LG on Tuesday launched in S.Korea AKA, a new smartphone for young users that comes with unique casings showing facial expressions. The AKA phone, named after the acronym for "also known as," is now available for purchase through SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus Inc., LG said. There is no word on its availability details outside of South Korea.

The LG AKA comes with four different cover cases, namely Eggy (Yellow), Wookie (White), Soul (Blue) and YoYo (Pink). The cover cases partially hide the display of the smartphone, letting it show animated eyes on the visible portion of the screen, providing notification details and battery status information to the user. All four cases feature different-styled eyes.

The handset features a 5-inch IPS display with HD (720x1280 pixels) resolution and is powered by a quad-core 1.2GHz processor with 1.5GB of RAM. The Android 4.4 KitKat-based LG AKA also features an 8-megapixel rear and a 2.1-megapixel front-facing camera. The smartphone sports 16GB of storage, along with microSD card expandability.

Connectivity options include 4G LTE, Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, NFC, GPS, AGPS, and USB 2.0.

But these quirky phones don't come cheap, as each one costs 500,000 Korean won, or $460.

Specifications:

• Size: 138.7 x 71.9 x 9.9 mm
• Weight: 135.5g (no cover), 157g (with cover)
• Colors: White / yellow / blue / pink
• OS: Android 4.4 Kit kat
• Display: 5 inches HD IPS
• Cameras: 8MP rear + 2.1MP front
• CPU: 1.2Ghz Quad-core
• Battery: 2,610mAh / removable
• Memory: 1.5GB DDR3 RAM
• 16GB eMMC (microSD slot)
• Connectivity:
  • Bluetooth Smart Ready (BT 4.0)
  • Wi-Fi (802.11 a, b, g, n, ac)
  • NFC, A-GPS, USB 2.0