Samsung Unveils First Curved Smartphone in Apple Challenge
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Samsung Electronics Co. will start selling what it called the world’s first smartphone with a curved display as the largest handset maker adds another device to help win users from Apple Inc.
The 5.7-inch (14 centimeter) Galaxy Round will go on sale starting tomorrow in South Korea and cost 1,089,000 won ($1,010), Samsung said in an e-mailed statement today. The 7.9 millimeter thick device will only be available in the Suwon, South Korea-based company’s home market and comes in brown.