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Samsung's newest curved-screen smartphone, the Galaxy Note Edge, will cost $946 without a contract when it launches next week, the company announced Monday. It'll cost $400 with a contract from AT&T, and other carriers will offer various deals too.
The Edge is nearly the same phone as the Galaxy Note 4 that launched a few weeks ago, but it has a second screen on the side that functions independently from the main display. The "edge" screen is designed to show you information at a glance like weather, news, and incoming notifications without lighting up the main screen.
For comparison's sake, the Galaxy Note 4 costs about $749 without a contract, and about $300 with one, depending on the carrier. The iPhone 6 Plus, Apple's new phablet, also starts at $749 or about $300 with a contract.
But it sounds like that extra screen on the Note Edge adds quite a bit of cost to the phone. And it's unclear whether that's worth the extra $200 considering the Note 4 is already one of the best phones you can buy today and does most of the same stuff.
The potential benefit of this screen technology isn't quite clear yet, but Samsung is touting a new feature called "Round Interaction," which allows you to look at information such as missed calls, battery life, and the date and time when you tilt it on a flat surface with the screen off. Samsung also claims that switching between home screens will feel like one continuous transition, and has worked on new tilt- and tap-based interactions for the music and photos apps.
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