A barely passing grade on the curve - Business - The Boston Globe

Straight talk about a curved phone

"Besides, who talks on the phone anyway? A 2013 survey by Experian Marketing Services found that chatting takes up only about 25 percent of our phone time. We’re mostly texting and tweeting, sending e-mails or visiting websites. And for these purposes, a curved screen offers no help at all.
Even more pointless is the LG’s ability to flex. Yes, if you put pressure on it, the G Flex’s slight curve straightens out and the phone lies flat. Building a bendable video screen is a remarkable achievement by LG’s engineers. But LG’s marketing department hasn’t come up with a brilliant reason why we need it. When you devise a video screen that folds completely in half, call me back."

A barely passing grade on the curve - Business - The Boston Globe