LG's 'Curved' G Flex Android phone heals itself when scratched

[Aman27deep]

Nowadays to get a premium smartphone, we're spending upwards of Rs 40,000 and when we spend that sort of money and our devices get a scratched - there is a lot of remorse later, like I felt when I got a small scratch on the back of my Sony Xperia Z. Sadly, my phone doesn't have this new feature found in the new LG G Flex smartphone.



In the video below, you can see scratches being done on two phone's back by a wire brush on different weight intensities, and after waiting a couple of minutes - the scratches on the G Flex nearly gone; whereas the 'conventional' phone's back remains heavily scratched. Of course, this technology is not magic, so deep scratches won't disappear - although it will become lighter. Not much is explained about the technology, although I would make assumptions that it shares some tech which the self healing cutting mats use. The video also shows that the phone can actually be bent even after taking quite a bit of weight directly upon itself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SphEAlsrRoo



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[kvikram]

This video is a nice demo on the self-healing process. The guy actually scratches the screen and shows how it heals. He also flexes the whole phone so that it goes completely flat... with zero damage!

 

[adilj]

This seems interesting. Most important is how much will they price it at release. should be in the 50k area

 

[ayanavish]

Interesting technology... but that durability snippet with 16-32 kg weight test seemed fake the way the guy was handling the weight didn't give the impression that he was handling such a heavy thing.

 

[kvikram]

Interesting technology... but that durability snippet with 16-32 kg weight test seemed fake the way the guy was handling the weight didn't give the impression that he was handling such a heavy thing.

@ayanavish Do check out the video that I linked to. In that video the reviewer actually presses down on the phone with his hands and makes it flex.

 

[ayanavish]

^ checked that one now, much better than the official 32 kg test

 

[greenlobster]

Haaa..Old technology. Gadgetshieldz already has it..I would rather buy a Gadgetshieldz screen and body protection film. Self heals both on the screen and body and I can use it on any of my cell phones. Don't have to buy a LG Flex for this.

 

[satishcarya]

Awesome technology ...is this a patented one will this be only from lg ....