Many, including myself, hoped that the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2s would go the route of the Vivo
Apex FullView's camera.
The Vivo
Apex FullView is currently just a concept — but a working one that Vivo has on display during Mobile World Congress.
The smartphone bezel is slowly disappearing — but Vivo is claiming the smallest bezel yet in a concept smartphone called
the Apex FullView introduced on February 25.
The APEX FullView concept smartphone came as a bit of surprise, going past what we know, and presenting a device that shows us where we want to be.
Vivo unveiled its Vivo
Apex FullView prototype.
Only a month after unveiling the X20 Plus UD at CES 2018, which featured a fingerprint scanner underneath the display, Vivo took the wraps off
the APEX FullView Concept Phone at MWC that expands upon the initial idea.
With
the Apex FullView concept phone, the latest feature allows users to place their fingers anywhere on the bottom half of the screen to unlock the handset.
Vivo hasn't provided any details on the availability of
the Apex FullView smartphone, or how much it will cost.
Shortly after Vivo teased its latest bezel-less
APEX FullView concept phone through a series of renders, new reports emerged to suggest that the company is already sending out press invitations for an upcoming launch event during which the device is now expected to be officially launched.
At last week's Mobile World Congress (MWC) conference in Barcelona, Spain, the talk of the show was
the Apex FullView.
An Essential fan named Raphael tweeted a Gizmodo article on
the Apex FullView to the company's founder, Andy Rubin.
One patent hints Rubin is looking into adding a pop - up camera that works similarly to the Vivo
Apex FullView shooter.
Not exact matches
The only smartphone that I personally believe is truly bezel-less is the Vivo
FullView Apex.
The Vivo
APEX concept smartphone continues the company's bold push to create true
FullView designs that make the bezel nearly extinct, as seen on phones like the V7, V7 +, X20, and X20 Plus.
Or are you more like me and believe that only the
FullView Apex deserves that title?
Last but not least, we should also stress the
APEX removes the need for a conventional earpiece speaker by... transforming the entire
FullView display into one big speaker.
Vivo «
Apex»
FullView concept smartphone offers an incredible 98 per cent screen - to - body ratio, a «half - screen» fingerprint scanner, and a retracting selfie camera.