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I wonder how many puns I can do on this whole curved displays thing here we have two phones that are trying to go against the curve in this quick look we have phones that try to bend the rules LG is flexing its muscle to create a smartphone that is pretty unique maybe Samsung is trying to make a phone that is all around a good device if you put the LG G flex on top of the galaxy round does it make a perfect circle it's Josh regard from Android 30 what's going on everybody and today we're taking a look at this curve display trend in a comparison between the Samsung Galaxy round and the LG G flex now if there's one thing we have to talk about before we even get to the curves themselves it's the sizes of these two phones Oh something that you may not notice right off the bat or may not have really been put out there is the fact that the LG G flex is quite simply larger than the galaxy round that might sway you a little bit because if you're not used to very large displays or handling them for that matter the LG G flex might be a little bit steeper in its learning curve but then that's where the curves actually come into play now like I said in the LG G flex unboxing and first impressions I began to sort of realize how these curves are supposed to make sense now in the galaxy rounds to begin with what I did notice is that the distance that you have to reach to the other side of the screen in order to sort of perform tasks has been minimalized at least a little bit it's a very subtle change the fact that the curve comes upward and you are able to get to it a little bit easier makes this also pretty accessible phones to use it's actually pretty nice however on the LG G flex the curve also does the same thing except since the curve goes from top to bottom it allows you to get to the top of the phone a little bit easier and on top of all of that you do have this curve that allows the phone to lean towards where your hand is trying to reach and that also allows for the notification drop down too big to be a little bit easier to reach as well so overall these curves do allow for a little bit easier hand now that brings us to the display is on these two phones now the reason why this is a pretty important aspect is because you have a different resolution for both the Samsung Galaxy round does take on the pretty similar display of the Galaxy Note 3 in that it has a 1080p display now we know that Samsung is good with their AMOLED displays and it could be your favorite or not however what's important here is that the LG G flex does not come with a 1080p display it is 720p and for that matter you do see a little bit of that curve when you're using those displays which is actually really really cool especially on the LG G flex you when you're scrolling up and down let's say on a website you do get that sense that it's actually coming around like this it's actually bending to the curve the actual elements on the screen and that's really really nice on that plastic oh le D in the case of the Samsung Galaxy round it's not really the same thing just by having that left-to-right curve you don't get the sense that it's actually moving across that curve however I will say that Samsung did put some transitions inside of the UI especially in the home screens where the elements actually push back a little and then move over so it does provide a little bit of that illusion now that's another aspect on these that might sway you one way or the other if you really want your high resolution screens then you might have to go with the galaxy round however the LG G flex is still no slouch just because it's 720p doesn't mean you won't have a lot of fun watching anything on this screen and then finally this software for the most part you're getting very familiar versions of TouchWiz and then the optimist UI here on the LG G flex and of course TouchWiz is pretty much the same type of UI that we've known for years now however in terms of the functionality of the software in these Samsung Galaxy round it does take advantage of the curve a little bit like I was saying before now whether or not those particular functions will be useful to you is really kind of up to you personally if you are able to tilt the phone a little bit in order to look at your notifications that's cool however it does have a bit of a delay you might have a better time just doing the air gesture that allows you to just wave your hand over the phone and then you'll get your notifications that way in terms of its functionality the G flex focuses on being a sturdy and durable phone and that flex allows it to sort of do that so it really comes down to hardware versus software in this particular sense because in terms of software you kind of get what you expect when it comes to the LG G flex as far as we can tell there really aren't that many functions inside of the software that take advantage of that curve so that begs the question of whether or not this is just a big phone with a curve for the sake of a curve well LG made sure that the curb made sense and the reason why is because well it is called the flex so the phone is actually able to bend it does take a lot of force in order to make the curve become flat but that's the point of the phone is that you are able to flatten the device if if it so happens that a sort of some sort of force makes it well on the galaxy run you get a couple new features it really is up to you whether or not those are important and will make you want more than the sturdy or durable phone that LG has attempted to make and so there you have it for this comparison this quick look at the LG G flex and the Samsung Galaxy rounds now obviously in this one we were just taking a look at their form factors and what those implications were but we will have a much more substantial comparison available for you soon especially after the full reviews are out looking at even more aspects of it in depth like for example the cameras stay 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