Samsung Creates Phone With Curved Display

iONiUM writes "Samsung today unveiled the Galaxy Round phone with a curved 5.7" display. It comes with a hefty $1,000 USD price tag. This is a follow-up to the 55" curved TVs it began selling in June, and is most likely an intermediate form in the development of fold-able phones. Considering the recent LG announcement of mass OLED flexible screen production, it seems we are getting close to flexible phones. One question I wonder: will Apple follow suit? So far there has been no indication they are even attempting flexible/bendable screens."

Comments

Re:Why?

[queazocotal]

For a 55" screen - the reason is clear - if you're sitting fairly close to it - the edges are noticably further away from you.
For a 5.5" screen - the most obvious reason would be to protect the screen.
If, instead of a flat phone, you have one with a light curve on it - it will somewhat protect the screen from scratches due to laying it down wrong.
I could also see that certain ways of holding it it would make long swipes easier.
(With the thumb only)

Re:Why?

[calzones]

And how does TFA make the leap from curved glass (which is nothing new and quite run of the mill in so many other daily applications) to zomg, Samsung is going to have a foldable phone in 18 months? Wtf?

Article smells a bit of sockpuppeted/astroturfed vaporware with the aim of getting people to forego competing purchases they're contemplating in the near term.