Nearly a dozen new Android phones with camera cut-outs in their otherwise nearly full-screen displays debuted at Mobile World Congress last month. Rumor has it LG’s next flagship will also have a camera “notch.” And Google has officially added support for displays with cutouts to Android P. While the first modern smartphone with a notch was […]
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Synaptics says in-display fingerprint sensors for smartphones are coming soon
Rumor has it that the reason Apple dropped the fingerprint sensor from the iPhone X is that the company didn’t want to put it on the back of the phone, and that the technology required for under-glass fingerprint sensors wasn’t good enough yet. So Apple ditched fingerprints altogether, and went solely with its Face ID […]
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Honor 9i is a $275 full-screen phone (for India)
Huawei is adding a full screen smartphone to its Honor line of mid-range devices. The Honor 9i is a $275 phone that features a 5.9 inch, 2160 x 1080 pixel display with an 18:9 (or 2:1) aspect ratio. It’s launching in India on October 14th. But the phone is basically the same thing as Huawei’s […]
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Hands-on with the Essential Phone (and its camera cut-out)
The first phone from Essential Products is a striking device, thanks to its ceramic body and a display that covers nearly all of the front of the device, with the notable exceptions of a small bottom bezel and a cut-out for the front-facing camera. The Essential Phone went on sale last month, but I got […]
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Bezel-free phones with camera cut-outs are now a thing (thanks to Sharp, Essential, Apple… probably)
14 Comments on Bezel-free phones with camera cut-outs are now a thing (thanks to Sharp, Essential, Apple… probably)Essential may have been the first company to unveil a smartphone that’s nearly all screen on three sides… but which makes up for the lack of a top bezel by leaving a cut-out for the camera. But rumor has it that Apple plans to take a similar approach for at least one of its upcoming […]