LG's L-series II handsets to get 'Knock' feature via maintenance update

LG announced on Sunday in Korea that its premium feature called 'Knock' (formerly known as 'KnockON') will be standard for other new and future handsets. KnockON is a feature that allows user to easily wake the device from sleep. KnockON makes its first debut on LG G2, where the volume button is located on the back of the device, so users can easily wake the device with double-taps.

After G2, this feature also exists on the LG G Pad and G Flex, all have power button on the back, so user can easily turn his/her device on from sleep with double taps.

Now, all the LG Optimus L Series II phones (L7 II, L5 II, L3 II single-SIM and dual-SIM versions, and maybe other L Series II phones that is not listed, even the power button is not located on the back of the device) reported to get the Knock feature via maintenance update in January.

Here's the full press release report:

SEOUL, Dec. 29, 2013 — LG Electronics (LG) announced that its popular Knock feature (formerly known as KnockON) will be included as a standard feature in the company’s key mobile devices in the future while its line of L Series II smartphones will receive Knock through a global Maintenance Release upgrade starting in January 2014. 

Knock was first introduced in LG G2 as a convenient way to turn the smartphone on and off by tapping twice on the display since the power button was located on the back of the phone. Then Knock was featured in a tablet for the first time with the LG G Pad 8.3 followed by the G Flex curved smartphone which also shared the rear button design of the G2. The reaction of audiences to this new feature was so positive that a version for LG’s best-selling L Series II was developed to offer the feature to as many customers as possible.  

"Knock is distinctively an LG UX and a great example of what happens when you marry the latest in mobile technology with consumer-centric insights,” said Dr. Jong-seok Park, President and CEO of LG Electronics’ Mobile Communications Company, “No one ever thought that a power button needed to be improved until our engineers wondered why they couldn’t turn the entire screen into a power button.”

Source: LG I Via
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