Samsung, LG get ahead of the curve with bendy screens
[LAS VEGAS] The world's top tech companies are placing big bets on curved screens. At the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Samsung on Monday launched a 105-inch behemoth that displays ultra-high definition. Its fellow South Korean rival, LG, announced both a curved TV and a curved smartphone, the G Flex. Both companies are showing off HDTVs whose screen you can bend on demand.
Whether there's actually a market for these devices, or if they're just outlandish proofs of concept, is anyone's guess. For how much they're likely to cost (they won't say, but Samsung's 5…
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