Generally, these manufacturer skins exist with the claimed goal of enhancing the platform's stock functionality, but we actually found a case on the Epic where the opposite is true: the phone's lock screen consists of a circle in the center of the screen that you drag up to unlock... and that's it.

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The main menu screen features a circle of six Roald characters - all of which move while the site "waits" for you to select an option.

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There's some calibration involved when moving from person to person, chasing a circle around the screen with your eyes.

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This may mean that you always see the loading screen, with a spinning circle in the middle of where the video should be.

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Before you can get started, though, you need to do a one-time calibration process, which involves following a circle moving around the screen.

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Krug fired a shot from just inside the left circle that sailed through a screen and got between Lundqvist's pads.

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If your network connection is not consistent, you may experience problems connecting - the video will pause and a circle will spin on your screen.

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When you first turn on the screen on a Home-equipped phone, you see the time and a small circle at the bottom displaying your Facebook profile picture.

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The upper circle would still be used as a viewing area and there would also be room for a small screen for films to be shown Mr Robins added.

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