The world's first attempt to use the round screen of the mobile phone "Cyrcle Phone" (my navigation news)-Yahoo! Journalism

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CEO Christina Cyr (left). His enthusiasm made The Cyrcle Phone2.0.

How will usability change if the smartphone picture is rounded out? The The Cyrcle phone2.0, the world's first smartphone with a circular display, is coming soon. Although it is a common sense-breaking product, it is a smartphone that people do not like unexpectedly after using it. Before the formal production, the "CES2022" conference held in Las Vegas in January gave me a touch of the model under development. [photo] use the icons of the main screen of the circular screen to arrange. Moderate opening between icons makes it easy to remember the location of each icon and does not mistakenly launch other applications _ The Cyrcle Phone2.0 dTOOR Inc. This is a smartphone that has been developed for several years. The first-generation model "The Cyrcle Phone" was launched in 2016, and its model is a round feature phone only with small accessories that support 2G (GSM mode). Moreover, due to the high demand for smartphones, we started the development of second-generation models, but even purchasing other round displays that we don't have is hard and it seems difficult to develop. But finally achieve the production goal of crowdfunding in 2021, and the product is expected to hit the market this fall. The Cyrcle phone 2.0 looks like an incredible shape as a smartphone. The display is 87.6 mm,3.45 inches round in size and has a resolution of 800x800 pixels. Install a 13 million-pixel camera on the back and on the front. The center of the back side is flat and has a built-in NFC. On the other hand, there is a temperature sensor on the front side, which may be able to measure the body temperature. There are USB Type-C terminals and mini USB terminals on the side. The size of the fuselage is 130x103x22.0 mm and weighs 149g. Recent smartphones are light, but have some thickness, are oval, and are more than 10 cm wide. Having said that, because it is a round shape, you can easily hold it with one hand. The main screen is a live circular design. There is a clock in the middle and there are 8 application shortcut icons around it. You can place commonly used applications here. Icons are moderately open between icons, so it's easy to remember which icons are there and don't mistakenly start other applications. In addition, the body can be held with one hand, but it may be difficult to operate it directly with one hand. Holding it in one hand and using the fingertips of the other hand is the basic way to use it. Although the display screen is round, the display of smartphone applications is basically the rectangular screen design of ordinary smartphones. Therefore, once the application is started, the four corners will appear to be broken. The SNS displayed in the center of the timeline can also be seen to some extent, but depending on the application, the operator panel in the upper right corner, etc., will be hidden. Therefore, in order to pop up the application display, it is equipped with a rectangular "Freeform Mode". In the round display of Cyrcle phone 2.0, you can display the application as the same as a normal smartphone. You can also resize or change the position you want to display. I want to know how the keyboard is displayed when typing text, the input line is decisively made a line at the top of the screen, and the whole screen shows the design of a soft keyboard that can easily type text with both hands. It's practical enough to just reply to SNS posts and chat. Now The Cyrcle Phone2.0 is also a product that women are aware of. One of the delightful features is the front LED light. You can also take beautiful selfies indoors or in dark places. There are other features that smartphones don't have. There is a 3.5mm headphone terminal on the left and right side of the body. Two people can listen to music and watch movies at the same time. Not only the shape, the screen display is also a special The Cyrcle Phone2.0, in the case of the world smartphone forming a unified shape, as an enjoy while using the terminal is also very interesting. The phone doesn't look like a smartphone, but rather, "what is that?" "this will attract people's attention. Crowdfunding for The Cyrcle Phone 2.0 has been closed, and even general sales will be available after this fall. The price of crowdfunding is $699, or about 80,000 yen. This may be a product for niche users, but it will be a hot topic when it appears as a smartphone with a unique design.

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