With Round Galaxy, Samsung has opted for a curved screen from the edges inward supposed to facilitate handling. © Samsung
Samsung unveils the Galaxy Round and curved OLED display – 1 Photo
We were talking recently, Samsung and LG are in a race to innovation in the field of flexible displays. For over a year the two manufacturers compete to blow announcements and prototypes, promising to launch the first smartphone with curved screen by the end of the year. It is finally Samsung has fired the first announcing the Galaxy Round.
This Android 4.3 smartphone is equipped with a Full HD screen Super AMOLED 5.7 inches which is curved inwards by its left and right edges. The result in terms of design will probably debate. But beyond aesthetics, what benefits this brings screen he actually
Samsung evokes a better grip and more specific functions. First there was one called Roll Effect allows application when the screen is idle display including time, battery level and notifications based on an edge of mobile for swinging. On the same principle, the application Bounce UX used to change song swinging to the right side (next track) or left (previous track). Side Mirror uses the same kinematics to navigate through the photo albums and videos. It is more in the field than in the gadget of advanced ergonomics … Curiously, Samsung does not mention the strength of this new polymer OLED screen is supposed to be unbreakable. This may yet be one of the best selling such a product.
This video reveals the Roll Effect application. When the Galaxy Round is placed on the back and off screen, the user only has to press one side to swing the camera that displays the time, date, missed calls as well as battery indicator. © Samsung
Round The Galaxy displays a solid hardware with a System on a Chip quadruple heart 2.3 GHz, 3 GB RAM, 32 GB of internal storage (expandable via microSD card up to 64GB ), a 13 megapixel camera sensor, a 2 megapixel front camera, Bluetooth 4.0, an NFC chip and a battery of 2800 mAh. It is also compatible with 4G networks.
Samsung has not yet announced the price of its Galaxy Round or international availability. All eyes now turn to LG should not delay to meet his rival. A model called “Flex G” with a 6 inches curved OLED screen to be presented next month is mentioned. Earlier this week, LG has announced that it will begin mass production of the concave screen vertically (with a radius of 700 mm). The manufacturer cites growth forecasts (IHS Display Bank) who believe that the market for flexible displays weigh 1.5 billion in 2016 (€ 1.1 billion) and will jump in 2019 to 10,000,000,000 (7,400,000,000 .)
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