Three months after the announcement at Consumer Electronics Show 2014, ASUS finally launched the ZenFone series in South East Asia. The ZenFone 5 (black and white) will retail for S$249 (without line contract) in Singapore next month while the ZenFone 4 and 6 will be launched later that month.

Consumers who want to buy the ZenFone 5 can register their interest from April 23 to April 30 at ASUS Singapores website and get the phone at a special price of S$199 (without line contract). Where-to-buy information will be provided closer to the on-shelf date.

The ZenFone series - ZenFone 4, 5 and 6 - are all powered by Intel Atom dual-core processors with Intel Hyper-Threading Technology, Android 4.3 Jelly Bean (upgradeable to Android 4.4 KitKat) and ASUSs new ZenUI interface.

Other common specs include PixelMaster camera technology, 8GB internal storage, microSD expansion up to 64GB, Lifetime 5GB ASUS WebStorage and dual micro-SIM support. Unfortunately, all three phones do not have 4G LTE connectivity.

LG announced in New Delhi on Wednesday that its much-anticipated curved display smartphone, the G Flex, will be available in India in February 2014. The South Korean manufacturer did not reveal the India pricing of the G Flex however, though Amit Gujral, general manager at LG Electronics, said the phone can be expected to be priced between Rs. 60,000 and Rs. 65,000.

The Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean-based G Flex is powered by a quad-core 2.26GHz Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974) processor with an Adreno 330 GPU, and 2GB of RAM. It features a 13-megapixel rear camera, and a 2.1-megapixel front-facing camera. The G Flex is powered by a 3,500mAh battery, weighs 177 grams, and is 7.9mm at its thinnest, while being 8.7mm at its thickest.

As for the 6-inch curved display, LG has used a curved OLED panel, which is also built on plastic substrates instead of glass, supposedly giving the phone better durability. The display features Real RGB technology to provide all three sub-pixels in one pixel, thereby making it "brighter and more precise."

LG has also included a new self-healing coating on the back cover, an elastic coating that supposedly has the ability to "recover from the daily wear-and-tear scratches and nicks that un-cased smartphones are likely to receive." The LG G Flexs self-healing capabilities have also been creating a buzz worldwide.

Apart from the Rear Keys introduced with the G2, the LG G Flex also incorporates the some new user interface features, such as QTheater for quick access to photos, videos and YouTube from the lock screen; Dual Window for multitasking with two windows; Swing Lockscreen for a dynamic lockscreen image based on the way the phones held; as well as three Rear Key LED indicators - Face Detection, Camera Timer and Urgent Call Alert.

LG launched its first curved display smartphone, the G Flex in October this year with much fanfare, and it was rolled out only in South Korea initially. Recently, the company announced that the LG G Flex was ready for a global roll-out, starting with Singapore and Hong Kong.