puts some curve on its new mid-range phones

BY GreenBot Staff

Published 23 Feb 2015

has announced four new mid-range phones ahead of Mobile rld Congress, they’re getting some trickle-down features from ‘s more expensive hsets.

The largest of the group are ‘s Magna Spirit, with 5-inch 4.7-inch 720p displays, respectively. Both screens will have a slight 3000 mm radius curve, while that’s nothing compared to the 700 mm radius on ‘s G Flex, hopes it will at least create a more attractive profile. is also using in-cell touch displays on both phones, allowing for a slimmer design narrower borders around the display. (Both phones are chunkier than ‘s flagship G3, however, at 10.2 mm for the Magna 9.9 mm for the Spirit.)

The Magna Spirit will also have rear keys similar to ‘s flagship phones, letting users adjust volume turn on the display with an index finger. Other specs include a 1.2GHz or 1.3GHz Quad-Core processor, 8 GB of storage, 1 GB of RAM, an 8-megapixel rear camera (or 5 megapixels on some Spirit variants). The front camera will be 5 megapixels on the Magna 1-megapixel on the Spirit.

Moving down the line, ‘s on will have a 4.5-inch display with 854 x 480 resolution rear keys. Specs are otherwise similar to the Spirit, but with a front VGA camera. ‘s y looks like the cheapest of the bunch, with a 4-inch 800-by-480 resolution display, a 1.2GHz Quad-Core or 1.2GHz Dual-Core processor, 8 GB or 4 GB of storage, 1 GB or 512 MB of RAM, a 5-megapixel rear camera VGA front camera.

l four phones will come with Android 5.0 llipop, will borrow some software features from ‘s flagships, continuing the company’s promise to bring the G3’s software features to lower-cost phones. For instance, users will be able to use a h gesture to start a countdown timer for selfies, swipe down on the screen for a quick notification view even when the display is off.

y this matters: isn’t exactly turning last year’s premium phones into this year’s budget offerings, but it’s still interesting to see display curve in-cell touch panels move their way down the line. You probably won’t see these phones anytime soon, however; says they’ll roll out globally starting this week, but there’s no word on whether they’ll show up stateside.