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Samsung to Use Curved Screens to Sell More Phones

Nov 13, 2014, 8:44 AM by Eric M. Zeman

Samsung hopes to differentiate its smartphones from its competitors' phones by using more curved displays. Samsung is on track to record a huge loss in profit for the year thanks to weaker-than-expected sales of phones such as the Galaxy S5 and Note 4. It has also lost ground to low-cost competitors in markets such as China. Now that big-screened phones are a healthy device category, Samsung is looking for different wants to set its products apart. One way it will do that is to use curved displays, such as the one on the Galaxy Note Edge. "A change in the platform can bring about a variety of new considerations," said Note Edge designer Kim Nam-su. "I think a curved screen is a big solution for overcoming those [competitive] challenges." Reuters suggests Samsung's ability to mass produce curved displays at a lower cost than its rivals gives it an advantage in this respect. The Note Edge is set to go on sale in the U.S later this month. Samsung also plans to resurrect sales of mid-range devices.

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Samsung Galaxy Note Edge (GSM)

5.6" display QHD+ resolution
Snapdragon 805 processor 3 GB RAM
3,000 mAh battery
Memory Card Slot, Headphone Jack (3.5mm), NFC, Fingerprint Reader

Samsung Galaxy Note Edge (CDMA)

5.6" display QHD+ resolution
Snapdragon 805 processor 3 GB RAM
3,000 mAh battery
Memory Card Slot, Headphone Jack (3.5mm), NFC, Fingerprint Reader

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T Bone

Nov 13, 2014, 3:29 PM

Samsung's Problem

Samsung's problem is that their trademark is simply their name 'Samsung' in generic block letters. This trademark is easy to copy and fake which means that there are a lot of cheap Chinese manufacturers making cheap knockoffs that look exactly like the real thing and fool many people into thinking that it is genuine Samsung.

I can't even tell you how many people bring these cheap Samsung knockoff phones into my store and tell me 'I have a Galaxy Note 3' or
I have a Galaxy S 4', and I look at it and I can immediately tell 'this isn't made by Samsung, this is a cheap Chinese knock off' and I ask them where they got it, inevitably they tell me 'I bought it from someone online', often Amazon.com is where they got it.

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bluecoyote

Wouldn't you say Apple and to a lesser extent, LG get knocked off just as much?

WhySoBluePandaBear

T Bone said:
Samsung's problem is that their trademark is simply their name 'Samsung' in generic block letters. This trademark is easy to copy and fake which means that there are a lot of cheap Chinese manufacturers making cheap k

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