Do you think the Galaxy Round is a pointless gimmick that Samsung released just so it could say that it was the first-ever company to release a curved smartphone? If so then it seems that Samsung agrees with you to an extent. An unnamed “insider” source tells SamMobile that the Round is really just a prototype device that will have limited production and distribution even in its home country of South Korea. The point of the device, such as it is, is to see whether a device with a curved display can hold up under the kind of duress that a typical smartphone goes through over its lifespan. The Galaxy Round, which Samsung announced earlier this month, features a curved 5.7-inch Super AMOLED display, a 2.3GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor, 32GB of storage, microSDXC support, 3GB of RAM, a 13-megapixel rear camera, a 2-megapixel front-facing camera and Android 4.3 Jelly Bean.
Samsung insider claims peculiar Galaxy Round is just a prototype
Published Oct 17th, 2013 10:10AM EDT
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Brad Reed has written about technology for over eight years at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet and the American Prospect. He has a Master's Degree in Business and Economics Journalism from Boston University.
