The bets that Samsung Electronics placed on DRAM chips, liquid-crystal display screens and mobile telephones paid off handsomely.

ECONOMIST: Samsung and its attractions

The company formally announced the Liquid E1 last month, but with Mobile World Congress around the corner, the mid-range phone just got official for the European market.

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In the abstruse world of physics, glass is indeed classified as a liquid (albeit a supercooled and therefore not very mobile one).

ECONOMIST: Non-dribbling glasses