Galaxy Round: smartphone rocking chair - nrc.nl

Is it a useless gimmick, or we will all walk around with a curved phone? The South Korean manufacturer today introduced the Galaxy Round, the first smartphone with a curved AMOLED display.

Curved display , the official. The phone back and rolling again, you can activate functions such as check for new messages have been received (see video below). Also could be used for instance to activate.

When the GALAXY ROUND’s display is off while the music player is running, a short press to the left of the device will play the previous track while a short press to the right will play the next track. (From the Samsung presentation)

Samsung and LG demonstrated the technology of curved screens recently been in televisions with OLED screen. The idea is that you are drawn to watching a movie more ‘in’ the experience, as in IMAX theaters. When watching video on a smartphone, however, is not that kite. If you watch a movie in landscape mode, the curvature after sitting vertically instead of horizontally.

the heavy 154g Galaxy Round (5.7 inch screen, Android 4.3 and a 2.3 GHz quad-core processor) only in South Korea to buy for some time being 750 euro.

Without prejudice to the technological achievement prejudice, it remains to be seen flexible displays or add something to a phone. On the other hand: it is the first time that the prototype of a smartphone changed since 2007. There is very little variation on the standard design: a large flat screen with minimal buttons. Perhaps screens so flexible that you can fold in your pocket, your phone fully ID analyst said this:

curve display technology is in any case useful for gadgets with different shapes, such as smart watches and other small electronics that you can wear. on body Because no nerd is straight and angled). Samsung has now just its first smart watch on the market, the Galaxy Gear. Not yet now has a curved display – another model probably. Also Samsung rival LG has just announced that the smartphones with curved OLED screens will bring.

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