LG said it will begin selling the G Flex 2 in its home market of Korea on Jan. 30.
The phone will reach other markets in the “coming months.” Several U.S. carriers, including AT&T, Sprint, and U.S. Cellular, have said they’ll sell the phone but none has said when or for how much.
The G Flex 2 will cost Koreans approximately $830 when it goes on sale next week. Separately, an LG executive refuted reports that the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor overheats.
Bloomberg on Wednesday reported that Samsung plans to drop the Snapdragon 810 chip from its forthcoming Galaxy S6 smartphone due to overheating issues.
“I am very much aware of the various concerns in the market about the (Snapdragon) 810, but the chip’s performance is quite satisfactory,” said Woo Ram-chan, vice president for mobile product planning at LG. Woo said the chip emits less heat than other devices. “I don’t understand why there is a issue over heat.”
LG uses the Snapdragon 810 in the G Flex 2.
