Samsung 'Galaxy Round' is the world's first curved screen Smartphone
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Wednesday launched the world's first smartphone with a curved screen, a variant of Galaxy Note that the Asian giant step closer to achieving portable devices with flexible movements - even unbreakable - screens.
Curved screens are on the front line of Samsung's innovation war with rivals such as Apple Inc ( AAPL.O ) and LG Electronics Inc ( 066570.KS ) such as the South Korean company wants to expand in the declining market for its high lead - ING smartphones.
"It is a step forward to have unbreakable gadgets and flexible units last. But for now, the new phone is more of a symbolic product," said Hana Daetoo Securities analyst Nam Dae -jong , adding that Samsung has not yet capacity for large - scale production of curved touch screens for the new Galaxy Round.
5.7 - inch ( 14.4 - cm ) screen of the Galaxy Round has a small horizontal curve and weigh less than Galaxy Note 3 allows for a more comfortable grip than other flat screen models on the market , Samsung said in a statement .
Design Competitions
Open Curved screens opportunities for flexible design that could eventually transform the high - end smartphone market , where growth due to competition from low - end manufacturers delayed.
Samsung Galaxy Gear SmartWatch last month has a flat, but the company hopes the technology to make in what is shaping up as a key battleground for consumer electronics. Attractive and portable devices
Technology companies have yet to figure out how inexpensive mass production of parts and come with display panels that are thin and heat resistance. Batteries must also adopt new ways of flexible displays that can be rolled , connected on uneven surfaces or support even stretched. The battery of the Galaxy Round not bend, says Samsung.
The competition is heating up with Samsung's cross -town rival LG Electronics plans to introduce a vertical curved screen in the first week of November, a source familiar with the situation said this week a smartphone.
Its components affiliate , LG Chem Ltd said on Tuesday that the commercial production of a curved battery used in the unit had begun.
The company also said it has developed a battery cable is suitable for portable devices , and is expected to start within the next few years. commercial production
Technology analysts and the media says that Apple is working on a SmartWatch , possibly with a curved screen , but there is no word from the California-based company about its plans .
Samsung's new curved-screen phone, available through South Korea's biggest mobile carrier SK Telecom Co Ltd, costs 1.089 million won ($1,000).
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Wednesday launched the world's first smartphone with a curved screen, a variant of Galaxy Note that the Asian giant step closer to achieving portable devices with flexible movements - even unbreakable - screens.
Curved screens are on the front line of Samsung's innovation war with rivals such as Apple Inc ( AAPL.O ) and LG Electronics Inc ( 066570.KS ) such as the South Korean company wants to expand in the declining market for its high lead - ING smartphones.
"It is a step forward to have unbreakable gadgets and flexible units last. But for now, the new phone is more of a symbolic product," said Hana Daetoo Securities analyst Nam Dae -jong , adding that Samsung has not yet capacity for large - scale production of curved touch screens for the new Galaxy Round.
5.7 - inch ( 14.4 - cm ) screen of the Galaxy Round has a small horizontal curve and weigh less than Galaxy Note 3 allows for a more comfortable grip than other flat screen models on the market , Samsung said in a statement .
Design Competitions
Open Curved screens opportunities for flexible design that could eventually transform the high - end smartphone market , where growth due to competition from low - end manufacturers delayed.
Samsung Galaxy Gear SmartWatch last month has a flat, but the company hopes the technology to make in what is shaping up as a key battleground for consumer electronics. Attractive and portable devices
Technology companies have yet to figure out how inexpensive mass production of parts and come with display panels that are thin and heat resistance. Batteries must also adopt new ways of flexible displays that can be rolled , connected on uneven surfaces or support even stretched. The battery of the Galaxy Round not bend, says Samsung.
The competition is heating up with Samsung's cross -town rival LG Electronics plans to introduce a vertical curved screen in the first week of November, a source familiar with the situation said this week a smartphone.
Its components affiliate , LG Chem Ltd said on Tuesday that the commercial production of a curved battery used in the unit had begun.
The company also said it has developed a battery cable is suitable for portable devices , and is expected to start within the next few years. commercial production
Technology analysts and the media says that Apple is working on a SmartWatch , possibly with a curved screen , but there is no word from the California-based company about its plans .
Samsung's new curved-screen phone, available through South Korea's biggest mobile carrier SK Telecom Co Ltd, costs 1.089 million won ($1,000).
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