LG AKA Starts Shipping Outside South Korea

LG Electronics will begin the first overseas rollout of its fun and customizable AKA smartphone starting in Hong Kong next week followed by China, Taiwan, Singapore and Turkey with additional markets to follow. Originally designed for the South Korean market, AKA was first introduced at the end of 2014. The smartphone is available in four different personas, from Eggy in yellow who falls frequently in love, the ever-so-impulsive Wooky in white, the soft-hearted and music-loving Soul in navy and Yo-Yo in pink who is always on a diet.
The characters' personalities are an integral part of each phone as they are woven into wallpapers, widgets and ringtones. In addition to each AKA's interactive, animated eyes, owners can customize their phones with stickers (provided), markers or paint.

With a global audience in mind, LG tweaked the AKA lineup by adding an emotional UX element. Some of the additional features include customizable glasses and eyebrows for each pair of eyes. Another UX feature is the included Art Toy figurine, which can be digitized and integrated into the phone?s user experience. Snapping a photo of the accompanying figurine with AKA's Snapshoot tool creates an animated 3D version of the figure that appears alongside selfies. Other camera features come straight from LG's premium handsets and include Laser Auto Focus, Touch & Shoot and Gesture Shot.

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