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Is a curved display the latest must-have smartphone feature
or will it fade out into obscurity like 3D screens on smartphones?
The 5.7" full HD Super Flexible AMOLED is curved
inwards from the left and right edges, helping the Round fit the contours of
your hand better.
Samsung Galaxy
Round
Beneath the curvy exterior resides the quickest SoC on the
mobile CPU block – Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 800 quad-core processor running at 2.3
GHz per core.
Shoot with a 13 megapixel main camera at the back and do 2
MP selfies at the front.
Shoot with a 13
megapixel main camera at the back and 2 MP at the front
Quick is the name of the Round’s connectivity game due to
LTE (4G) connectivity, Wi-Fi 802.11ac and Bluetooth 4.0 being onboard.
The Galaxy Round offers 32 GB worth of internal storage,
which you can boost by another 64 GB via the microSD memory card slot.
The Round will see
release in Korea first, with no local release date known yet
Multitasking should not result in any low-memory issues
thanks to a whopping 3 GB worth of RAM.
Another curve ball
Samsung Electronics is not the only firm with round display
ambitions, as its Korean neighbor LG will reportedly release its own smartphone
with a curved display dubbed the LG G Flex. Although specs are not available
yet, the tech rumor mill is predicting a 6" 1080p display that is curved
from top to bottom, rather than side to side like the Galaxy Round’s screen.
Specifications
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General
- 2G
Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
- 3G
Network: HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
- 4G
Network: TE 850 / 1800 (LTE-A)
- SIM: Yes
- Announced:
2013, October
- Status:
Available Released 2013, October
Body
- Dimensions:
151.1 x 79.6 x 7.9 mm (5.95 x 3.13 x 0.31 in)
- Weight:
154 g (5.43 oz)
- Build:
Curved body and display
Display
- Type:
Super Flexible AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Size:
1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.7 inches (~386 ppi pixel density)
- Multitouch:
Yes
Sound
- Alert
types: Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
- Loudspeaker:
Yes
- 3.5mm
jack: Yes
Memory
- Card
slot: microSD, up to 64 GB
- Internal:
32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Data
- GPRS:
Yes
- EDGE:
Yes
- Speed:
HSPA+, LTE-A
- WLAN:
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
- Bluetooth:
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR
- NFC: Yes
- Infrared
port: Yes
- USB:
Yes, microUSB v3.0 (MHL 2), USB Host
Camera
- Primary:
13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
- Features:
Dual Shot, Simultaneous video and image recording, geo-tagging, touch
focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization, panorama, HDR
- Video:
Yes, 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps
- Secondary:
Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps
Features
- OS:
Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean)
- Chipset:
Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
- CPU: Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400
- GPU:
Adreno 330
- Sensors:
Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, temperature,
humidity, gesture
- Messaging:
SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS
- Browser:
HTML5
- Radio:
No
- GPS:
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
- Java:
Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
- Colors:
Luxury Brown: ANT+ support; S-Voice natural language commands and
dictation; Air gestures; SNS integration; Active noise cancellation with
dedicated mic; Dropbox (50 GB storage); TV-out (via MHL A/V link);
MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player; MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player;
Organizer; Image/video editor; Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
PDF); Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk,
Picasa; Voice memo/dial/commands; Predictive text input (Swype)
Battery
- Li-Ion
2800 mAh battery
- Stand-by:
Up to 370 h (2G) / Up to 330 h (3G)
- Talk
time: Up to 16 h
- Music
play: Up to 74 h
MISC
- SAR US:
0.63 W/kg (head); 0.69 W/kg (body)
- SAR EU:
0.21 W/kg (head); 0.35 W/kg (body)
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