In the midst of Samsung's global launch for its Note 3,
the company is already thinking about its next big reveal. This time
around, it'll involve a curved display. The unnamed device could appear
in Korea next month, according to Reuters, although Yonhap News
(through the wonders of Google Translate) was told to expect a new
device announcement some time in Q4. In either case, it's soon. The last
time we heard about Samsung's handheld flexible displays was back in
CES in January, where a 5.5-inch prototype device named 'Youm'
was revealed -- that's what you can see above. The prototype's screen
stretched to the outer edges of the device and was able to display
notifications along the side, although the handheld itself wasn't
flexible. According to Park Sang-jin, CEO of Samsung SDI, the new device
will use a similar OLED panel and will be curve-shaped ("not completely
flexible"), which will "differentiate" the device from Samsung's
existing smartphone family. We suspect it may arrive with that new camera sensor too.
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