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Bloomberg reports that Samsung could launch new smartphone models with significantly more bendability than its previous "Edge" models:
Samsung Electronics Co. is considering introducing two new smartphone models that will feature bendable screens, including a version that folds in half like a cosmetic compact, people familiar with the matter said. The devices using organic light-emitting diodes could be unveiled as soon as early 2017, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter is private. That would likely give it a head start on new Apple Inc. iPhones. The second Samsung model will have a 5-inch screen when used as a handset, that unfurls into a display that's as large as 8 inches, similar to a tablet, the people said.
Samsung, the biggest supplier of OLED panels for mobile products, has pioneered the development of new screen formats with its multi-sided Edge smartphones. Using advanced display technology may help the company recapture customers from Apple and boost earnings that have slumped for the past two years.
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by Grishnakh on Tuesday June 07 2016, @07:35PM
You poor thing. How do you order pizza? How do you call for a taxi? How will you contact emergency services if, some day, you've fallen and can't get up?
Your examples suck, except for calling 911. Not everyone eats pizza (I do, but I never order pizza because there's no good pizza in this town, just crap like Domino's). And most Americans don't need taxis. Even in big cities, you don't need a taxi, but you might want a smartphone to summon an Uber. Taxis are obsolete.
It's wired into my home, so I don't have to be available to anyone 24/7. Unfortunately, 99% of the calls that I receive are robocalls
That's what you get for having a landline. Robocalls aren't allowed to call cellphones.
The answering machine fields the most annoying machines for me.
How quaint. 1995 is calling and wants you back.
Why would you pay more money for a landline phone that makes you deal with robocalls? I actually looked into the price of a landline where I am out of curiosity, and it's $45/month. I pay much less than that for cellular service.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 07 2016, @08:14PM
Uber is a taxi service... You just order the Uber taxis through an app instead of through voice, web, email, or lifting your arm like you can with regular taxi companies. Some taxi companies even have apps nowadays too.
Answering machines = voicemail and some machines do call forwarding. Does your cell really not have voicemail or a message transcription service?
Cheapest landline service here is $8 a month. My cell service is $6.63 a month and I do get spam calls. The landline has always worked during local disasters, except for a few thunderstorms storms. Cell service has never worked during the local disasters and the quality is too poor to use during the storms.
It's only 2016. Cell phone coverage is still worse than landline coverage.
(Score: 2) by Username on Wednesday June 08 2016, @12:11AM
In the United States you can robocall anyone, cellphone or not, as long as you are affiliated with a political party.
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Wednesday June 08 2016, @03:00PM
That's true, but it's still a LOT less call volume than you'd get from all the telemarketer selling crap. The political stuff only happens around election time. And personally, I haven't gotten very much of it; political robocalls (like any robocalls) do cost money, and there's no direct profit in it, and they have to pay for that out of campaign or PAC budgets which are all funded by donations. Telemarketers make money selling crap so the more calls they make, the more they're likely to sell, creating a positive feedback loop.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 08 2016, @01:26AM
Cellphones are tracking devices and I don't know of any that respect your freedoms. [gnu.org]