensors are all placed above the display.
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