Samsung brings curved Galaxy Round smartphone to life

Samsung has launched a variant of the popular Galaxy Note smartphone with a curved display, moving a step closer to introducing wearable devices with flexible screens.

The Galaxy Round's 5.7-inch display has a slight horizontal curve and weighs less than the Galaxy Note 3, allowing a more comfortable grip than other flat-screen models on the market, mobile carrier SK Telecom said.

Curved displays open up possibilities for bendable designs that could eventually transform the high-end smartphone market by allowing mobile and wearable gadgets to take new forms.
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LG plans to introduce a smartphone with a vertically curved display in November, a source familiar with the matter said this week.

In January, Samsung, which has taken over from Apple as the global smartphone leader, showed off prototype products with a flexible screen and a display that extends from the side of a device.

Curved displays are already commercially available in large-screen televisions. Samsung and LG started selling curved OLED TV sets this year priced at about $US9000.

Samsung's new phone, available through South Korea's biggest mobile carrier SK Telecom, costs 1.089 million won ($1072).


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