LG has launched its new flip phone, the Wine Smart, targeting global
consumers that are still attracted to the folder or clamshell design of
phones.
With the launch, the South Korean manufacturer is breaking
away from the usual custom to launch flip phones only in its home
market. The LG Wine Smart (2015) will be released later this month in select
markets including France, Italy, Poland, Spain, Kazakhstan, and Japan
followed by other regions. LG has said that the pricing and availability
of the new flip phone will be announced locally at the time of launch.
The
LG Wine Smart is the international variant of the LG Gentle flip phone
that launched earlier this month in the company's local Korean market.
Notably, the company had launched a flip phone with the same name last
year in Korea. However, the new LG Wine Smart phone features upgraded
innards.
The company says, "Thanks to the positive response to the
original Wine Smart introduced in Korea last year, LG optimised the
latest model with more advanced multimedia features to make the
transition from feature phone to smartphone as seamless as possible."
For
specifications, the new LG Wine Smart features identical specifications
to the recently announced LG Gentle. Unlike some flip phones that sport
dual-screens (on the inside and the outside of the top half), the LG
Wine Smart smartphone features a single 3.2-inch LCD touchscreen with a
resolution of 320x480 pixels. It runs Android 5.1.1 Lollipop and the
flip phone is powered by a 1.1GHz quad-core processor alongside 1GB of
RAM. There is 4GB of inbuilt storage on board, and the LG Wine Smart
flip phone supports expandable storage (unspecified maximum storage
limit) via microSD card.
The new flip phone from LG sports a
3-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, while also including a
0.3-megapixel front camera. It bears a 1700mAh removable battery. Apart
from 4G LTE, the LG Wine Smart includes Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Micro-USB, and
3G connectivity options. It measures 117.7x58.7x16.6mm; weighs 143
grams, and will be available in Navy and Burgundy colours. The LG Wine
Smart smartphone features a T9 keyboard and also comes with a
leather-like finish on the rear panel.
Commenting on the launch,
Chris Yie, Vice President and Head of Marketing Communications for LG
Mobile Communications Company, said, "Our goal with LG Wine Smart was to
create a smartphone that fans of flip phones could embrace. Consumers
shouldn't have to miss out on the smartphone revolution because they
prefer a particular phone design over another. With LG Wine Smart, they
won't have to."
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