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[br]OEMs are trying to find their place in this landscape. Some are more successful at this than others. But the one thing that many of these OEMs have in common is the fact that they’re all looking for that one magic bullet. That one thing that really sets them apart from others. Sometimes it’s building materials. Sometimes it’s software. Today, we’re talking about one such magic bullet – the curved screen phenomenon that we’ve seen of late.[br][br]Curved screens have been somewhat elusive until recently for two real reasons. First, finding a durable material that could work being bent in the way that the LG G Flex line of phones and more absurdly the Galaxy Round. Then they had to find other components that would work in the same fashion, sometimes while being bent, as in the case of the LG G Flex.[br][br]
[br]Plus, in some cases, curved screens just make a lot of sense and can bring some benefits. The Galaxy Note Edge, brought a lot of utility to the phone. It made one-handed operation easier, it cleared up the screen in some apps, moving UI elements to the side, and it offered a series of its own apps to give you notifications, news, etc. The curve on the LG G Flex also aids in one-handed navigation because the curve of the screen allows you to reach the top in a shorter distance. Plus the contour of the holding the phone to your face felt very nice (or so I’m told).[br][br][br]Niches and edge cases need love too[br]Even the Galaxy Round had something to offer. The phone, when sitting on a table could display notifications and other info when one side of the phone was pushed down. It’s not a completely crazy concept, but it’s certainly more of a niche case. But the curved screen could lead to new innovations in smartphone technology, or at least new uses, such as the Galaxy S6 Edge for example.[br]
[br]And Yet…[br]Who is a curved screen really helping? Putting aside aesthetics, which are terribly subjective anyway, a curved screen really isn’t all that useful to a smartphone, or at least not so useful as to justify additional costs in design, manufacturing, and R&D for flexible of bent components[br][br][br]tell me what u think |
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