Samsung unveils world's first curved screen smartphone

Samsung Electronics has become the first manufacturer to unveil a smartphone with a curved screen. 

Samsung innovation war with rivals such as Apple Inc and LG Electronics Inc, Curved displays are on the frontline to expand its lead in the slowing market for high-end smartphones

The Unique design of the device resembles the Galaxy S3 and S4, but it has slight dip in the middle that looks the mobile curve alone vertical axis. The phone's body itself is rigid, so it doesn't acutally flex or bend . The Galaxy Round's 5.7-inch (14.4-centimetre) display has a slight horizontal curve and weighs less than the Galaxy Note 3, allowing a more comfortable grip than other flat-screen models on the market, Samsung said in a statement.

The global flexible display industry is predicted to grow rapidly in the next few years. Research firm IHS Display estimates the market will be worth $1.5 billion (£900 million) by 2016 and more than $10 billion by 2019.

Bendable displays could revolutionise the high-end smartphone market by making foldable designs possible as well as helping create an "unbreakable" screen thanks to its plastic base.This year one billion smartphones are expected to be made according to analysis by CCC Insight, with that becoming close to two billion in 2017.

The Galaxy Round will launch in Samsung's home country of South Korea and there are no plans yet for a global rollout.

Samsung is launching the 32GB variant of it's flagship smartphone for the year, Samsung Galaxy SIII at a Price of Rs.41,500!!

On September 6, Samsung announced four new colors for its flagship Galaxy S3 phone:

Amber Brown, Titanium Grey, Sapphire Black, and Garnet Red. Up until now, AT&T has retained the exclusive for the red shade, but Samsung is opening up the color, along with the three other earthier tones, to certain markets across the globe.

Samsung and its carrier partners haven't announced availability yet for the new hues, and not every region will get each shade. Until then, read my full review of the Samsung Galaxy S3 for all the details.

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Samsung asks iPhone users,"Can your phone do this ?"

Samsung hits the streets to challenge iPhone users with Galaxy Note

Samsung marketing executive Younghee Lee recently said she wants consumers to be “obsessed with the company and its products.” The ironic thing is that her company Samsung is obsessed with Apple and its iPhone. In a new series of web videos called Street Challenge, Samsung once again goes after iPhone users and asks them if their phone can do things the Galaxy Note can.

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Compared to Samsung’s Super Bowl ad, this clip actually does a good job of highlighting the unique features of the Note’s S-Pen and showcases some real examples of what it can do. Check out the video below and let us know what you think.

Speaking of the Super Bowl ad, Samsung has actually been uploading a bunch of awesome videos for the Galaxy Note. The first 60-second clip below would have probably cost about $10 million less to produce than their 90-second ad, and it does a much better job of showing off the product.

So, anyone pick up the AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note yet?

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Samsung, Amazon emerge as Apple’s only tablet rivals… but barely

More than 100 media tablets were unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2011 as the industry struggled to respond to Apple’s iPad. The company’s tablet burst onto the scene less than a year earlier, and Apple’s rivals saw a tremendous opportunity in the revival of the consumer tablet market. Few success stories emerged, however, and new tablet models were few and far between a year later at CES 2012.

Apple’s success in the space continued, however, and the Cupertino, California-based company found even more success with its second- and third-generation models. Apple sold 3 million iPads during the tablet’s first 80 days of availability in April 2010, and its most recent iPad sold 3 million units in just three days.

While a number of companies continue to push forward in the tablet market, a recent survey conducted by ChangeWave found that Apple’s only competition comes from two sources — Amazon and Samsung — and neither company poses what might be considered a substantial threat. ChangeWave surveyed 2,893 consumers to gauge North American tablet demand, and the firm found that Apple’s iPad is still the overwhelming leader in the space.

Among consumers looking to purchase a tablet in the next 90 days, 73% said they will purchase Apple’s iPad. Amazon’s Kindle Fire was the iPad’s nearest rival in terms of demand, garnering interest from only 8% of respondents. Just 6% of those surveyed said they had plans to purchase a Galaxy Tab model from Samsung, and no other tablet vendor saw interest from more than 3% of respondents.

“When it comes to consumer demand for individual manufacturers, 73% of planned tablet buyers are still reporting they’ll purchase an iPad,” ChangeWave analysts said in their report. “And while that’s down a bit from the extraordinary demand levels seen at the time of the March new iPad launch, it’s a clear sign that Apple’s massive domination of the market is continuing going forward.”

The firm continued, noting that despite being the iPad’s closest rival among respondents, demand for Amazon’s Kindle Fire dropped by two-thirds in May compared to when the tablet launched last November. A recent report from IDC stated that Amazon’s share of the tablet market tumbled to 4% in the first quarter this year, down from 16.8% in the prior quarter.