Samsung is at IFA 2014 has introduced the Galaxy Note smartphone with a folded edge screen. Sales start coming up, so the manufacturer decided to explain to consumers that would required phone screen edge, says the company's official blog.
Brand made a number of illustrations, which show when the user will need a side screen. In particular, there can store frequently used apps icons. Second, it allows you to see incoming calls and messages, without interruption, for example, a movie review, Web browsing or navigation work.
Working outdoors can picture diversify individual notes by hand - things like that can be seen on the sides of the paper book.
In the side screen can be run "live" line, which is able to display, for example, stock or currency exchange rates, sports results or news flow. Finally, the folded area of the screen there are useful functions in place: a stopwatch, a ruler, a flashlight and a tape recorder.
All this is expected to increase the convenience of using a smart phone, but there are some nuances. Edge Galaxy Note is not only expensive, but has a very limited edition. In addition, a left-handed asymmetric situation can be awkward. Maybe in the future appear flexible solutions that allow the screen to fold in either direction, but now these phones still only experimental models.
