re: Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge and S6 also Samsung Pay

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Can someone explain the edge to me? I don't see why anyone would want this. I accidentally press shite now because of the wall to wall screen.

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The edge is essentially a phone with two displays. The main display is a 1440p screen, and then the curved edge part is a separate display that can be customized for menus, navigation, sidebar app access, etc., the idea being to free up the main screen as much as possible and natively make multi-tasking a little more convenient.



Having never even held one, I'm not totally sold on the concept, because as you said I'd probably end up accidentally pressing shite with a rogue thumb or palm -- based on the way it looks in pictures, at least. It may not be a problem at all. I'm guessing there is a least some sort of learning curve in terms of how you hold it, though.

I can see the potential usefulness of a dual-display phablet. This may not be the best implementation, but it might be the start of something different in future smartphone innovation other than more pixels and better cameras.