Samsung Galaxy Round - World's first flexible smart phone
Samsung has taken the wrapper off its rumored smartphone
with a curved OLED display. The Galaxy Round, which will launch on SK Telecom
in South Korea, has a 5.7-inch 1080p screen the same size as seen on the
company's Galaxy Note 3, but there's a difference; it curves on the vertical
axis in a similar fashion to some of Samsung's OLED TVs. Galaxy Round curved
shape allowing the phone to fit the contours of a person's face or gently rock
when placed on a flat surface.
The potential benefit of this screen technology isn't quite
clear yet, but Samsung is touting a new feature called "Round
Interaction," which allows you to look at information such as missed
calls, battery life, and the date and time when you tilt it on a flat surface
with the screen off. Samsung also claims that switching between home screens
will feel like one continuous transition, and has worked on new tilt- and
tap-based interactions for the music and photos apps.
Aside from the unconventional screen, the Galaxy Round has
an impressive spec sheet. It's 7.9mm thick, weighs 154g, and has a 2800mAh
battery. The camera is 13 megapixels, like the Galaxy S4 and Note 3, and the
phone runs Android 4.3 atop 3GB of RAM and a 2.3GHz quad-core processor. It released in "Luxury Brown" for 1.09 million won (about
$1,013) with more colors coming soon; no details of an international launch
have been made available.
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