Samsung files patent for an extremely curved smartphone display

Samsung files patent for an extremely curved smartphone display

Posted: 01 Dec 2017 01:39 AM PST

Samsung, the world’s largest OLED supplier is also a brilliant smartphone display manufacturer. The dual curved edge display technology that the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge flaunted for the first time was indeed a breakthrough. Then onwards, the design was prominent in all the Samsung’s flagships. Now it seems, the South-Korean giant wants to push the boundary even further by designing an extremely curved screen that extends till all the way to backside of devices.

Courtesy to a patent filed by Samsung at WIPO(World International Property Office), we came to know the firms plan of 180° curved display development. On the patent filing, Samsung has illustrated the process of manufacturing the newly designed display as well. Moreover, various schematic diagrams provides a clear idea of what here Samsung is trying to achieve.

Nevertheless, whether the new design will be adopted in any of the upcoming Galaxy device is a great uncertainty. Since Samsung frequently applies for new patents each and every day, while most of them never see the daylight. However, Samsung seems to be sincere in this new approach. As it has claimed that, the 180˚ curved display offers a completely new user experience and improves the grip on the device.

Meanwhile, we’d came across lots of rumors and anticipations regarding the foldable phone dubbed as Galaxy X. If everything ends well we could see the device’s launch soon rather than later

Samsung W2018 Flip Phone launched with Bixby and 1.5 aperture camera

Samsung W2018 Flip Phone launched with Bixby and 1.5 aperture camera

Posted: 01 Dec 2017 03:16 AM PST

Today at an event in Xiamen city of China, Samsung has officially launched the W2018 flip phone. The launch has marked a new era of flip phones once again, this time it is running on Android rather than Symbian and other OS. Samsung W2018 packs decent features like Snapdragon 835 and 6GB of RAM. The highlights are the presence of Bixby on the top with 1.5 large aperture camera. Today, it was even spotted at TENAA, Chinese certification agency.

It packs 4.2 inch AMOLED Displays with full HD support. In order to hold up two big displays, Samsung has added 2300 mAh battery with Snapdragon 835 on board. To boost up the processing power and enable much better multiprocessing, Samsung has added 6 GB of RAM. Samsun added 64 GB internal and expandable upto 256 GB storage.

Samsung W2018 has Bixby on board, it is Samsung’s first AI intelligent voice app supporting Chinese language as of now. As of now, Bixby Chinese version is only available in Note 8 and S8, today the Korean giant added W2018 to the list.

Talking about the large 1.5 aperture camera, it packs OIS and full dual-core focus.  The camera is smart enough to switch between different apertures as per the light. In dark it will switch to F1.5 large aperture, and when the light is sufficient, will switch to F2.4 aperture.

There’s a fingerprint sensor on the board and it will be available in market in two color –  Silver and Gold.

Samsung has not given any pricing detail as of now