LG G Flex To Receive 4K Video Support With Android 4.4 KitKat Update

By Vivek

| Updated: Tuesday, March 4, 2014, 13:05 [IST]

Latest report from PhoneArena suggests that the LG G Flex, the first curved display featuring smartphone from the company will start projecting 4K resolution once the device gets updated to the Android v4.4 KitKat.

The news come from the anonymous tipster who informed the guys at PhoneArena. On the other hand, the publication also hints at the User Agent profile that shows the 6 inch device offering 2160p video in the handset. Apart from that, their source also reportedly said that the G Flex would not offer 120fps slow motion video with the Android update.

Moreover one should know that the device doesn't need any hardware upgrade to make it churn out the 4K screen resolution. Reportedly once the device gets updated to Android 4.4 KitKat version, it will automatically start using the high 4K resolution.

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LG G Flex To Receive 4K Video Support With Android 4.4 KitKat Update

Other specs will remain unchanged. To refresh on the specs, it comes with a 6-inch HD Curved OLED display having a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. The display is vertically concave from top to bottom with a radius of 700mm.

The device is powered by a 2.26 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974) processor and 450 MHz Adreno 330 GPU coupled with 2GB DDR3 RAM and 32GB of internal memory (expandable). Android Jelly Bean v4.2.2 comes out of the box.

There's a13MP rear camera with LED Flash which is capable of recording video at 1080p and the device also features a 2.1 MP front facing shooter. Other connectivity features include: 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, and NFC. The handset measures 8.7mm in terms of thickness and weighs 177 grams. The makers have added a 3500mAh curved battery for the first time.