三星发布世界首款凹面宽屏智能手机Galaxy Round
Samsung launches a CURVED phone that sits in the palm of your handGalaxy Round has a 5.7-inch concave screen attached to a curved casing
Samsung claims this makes it more comfortable to hold than other phones
Curved screens can also boost the viewing angle of videos, for example
The phone is initially only available in Korea and costs around ￡632
Release dates and prices for other countries are yet to be announced
Not one to be outdone by a rival, Samsung has unveiled a new curved handset just days after LG declared it was working on flexible displays for smartphones.
Called the Galaxy Round, the Korean firm's new handset has similar specifications to its Note 3 device, but additionally has a 5.7-inch concave screen fixed to curved casing.
It's designed to fit in the palm of a hand more comfortably, but as Android expert Kellex from Droid Life exclaims: 'This is a Galaxy Note 3 with a curved display and a couple of extra gimmicky features. We still aren’t seeing a point.'
The phone is only currently available in Korea through mobile operator SK Telecom, and costs 109 million won (￡632).
Samsung has not announced if or when then the handset will be made available in other countries.
Samsung's Galaxy Round is not technically flexible because it can't bend or change shape, but it is said to be the world's first smartphone to have a curved design.
The size of the screen makes the Galaxy Round the same size as Samsung's Galaxy Note 3.
It is 7.9mm thick and weighs 154g. Samsung has said that its overall design and curve offers: 'a comfortable hand grip feeling to users, and exclusive experiences of curved display.
Samsung announced in September it was working on phones with a curved display.
Earlier this week, LG Display said it had developed flexible display technology, and its research arm LG Chem confirmed it is almost ready to unveil its bendy batteries.
LG's 6-inch display will be made of bendy plastic substrates, rather than glass, and the panel can be attached to any curved device.
The design is 0.44mm-thick and has a protective film attached to the back, making it 'bendable and unbreakable.'
It has a radius of 7cm, weighs 7.2g and is vertically concave from top to bottom, whereas Samsung's display is horizontally concave.
Other features of the Galaxy Round that take advantage of the curved display include what's dubbed Roll Effect.
This lets users roll the phone towards them to see the date, time, missed calls and battery life without pressing the power button or activating the home screen.
The Galaxy Round additionally has a 2800mAh battery and a 13MP camera, as seen on the Galaxy S4 and Note 3. It runs Android 4.3 and has 3GB of RAM with a 2.3GHz quad-core processor.
Both Samsung and LG have already used curved displays on top-of-the-range OLED TVs. On TVs, the curved screen is designed to improve the viewing angle and make shows and films feel more 'immersive.' (dailymail)
相关介绍：
Galaxy Round配置与Note 3相似。5.7英寸凹面显示屏，厚7.9mm，重154g，1300万像素摄像头，电池容量2800mAh，搭载Android 4.3系统，3G RAM内存，2.3GHz四核处理器。
该机目前只在韩国销售，售价为一亿零九百万韩元，约合632英镑，是否在其他国家发售还未可知。
Galaxy Round的曲线设计方便用户将手机放在掌面，并可让用户体验滚滑效果，即只需滚动手机而无需按电源键即可查看时间、未接电话以及电量等。但是，凹面显示屏并不能弯曲变形。智能手机专家克莱克思质疑说：“这款手机无非是搭载弯曲显示屏，多了几样花样功能的Note 3而已。我们不知道卖点在哪儿。”
三星曾表示，该机的整体设计给用户一种舒适的握感以及独一无二的凹面显示屏体验。
另外，几天前，LG宣布正在研究柔韧显示技术，并透露将很快推出可弯曲电池。
(编辑：何莹莹）
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