Samsung Does It Again

[Retz]

Samsung announces the Galaxy Round, a smartphone with a curved OLED display
By Sam Byford



Samsung has taken the wrapper off its rumored smartphone with a curved OLED display. The Galaxy Round, which will launch on SK Telecom in South Korea, has a 5.7-inch 1080p screen the same size as seen on the company's Galaxy Note 3, but there's a difference — it curves on the vertical axis in a similar fashion to some of Samsung's OLED TVs.

The potential benefit of this screen technology isn't quite clear yet, but Samsung is touting a new feature called "Round Interaction," which allows you to look at information such as missed calls, battery life, and the date and time when you tilt it on a flat surface with the screen off. Samsung also claims that switching between home screens will feel like one continuous transition, and has worked on new tilt- and tap-based interactions for the music and photos apps.

Source: Samsung announces the Galaxy Round, a smartphone with a curved OLED display | The Verge

[roninblade]

5.7 inches with a concave shape, this phone definitely wasn't meant to be put in a pocket. the shape should make it a little bit easier to work this one-handed.

wake me up when they invent flexible, high capacity batteries

[Retz]

After the superb camera of Nokia, Fingerprint scanner of Apple and now, Flexible smartphone is now becoming a reality.

[ghosthunter]

5.7 inches with a concave shape, this phone definitely wasn't meant to be put in a pocket. the shape should make it a little bit easier to work this one-handed.

wake me up when they invent flexible, high capacity batteries

Contrary, it is meant to be placed in the pocket. It would better conform to the shape of your leg than a flat smartphone.

[roninblade]

After the superb camera of Nokia, Fingerprint scanner of Apple and now, Flexible smartphone is now becoming a reality.

HTC is set to release a phone with a fingerprint scanner next month too. i'm still not impressed with the fingerprint scanning implementation of apple though. fingerprints are supposed to be used as usernames not as passwords.

[roninblade]

Contrary, it is meant to be placed in the pocket. It would better conform to the shape of your leg than a flat smartphone.

maybe, but i'm still not fully convinced until i get to try it in my pocket

[ghosthunter]

maybe, but i'm still not fully convinced until i get to try it in my pocket

Next from SAMSUNG, bowl shaped smartphones. So it would conform around your pants backpocket and your butt!!

[gearspeed]

Next from SAMSUNG, bowl shaped smartphones. So it would conform around your pants backpocket and your butt!!

hhhaahh. Ayos yan gh.hahaha.

[ZENMasterTYL]

HTC is set to release a phone with a fingerprint scanner next month too. i'm still not impressed with the fingerprint scanning implementation of apple though. fingerprints are supposed to be used as usernames not as passwords.

it could work both ways (username or password) depends on the implementation. multi factor authentication let you choose different mechanisms

[BratPAQ]

I had fingerprint scanning from my iPaq 6 years ago, nothing new on that technology. And I don't know what advantage curve display has. Ideretso na lang nila sa flexible display yan.

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[Retz]

^

Maybe they are still working on the prototype sir but the curve display is a good start at the very least.

[roninblade]

it could work both ways (username or password) depends on the implementation. multi factor authentication let you choose different mechanisms

it could, but not in the way apple implemented it in my opinion. you don't base the security of the phone to solely to something that you leave all over the place (fingerprints). that's why biometric access in secured areas IRL use both fingerprints (as usernames) then you input a PIN code (password) after.

anybody who goes through the trouble of capturing your fingerprints in HD to access the data in your phone deserve to get in; and anybody storing super secret data in their phones that are protected by fingerprints alone deserve to get their data stolen. meh, i don't know. now i'm just spitballing

[Retz]

^

Sir, how about eye sensor as seen in movies? can it be adopted to phone? I think that is more secure.

[K.I.L.L.]

This technology isn't that brand spanking new. I remember seeing Sony (who was then still sharing a factory with Samsung) present a foldable OLED screen when I was at the CES some years back. The round shape for me doesn't do it for me either as electronics would be easier to do in different shapes. What ipresses me is how Samsung has developed the manufacturing process to lower cost to be able to offer it to the public.

Fingerprint scanning isn't new. Biometrics has been around for a long time and the new form of biometrics now scans the nerve layout in a hand which has been said to be as unique as a fingerprint too.

Nokia's camera I think is one of the really ground breaking technologies introduced of late for mobile technology.

The eye sensor is already available. I forgot what it's called but it's used more as an energy saving technology. The sensor uses the front camera to see if the user is looking at the screen or not. If it doesn't "see" any eyes, it would turn the phone off to save power. But I think Retz is talking about a retinal scanner. Give it another year or so and it would be available. I remember there was a prototype made before with this but it was too big. Some phones already have a very good front camera which is all that is needed.

[dreamur]

Next from SAMSUNG, bowl shaped smartphones. So it would conform around your pants backpocket and your butt!!

I would like to see Samsung develop a phone shaped to fit my crotch and I put it into vibrate mode all the time. :naughty:

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[Retz]

This technology isn't that brand spanking new. I remember seeing Sony (who was then still sharing a factory with Samsung) present a foldable OLED screen when I was at the CES some years back. The round shape for me doesn't do it for me either as electronics would be easier to do in different shapes. What ipresses me is how Samsung has developed the manufacturing process to lower cost to be able to offer it to the public.

Fingerprint scanning isn't new. Biometrics has been around for a long time and the new form of biometrics now scans the nerve layout in a hand which has been said to be as unique as a fingerprint too.

Nokia's camera I think is one of the really ground breaking technologies introduced of late for mobile technology.

The eye sensor is already available. I forgot what it's called but it's used more as an energy saving technology. The sensor uses the front camera to see if the user is looking at the screen or not. If it doesn't "see" any eyes, it would turn the phone off to save power. But I think Retz is talking about a retinal scanner. Give it another year or so and it would be available. I remember there was a prototype made before with this but it was too big. Some phones already have a very good front camera which is all that is needed.

Exactly my point sir. Unlike fingerprints, your eye doesn't leave any prints except of course if yuo are using contact lenses.