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Samsung Galaxy Round: Get bent, get buzz -- but get real

Samsung Galaxy Round: Get bent, get buzz -- but get real Samsung's curved smartphone has generated a lot of buzz but not a lot of reasons to buy it -- other than the novelty effect. The South Korean electronics giant late Tuesday unveiled the Galaxy Round, a smartphone similar to the Galaxy Note 3 but with a lengthwise dip in the middle. That dip forms a curve sort of like a smile or a hotdog-bun shape, allowing the phone to fit the contours of a person's face or gently rock when placed on a flat surface. Samsung has released slightly curved phones in the past, such as the Galaxy Nexus, but this is the first device on the market to curve a "super flexible AMOLED" display, the company says. That doesn't mean the device can bend; rather, the Galaxy Round's curved display is fixed in place by the phone's rigid body. Samsung has long followed the strategy of trying as many features and designs as possible to see what takes off. It also will include...