Samsung Electronics has become the first manufacturer to unveil a smartphone with a curved screen.
The handset is called Galaxy Round and
features a flexible 5.7-inch high definition display. By curving from
side to side the device will be more comfortable to hold, according to
Samsung. It will also allow users to check the information such as the
date, time, battery life and missed calls more easily while the home
screen is off.
In beating rivals to launch the first
curved screen phone, Samsung – the world’s bestselling smartphone
maker – will hope to establish a foothold in a market that is set to
boom over the coming years. Earlier this week LG announced it will start
mass producing flexible screens and expects to unveil a curved
smartphone early next year.
Both LG and Samsung have already
released televisions featuring the curved organic light-emitting diode
(OLED) displays, which can bend because they are made of plastic rather
than glass.
The global flexible display industry is
predicted to grow rapidly in the next few years. Research firm IHS
Display estimates the market will be worth $1.5 billion by 2016 and more
than $10 billion by 2019.
Bendable displays could revolutionise
the high-end smartphone market by making foldable designs possible as
well as helping create an “unbreakable” screen thanks to its plastic
base.
This year one billion smartphones are
expected to be made according to analysis by CCC Insight, with that
becoming close to two billion in 2017. The Galaxy Round will launch in
Samsung’s home country of South Korea and there are no plans yet for a
global rollout.
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