It has two arms, a face that displays simulated emotion, and cameras and sensors that detect the motion of human beings that work next to it.

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Keeping with the contextual phone skills, Samsung's Smart Stay feature makes the device detect (through the front-facing camera) whether a face is looking at it in order to switch the display on or off.

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