Curved is here....

mrgubby · 10 Oct 2013 at 22:40

Kreeeee said:
It's much easier to make a tablet in terms of thermal package, motherboard design, component size and batter density etc.

I wouldn't think the design costs would be significantly different between tablet / phone & the lack of phone hardware / licence cost for the tablet should be a reasonable saving

* we were once charged a £1 million licence fee to use a GSM stack in our data modems

Kreeeee · 10 Oct 2013 at 22:47

Would that make a difference when comparing phones to 3g tablets?

mrgubby · 10 Oct 2013 at 23:00

Kreeeee said:
Would that make a difference when comparing phones to 3g tablets?

probably sod all difference in the silicon / software but I'd guess that 10" would make a difference

Aedus · 10 Oct 2013 at 23:11

Curved screens is a great technology, and the possibilities of it could be amazing, but just not yet.

Imagine a phone where the screen curves around the back of the phone, and you could un-clip it to make a tablet sized screen for your media, with no seams on the display. Having a slight curve in the display won't do anything though.

Warp279 · 12 Oct 2013 at 02:38

Aedus said:
Curved screens is a great technology, and the possibilities of it could be amazing, but just not yet.

Imagine a phone where the screen curves around the back of the phone, and you could un-clip it to make a tablet sized screen for your media, with no seams on the display. Having a slight curve in the display won't do anything though.

Im imagining a galaxy note device using this curved tech in the future

Wizzfizz · 12 Oct 2013 at 12:12

Needs to be flexible.

jkb · 12 Oct 2013 at 20:03

It seems like a bit of a gimmick to me.

Cosimo · 14 Oct 2013 at 07:21

So you thought that the Round was silly, how about the LG G Flex:

http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/13/lg-g-flex-revealed/

Next up the banana phone....

Glaucus · 14 Oct 2013 at 10:29

Both are silly gimmicks. Now give us a proper phone which uses a flexiable display, rather than a gimmick purly to be first to market.

At least LGs has a better explanation allthough its still rubbish.

The curve is designed to ergonomically fit around the user's face as they use the smartphone.

413x · 14 Oct 2013 at 12:23

Glaucus said:
Both are silly gimmicks. Now give us a proper phone which uses a flexiable display, rather than a gimmick purly to be first to market.

At least LGs has a better explanation allthough its still rubbish.

Why would I put a phone near my face ?

Ah I forgot.. Some people actually call using their phones! You know who you are!

Cosimo · 14 Oct 2013 at 12:29

al4x said:
Why would I put a phone near my face ?

Ah I forgot.. Some people actually call using their phones! You know who you are!

Yas786 · 14 Oct 2013 at 12:43

For all the people having a moan about the curved screens, im pretty sure once they are out to buy, majority of you whingers will get one anyways

I think the tech is interesting to say the least, id rather have one of those fancy flexible type of screens ie a phone that you can fold up, put in your pocket then un fold it and voila off you go.

Glaucus · 14 Oct 2013 at 12:47

Yas786 said:
For all the people having a moan about the curved screens, im pretty sure once they are out to buy, majority of you whingers will get one anyways

I think the tech is interesting to say the least, id rather have one of those fancy flexible type of screens ie a phone that you can fold up, put in your pocket then un fold it and voila off you go.

Why would we get one.
Come on name a benefit. They're a terrible idea, for first to market purposes.

Second part absolutly agree with, but that is not wither of these phones.

The screens however is great tech with huge potential, for several reasons. These curved phones however are not.

And lol at people comparing them to curved cinema screens, that has a reason, curved that close to your eye does not have the same reason, it doesn't even follow the formula for that benefit.

Rroff · 15 Oct 2013 at 00:05

Only use I'd have for a flexible (let alone curved) screen would be like the image above where you could unfold something galaxy note 1 phone sized out to something closer to a tablet.

juno_first · 20 Oct 2013 at 19:01

My 2 year old galaxy nexus is curved at the top & bottom, meaning it can be put face down without the screen being touched.

mrk · 20 Oct 2013 at 19:02

That's curved glass, not a curved screen.

mame · 20 Oct 2013 at 19:57

The only point I can see myself is that I'm wondering whether the curved screen would match where your thumb rests as you move it left to right as it's going to extend slightly further when it's pointing straight out than when it's pointing towards the edges of the screen. Hard to say without trying one.

Jokester · 20 Oct 2013 at 20:03

Don't get the point of it at all.

Can understand a curved monitor or curved screens for something like VR goggles.

Sinny · 20 Oct 2013 at 23:30

mrk said:
That's curved glass, not a curved screen.

afaik, it's a curved screen developed by Samsung. the only other previous phone that did something similar (Bent Glass, Flat screen) was one of the nexus phones.

krooton · 21 Oct 2013 at 12:50

Curved like the samsung would sit more comfortably in my pocket (curve inverted over my thigh), unlike how my S2 sticks out at the sides.

That withstanding, I see no point.