Why all the early details? Samsung is likely trying to sway investors who may be worried about slowing smartphone sales (the Galaxy S4 reportedly didn’t sell as well as some hoped, which led to a huge stock hit) by showing its hand a bit. And another bonus: Now it can say it’s been working on specific tech without copying Apple.
At CES earlier this year, Samsung hinted that foldable displays were coming soon (the company released a cheesy promo for a foldable phone). And it’s clear that Samsung is making strides towards the technology with the Galaxy Round, a phone with a curved display. According to Samsung’s timeline (below), we’ll see bendable displays next year, which will lead to foldable displays in 2015.
Samsung also notes that its smartphone displays will reach an incredbly high resolution of 2560 by 1440 pixels next year, which will make for a density of 550 pixels per inch. That’s a big leap over the 1920 by 1080 resolution displays most new smartphones sport, but it’s also an unnecessary upgrade since no human will ever be able to see the difference.
In a surprising admission, Samsung’s executives didn’t shy away from the fact that the company’s software efforts run far behind its hardware. Samsung said that it will spend half of its R&D budget (which totals around $3 billion a quarter) to focus on improving its software chops.
Source : VentureBeat
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