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The LG G Flex is an Android phablet developed and manufactured by LG. First unveiled by the company on October 27, 2013 for a release in South Korea, and carrying similarities to its G2 model, the smartphone is the company's first to incorporate a flexible display, along with a "self-healing" rear cover which can repair minor abrasions on its own. The G Flex was met with mixed reviews by critics, who characterized the device as a proof of concept for bleeding edge flexible screen technology rather than a device targeted towards the mass market. While the G Flex was praised for its durability, performance and the visibility of its screen, it was panned for being too similar in hardware, software, and design to the G2, a low-resolution display that suffered from noise and image retention issues, and for presenting no compelling justification for the curved display in relation to the device's high price. It was succeeded by the LG G Flex 2 in January 2015. ==History== In May 2013, LG announced that it would unveil prototypes for two OLED flexible displays at an exhibition organized by the Society for Information Display, a 55-inch television, and a 5-inch "unbreakable" display meant for mobile devices.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/19/lg-5-inch-flexible-oled/ )〕 In October 2013, rumors from a "person familiar with the company's launch plans" suggested that LG was planning to release a phablet with a curved, 6-inch OLED display known as the "G Flex".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/02/lg-g-flex-to-be-revealed-next-month-with-flexible-6-inch-display/ )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57605672-94/lg-preps-curved-display-smartphone-the-g-flex/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=title )〕 On October 27, 2013, LG officially unveiled the G Flex for a release in South Korea in November 2013, and later announced releases in Europe and the rest of Asia. Although LG had yet to confirm a North American release, a variant supporting United States carriers' networks was approved by the Federal Communications Commission in November 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/15/lg-g-flex-att-lte/ )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/27/lg-g-flex/ )〕 At Consumer Electronics Show in January 2014, LG announced an U.S. release for the G2 across several major carriers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/6/5279814/lg-g-flex-launching-att-sprint-t-mobile )〕 In March 2014, LG released an advertisement online to promote the G Flex, which portrayed the device as being "the most human phone ever" by representing a caller as a talking, bearded mouth on the user's hand, complete with an ear on the finger as an earpiece. The user is also seen feeding the mouth cake, and when phoning a woman later in the ad, kissing it. The ad was met with attention from media outlets, who considered it to be bizarre, with a ''TechCrunch'' writer going as far as dubbing it the worst commercial for a smartphone ever, and Kate Hutchington of ''The Guardian'' declaring it "more disturbing than the act of taking your mum to see ''Nymphomaniac'' on Mother's Day."〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://time.com/14751/lgs-g-flex-smartphone-commercial-is-um-unique/ )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57620000-71/new-lg-g-flex-ad-gag-reflex/ )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://mashable.com/2014/03/06/lg-g-flex-bizarre-ad/ )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/lg-g-flex-advertisement-showcases-the-most-human-phone-ever-492808 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/mar/22/lg-new-g-flex-advert )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「LG G Flex」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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