Samsung Is So Confused That It Literally Compares Its 'Galaxy Round' To Lemons And Stuff
The Galaxy Round is a lemon — even Samsung thinks so. In a new ad showcasing its first-ever curved smartphone, Samsung compares the Galaxy Round’s shape to several other similarly curved objects, including an egg, a whiskey flask and, yes, a lemon.
By Judith Yeoh — 09 Oct 2013, 11:52 AM — Updated almost 11 years ago
Samsung Is So Confused By Its Curved Phone, It Compares It To Avocados, Lemons And Other Round Objects
Thanks to Samsung Korea's new (soon to be viral) Galaxy Round commercial, we've learned that its new smartphone is curved. Like many other objects. In the world. We get that now.
mobileworld.com.my
Essentially a Galaxy Note 3 with a curve along its vertical axis, the Round is compared to a selection of curvaceous items from everyday life: an egg, a lemon, a glass, a microphone, a baby's hand.
bgr.com
The association with natural interaction is clear to see, although only the metal flask at the end of the ad is actually concave like the Galaxy Round itself — everything else is bulbous in shape or flat, as in the case of the postcard.
theverge.com
As to the sliced avocado being gently swiped midway through the video, we doubt even Samsung would be able to explain the intended symbolism behind it.
designntrend.com
Samsung has just sent out a press release announcing the Galaxy Round, “the world’s first curved display smartphone
Samsung today announced the Galaxy Round smartphone with concave front display. It basically looks like a Note 3 that was put into a back pocket and sat on
zdnet.comThe device resembles the Galaxy S3 and S4, but it has slight dip in the middle that causes the phone to curve along a vertical axis.
The company says that this curvature lets users controls their apps, music, and photos more easily.
cnet.com
Samsung Galaxy Round specs:
The Galaxy Round features a mammoth 5.7-inch Super AMOLED display, and weighs in at 154 grams with a waist line of 7.9mm.
techcrunch.com
To deal with such a beastly screen size, the Galaxy Round will also include features like One-Hand Operation, letting a user put customizable controls on a specific, close corner of the display.
cnet.comIt runs Android 4.3, has 3GB of RAM, and a 2.3GHz quad-core processor, complete with 32GB or 64GB of internal memory under the hood. The smartphone also has a 13 megapixel camera.
theverge.com
It'll be released tomorrow in "Luxury Brown" for 1.09 million won (about $1,013); no details of an international launch have been made available.
engadget.com
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