LG To Launch Next-Gen Mid-Tier Stylus Smartphone at MWC Next Week

LG announced the Stylus 2, the follow-up to the Stylus G4 smartphone, before its debut at Mobile World Congress next week in Barcelona. The 5.7-inch Stylus 2, with an HD in-cell touch screen, comes with a thinner "nanocoated" pen tip with the feel of a standard pen to provide more accuracy for note-taking and drawing, said the company. Its Calligraphy Pen font is designed to mimic the experience of writing with a fountain pen, and a Pen Keeper feature is designed to prevent the pen from being misplaced by alerting users through a popup message if the phone is detected as being in motion when the stylus bay is empty, said the company. Pricing, not disclosed, will target the mid-tier of the smartphone market, it said. Dimensions of the Stylus 2 are 6.1 x 3.1 x .29 inches, with U.S. availability slated for later in 2016.