Remember that leaked image of a curved display smartphone
from Samsung? You should, considering it popped up under our noses just a few
hours ago.
Well, in case you don’t, Samsung wants to remind you. The
Korean firm has just sent out a press release announcing the Galaxy Round, “the
world’s first curved display smartphone.”
With the curved display, Samsung can offer Galaxy Round
owners a range of “exclusive experiences,” like a roll feature that will let
them check date, time, missed calls and battery life with the display off.
Users will also have the ability to tilt the phone to control things like music,
pictures and videos.
To be honest, the press release isn’t very clear on what
features the curved display brings about, or how they’ll work, but we’ve pasted
the full presser below for you to peruse yourself.
We’ve spotted some photos released by Samsung, so check
those out below
In terms of specs, the Galaxy Round features a mammoth
5.7-inch Super AMOLED display, and weighs in at 154 grams with a waist line of
7.9mm. To deal with such a beastly screen size, the Galaxy Round will also
include features like One-Hand Operation, letting a user put customizable
controls on a specific, close corner of the display. Users can also run
multiple applications in the same window, or run simultaneous multiple
instances of the same application if they so choose.
The phone will run Android 4.3 Jelly Bean on a 2.3GHz
quad-core processor, complete with 32GB or 64GB of internal memory under the
hood.
The Round will also sport a 13-megapixel rear-facing shooter
and a 2MP front-facing for video chat, as well as a 2,800 mAh battery.
As it stands now, the Galaxy Round is only going on sale in Korea , and will
come in “Luxury Brown,” with more color flavors to follow. Exact pricing and
availability were not disclosed.
via techcrunch
via techcrunch
