South Korean giant LG Electronics has released its new mid-range smartphone, the LG Band Play, last month in South Korea. Now the company has just unveiled a new flip smartphone, called the LG Gentle Flip, which is expected to be released in the South Korean market as well.

According to GSM Arena, the new LG Gentle Flip smartphone will start shipping very soon and will cost about only US$165. The report adds that the new phone will probably be available only in South Korea.

In terms of the specifications, the new LG Gentle Flip sports a 3.2 inch HVGA display touchscreen with a 320 × 480 pixel resolution.

The LG Gentle Flip will sport a 5 mega pixel camera on the back, a 0.3 mega pixel camera on the front, and will run on the Android (OS) operating system. The report adds that the phone will already be available for purchase sometime before the end of this month.

Under the hood, it is expected to pack a quad-core 1.1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 processor, a 1,700 mAh battery, only 1GB RAM and up to 4GB internal memory storage.

Also, LG isn't the only company to release a new flip smartphone this year. Japanese electronics manufacturer has unveiled a new flip smartphone in its homeland. On the other hand, South Korean giant Samsung Electronics had also released its flip smartphone that run on the Android operating system, in the Chinese market.

In comparison with Samsung's flip phone, codenamed SM-G9098, the LG Gentle Flip offers low-end specs. The SM-G9098 sports a 3.7 inch display screen with a 480 × 800 resolution. This phone has a 13 mega pixel camera on the back and a 2 mega pixel camera on the front. Inside, it packs a 2GB RAM and a 1900 mAh battery.