Less than half a year after introducing the OnePlus 6 smartphone, Chinese phone maker One Plus is back with the OnePlus 6T. The new model has more RAM and more storage than its predecessor, but the first thing you’ll probably notice is the new design: the OnePlus 6T has a smaller notch and a bigger, […]
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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 […]
Nubia Z18 smartphone is nearly all screen, has Snapdragon 845 processor and $410 starting price
Xiaomi may have set a new standard by introducing a smartphone last month featuring a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor and a $300 price tag. But at a time when most phones with that processor sell for twice the price, Nubia’s new Z18 smartphone with a Snapdragon 845 chip and a $410 starting price still looks […]
OPPO F9 smartphone has a notch… but just barely
In an effort to maximize screen space on smartphones, most phone makers have borrowed design elements from the Essential PH-1 and iPhone X and included a cut-out at the top of the screen for cameras and other sensors. The trend has been controversial, to say the least. But with Google adding official support for notches, […]
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 […]
Lenovo Z5 could be bezel and notch-free (on the top, anyway)
Lenovo’s been teasing a new smartphone with a series of images showing a phone that appears to have virtually no top bezel and no notch housing a front-facing camera. The company is set to officially unveil the Lenovo Z5 in China on June 5th, but a set of pictures leaked on Twitter by @TechNavvi allegedly […]
ZTE Iceberg has 2 notches (top and bottom for front-facing stereo speakers)
Notches may be the controversial smartphone design trend of the year. But it looks like ZTE is thinking about going all-in on an upcoming phone by including not just a notch at the top of the screen, but a second one at the bottom. The Chinese device maker has submitted pictures of an unreleased phone […]
Doogee Mix 4 prototype hides the camera with a sliding display rather than bezels (or a notch)
How do you make a phone with slim borders around the display, but still leave room for the earpiece, camera, and ambient light sensor? Apple, Essential, and a bunch of other companies have opted for display cut-outs, which has the screen wrap around the camera and sensor. Samsung and Google have just opted to make […]
Nacho Notch: Free Android app that “hides” smartphone notches
With a few notable exceptions, such as the Samsung Galaxy S9, it looks like most of this year’s flagship smartphones are going to feature notches: the display cut-out that wraps around a camera at the top of a phone. While there are some good reasons for this sort of design choice, it’s not everyone’s cup […]
OnePlus defends the notch (and will have one in its next phone)
Over the past few years phone with slim bezels have become all the rage. But the latest solution for slimming the top bezel has been causing a lot of rage: some folks see notches as an ingenious way to give you more screen space by moving the notifications up. Others see it as an intrusion that […]