Singapore has first stab on the new LG G Flex

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LG's G Flex smartphone is finally expanding beyond its home base of Korea. It will arrive soon in Singapore and Hong Kong. The rest of the world will have to wait a little more.

The curved smartphone will be available for preorders in Singapore starting December 8.

Meanwhile, it will go on sale in Hong Kong on December 13.

LG didn't reveal which specific countries are next on the list. But it did say that "key markets" in Asia would announce the debut of the phone before the end of the year, soon followed by other regions.

After Asia, Europe will likely be the next area to offer the phone, reportedly followed by the United States next year.

Known for its curved 6-inch display, the G Flex fits the contours of your face, amplifying the audio of incoming and outgoing phone calls. The phone is also getting buzz for its "self-healing" feature that supposedly can fix scratches in a matter of seconds.

LG G Flex specifications:

Performance
The G Flex is every bit the monster smartphone you’d expect a flagship to be. Up front, you get a massive 6-inch, 720p P-OLED display with LG’s Real Stripe technology which works better in the flexible form factor. With Real Stripe technology, LG says each of the display’s pixels are the same size, which should offer truer colors.

Inside, the G Flex gets Qualcomm’s lighting fast 2.2-GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor, 2GB of RAM and 32GB of onboard storage. There’s no microSD card slot to be found.

The G Flex’s battery is rated at 3,500 mAh, which should provide plenty of usage before you have to reach for a charger. Like the display, LG made the battery curved, which allowed the company to cram more cells into a smaller space.

Apps such as the camera opened in the blink of an eye, and swiping through the home screens was buttery smooth.

Features
In addition to LG standards such as QSlide and Slide Aside, the G Flex brings with it two new features: Dual Window and Quick Theater.

Dual Window allows users to run two apps concurrently on the same screen, similar to Samsung’s Multi Window mode. Users can select from a predetermined number of apps, which include Gmail, Chrome, YouTube, Messaging and others and place them at the top or bottom of the screen.

Quick Theater is a gimmicky new feature that lets users slide their fingers from the center of the screen out to the edges, like a theater curtain, to get quick access to the Photo, Video and YouTube apps. It’s a fun option, but it offers no functional benefit over opening the standard media apps.