The technology giant Samsung Electronics announced today the launch of its new model of smartphone , Galaxy Round , the first device on the market with curved screen , will arrive tomorrow at South Korean stores.
This new device will feature a 5.7-inch curved screen , the same as the newly released Galaxy Note phablet 3 and will have a front and rear camera 13 megapixel quad-core processor and 2.3 gigahertz.
The brand new terminal , will go on sale at the moment only in Korea at a price of 1.08 billion won ( 743 euros) , as detailed by the operator SK Telecom.
You also have operating system Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) , 3 gigs of RAM , 32 gigabytes of external memory and plastic curved screen Full HD Super AMOLED , which allows more light and thin.
In this sense , the Galaxy Round weighs 154 grams and has a thickness of just 7.9 mm , compared to 168 grams and 8.3 mm of SamsungGalaxy Note 3 filed on September 25 along with the " smart watch " Galaxy Gear.
Your new curved design " will allow users to take advantage of the unique experiences of integration as the Roll Effect , which allows access to information such as date, time , missed calls or simple battery when the screen is off ," according to the company unveiled in a statement.
Another new experience will be the Gravity Effect, which will " create visual interactions with the screen by tilting the device," said Samsung .
After the announcement of Samsung , it is expected that South Korea's LG Electronics also present their smartphones shortly flexible plastic OLED screens , in line with this new trend of lucrative mobile phone industry .