Over the past few years smartphone makers have declared war on bezels. The black borders that surround displays have gotten smaller… and phone makers have found new places for the fingerprint sensors and cameras that used to hang out in those borders. But it looks like one solution is on its way out. Pop-up selfie […]
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Hole punch cameras are coming to tablets (Huawei MatePad Pro leaked)
Huawei’s next Android tablet could be a high-end model with support for a digital pen and a keyboard cover — which would help explain why Evan Blass says the tablet will have a new name. Goodbye Huawei MediaPad. Hello Huawei MatePad Pro. The name’s not the only thing that’s new though — a series of […]
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Samsung Galaxy S10 5G has 6 cameras, a big screen, and a big battery
Samsung’s Galaxy S10 series smartphones may pack a lot of features… but there’s one feature that most of them don’t support: 5G wireless networks. That makes sense, since those networks are just now starting to come online. But if you do live in an area with 5G coverage, you might want a 5G-ready phone… and […]
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Samsung Galaxy S10e is a (slightly) cheaper, smaller Galaxy S10
Samsung’s newest flagship phones go up for pre-order on February 21st, and they’ll be available in stores on March 8th. But if the $900 starting price for a Samsung Galaxy S10 (and $1000 for a Galaxy S10+) seems a little too high for you, there is a cheaper option. The Samsung Galaxy S10e features the same Qualcomm […]
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Samsung launches Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10 Plus (for $900 and up)
Samsung’s newest flagship phones feature big screens, small bezels, and a bunch of cameras. The Samsung Galaxy S10 is a 6.1 inch smartphone with three cameras on the back, an in-display fingerprint sensor, and a hole-punch display with a front-facing camera in the upper right corner of the screen. The Samsung Galaxy S10+ is a […]
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Honor View 20 smartphone features a 48MP camera (and a hole-punch display)
Samsung’s hardly the only company working on smartphones with hole-punch displays. Huawei sub-brand Honor has just unveiled its first phone with a tiny hole in the screen for front-facing camera. But it’s the rear camera on the Honor View 20 which may be more interesting — it’s a 48MP camera with a Sony IMX586 image […]
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Samsung Galaxy A8s is the first phone with an “Infinity-O” camera hole
Samsung’s Galaxy S10 phones are expected to feature punch holes in the display rather than notches when they launch next year. But the company isn’t waiting until then to launch a phone with an “Infinity-O” display featuring a small hole around the camera. Meet the Samsung Galaxy A8s. Not only will the Galaxy A8s be […]
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Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus leaked: Dual front cameras make a hole in the screen
Smartphones with notches in the display are old hat… and now phone makers appear to be in a race to bring the first phone with a hole in the display to market. Huawei and Vivo are both expected to announce smartphones this month with holes in their displays for the front-facing camera. And after teasing […]
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Would you rather have a phone with a slide-out camera, or a hole in the screen?
As the war on bezels continues, smartphone makers seem to be falling into one of three camps this year. There are phones with slimmer-than-in-the-past bezels. There are notch-phones with a cut-out near the top of the display for a front-facing camera. And recently we’ve seen the addition of a third category: phones with slide-out or […]
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Hate smartphone notches? How about a hole in the display?
In an attempt to give phones a higher screen-to-body ratio, most major smartphone companies have settled on a solution: phones with taller screens and slimmer bezels… often with a display that wraps around a camera cut-out, or notch. A few companies, including Vivo and Oppo have figured out how nearly eliminate the top bezel without […]