The LG Wine Smart has Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1, A-GPS and a microUSB port. Further, it comes in Burgundy and Navy color options and weighs 143 grams.
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LG’s aim seems to bring the power of the smartphone to a form factor that it believes many still have an affection for.
LG said, quoting a report from market researcher GfK, flip-style smartphones account for about 20 percent of the entire market, and that there is a plenty of growth potential with the cheaper model. The Wine Smart is a rebranded version of the LG Gentle which the company launched in South Korea last month and features a 3.2in touchscreen and runs the latest version of Android.
In terms of specifications, the LG Wine Smart features a a single 3.2-inch LCD display with a 320 x 480 pixel resolution. The Wine Smart includes LG’s Safety Care feature which can be set to automatically transmit emergency alerts and real-time location to pre-selected contacts whenever the user needs immediate assistance. The smartphone also has a microSD card slot to let users expand the built-in storage.
Hardware wise, the device is at the bottom of the low-end pit, yet still it will come with Android 5.1.1 Lollipop preloaded, and will have 4G LTE network connectivity.
“Our goal with LG Wine Smart was to create a smartphone that fans of flip phones could embrace”, Chris Yie, vice president and head of marketing communications LG Mobile Communications, said in a statement.
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Announced in Korea under the moniker LG Gentle earlier this year, the Wine Smart is making its way out of LG’s homeland and landing in countries including France, Italy, Poland, Spain, Japan and the UK. According to LG, the Wine Smart will make its global debut later in August.
