Samsung plans to introduce a smartphone with a curved glass display in October, the company announced at a media event in Seoul on Wednesday.
"We plan to introduce a smartphone with a curved display in South Korea in October," D.J. Lee, Samsung's mobile business head of strategic marketing, said at an event launching the Galaxy Note 3 smartphone, according to a Reuters' account of the event.
No other details on the handset were revealed. It's unknown whether by "curved display" Lee is referring to a much rumored smartphone with a flexible display. Samsung, which overtook Apple as the world's most profitable smartphone maker in July, first showed off a prototype flexible AMOLED screen at the Consumer Electronics Show in 2011.
Samsung's Nexus S was the first smartphone to offer a "Contour Display" that was designed to fit more comfortably in your palm. However, CNET found the contour display in the Nexus S gimmicky.
Samsung is not alone in exploring curved displays. Earlier this year it was reported that Apple was experimenting with wristwatch-like iOS devices that sport curved glass.
Source : CNET
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