Samsung Electronics plans to release two new versions of its top-tier Galaxy smartphone next month, including a model with a display covering three sides, people with direct knowledge of the matter told Bloomberg. Both phones will have all-metal bodies and use Samsung’s most advanced processor chips. The second model to be unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Spain will only have a front-facing display. Both phones will have 5.1-inch screens, one of the people said.
The company unveiled its first device with a multiple-sided screen last year with the Galaxy Note Edge, a 5.6-inch phone with a display stretching down the right side so users can read messages and news from an angle. One of the new Galaxy phones will have a screen that covers the front and both the left and right sides, the report said.
Samsung declined to comment. The company hinted at a wraparound screen in invitations this month to a 01 March event in Barcelona ahead of MWC. The invitation included the statement “What’s Next” under the image of a curved line that resembles the shape of the Note Edge and its wraparound screen.
