The Samsung Galaxy Round turned out to be more of a "proof of concept" device, with limited availability. Then the LG G Flex was announced, this time, with the right curvature -- but it all comes down to personal preference after all -- and we've heard news back last month that the phone is expected to be on the line-up of most US carriers, including AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile. On that very same note, you can see above an alleged press render of the LG G Flex for Sprint, courtesy of @evleaks. The model number is said to be LS995, and we've already seen the phone drop by at the FCC. ...

The big phones only get bigger, it seems. We've been clamoring over gigantic phones since the original Galaxy Note announcement, and possibly even before that over phones which are now comparably quite small. Personally, I've been carrying large phones since January 2012, not long after the original Galaxy Note made its way stateside. And I've been back and forth between loving and hating giant phones ever since. They come with a handful of advantages, and just as much baggage. After all is said and done, though, I'm always happy to come back to a larger smartphone (within reason) due to ...

Curved displays on smartphones are finally a reality, and I couldn't be happier. The last few months have brought us not only the Samsung Galaxy Round, but the LG G Flex as well, each putting its own unique spin on the idea of smartphones built around displays made from flexible OLED substrates. And really, my interest is less about curved phones being more practical, or ergonomically superior, and a simple matter of geeking-out: I'm going to get excited when someone's trying something new like this, regardless of practicality or benefits. But at least in this case, there really could be ...

"There's nothing flat about you." Depending on your gender, self-image, and the cultural values where you live, that quote (from Dr. Ramchan Woo, LG's Head of Mobile Product Planning) could be taken any number of ways. But applied to the whole of humanity in the most general sense possible, it's true: we're a race of rather rounded organisms. Yet the smartphones we carry with us to communicate with our curvy compatriots are almost invariably flat: boxy, right-angled handhelds that often pay little more than passing attention to ergonomics. That's the reason, according to Dr. Woo, that LG ...

The LG G Flex is a unique phone for the moment, but the company predicts that flexible phones will acquire 40% of the market by 2018. We’ve already seen its main features — self-healing, and flexibility — in action in our real-life torture test, and now we’re unboxing this curved device. While you enjoy the video below, and our adjacent coverage, waiting for the full upcoming review, we’ll remind you of the phone’s specs: flexible OLED screen of 6-inches with a 720p resolution, quad-core 2.26GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, 2GB of RAM, a 13-megapixel camera, as well as ...

The LG G Flex is not only self-healing, to a certain degree, as we've demonstrated in our G Flex torture test, but it also has another neat trick up its sleeve, which basically gives the phone its name: it bends. As demonstrated, the G Flex is able to bend both positively (in the direction of the curve) and negatively (in the opposite direction) to a certain degree in order to withstand real-life torture challenges. According to LG, flexible smartphones are a big deal; the South Korean phone maker strongly believes that, by 2018, these flexible phones will account for 40% of the market, ...

If you've been paying attention to the Pocketnow crew the past few months, you'll know that one of us is somewhat enamored of the LG G Flex. We spent much of this week's podcast talking about our week with the unusual phablet, its curved casing a breath of excitement in an otherwise stolid and straitlaced world of right angles. But there's more to the G Flex than the subtle hint of bananaphone in its chassis. LG's latest Android device also brings another first to the high-end smartphone world: a "self-healing" coating designed to seal up minor scratches in a few minutes' time, keeping the ...

Watch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about HTC's Golden One, which is not made of gold this time, aside from some leaked specs of the HTC M8. Microsoft follows the news as we go through the possibility of a fusion between Windows 8 and Windows RT. Later we talk about the successor to the LG G Flex, which the company plans to make uniquely bendable. Apple is next as some of the company's 2014 plans have been leaked, and they include a bigger iPad and the iWatch. We end today's show talking about Google's Eric Schmidt, and how he recommends Android to his friends over iPhones. All this ...

Scratches. I hate scratches! I hate them on my screen. I hate them on my case. I hate scratches! To help combat scratches on screens we have devices with Gorilla Glass and oleophobic coatings, but the backs of our phones and tablets seem to get nicked, marred, scratched, even gouged, and the only thing we can do is put them in some sort of protective case. Why can't there be a self healing phone? I was first introduced to self-healing materials when I saw an educational program about a gas tank that can literally repair itself when it's punctured. How good is it? It was developed for ...

Smartphones are finally getting weird again, and I love it. Just a couple years ago, the landscape was a lot different than it is today, with a lot more variety in the sort of models that were coming out – for better or worse. We had that brief fling with autostereoscopic 3D phones, saw a number of models with multiple screens, and had manufacturers experimenting with some pretty elaborate form factors – heck, sometimes even doing more than one of those at a time, like the Kyocera Echo with dual screens and a crazy convertible tablet mode. But now: slate, slate, slate, slate. Even the ...

There's little denying that LG's G Flex is an interesting smartphone. With its curved display, ever-so-flexible construction, and self-healing back, this is far from your typical handset. Are all those quirks enough to make you want to buy it, though? Well, one thing at a time – before getting to the decision of whether or not to purchase the phone, it would be smart to know if it's even going to be available in your next of the woods. Back when it launched, we knew it was confirmed for South Korea, but hadn't gotten word of any international plans. Today we hear a rumor that not only ...

Watch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about some Google Now updates that have just reached iOS. Then we talk about Kazam, the company that was started by a couple of HTC employees that left the company recently. Then we go through the expansion of Moto Maker to other carriers, not just AT&T, which should happen in the next coming days. We later talk about the LG G Flex, how it can bend, and what this could mean to your experience owning the phone. We end today's show talking about rumors of a possible 12.9-inch iPad, which hints to an iPad Pro. All this and more after the break. ...

Watch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about Apple's quarter results, and what we should expect for the iPhone and iPad line-up future. Nokia is up next as their new Camera app is making it to older Lumia models for better photography. Samsung follows the news as their Android 4.3 update should reach our older phones soon to be compatible with the Galaxy Gear. Then it's Google Nexus 5 news as we see it in white, and we event get event info, though not Nexus related. We end today's show talking about the LG G Flex, which just became official, and with some interesting enhancements. All ...