The bottom frame of the phone has something new, something old and something ancient: Samsung has finally switched over to the fully reversible USB - C port for charging and data transfer, replacing the non-reversible micro USB port.
This «magic slot» is located in
the bottom frame of the phone and doubles as an accessory port.
Not exact matches
Antenna bands can be seen running across the top and
bottom of the
phone's back and cutting through the
frame, but they are quite discreet.
The translucent bar near the
bottom of the
phones for example reminds me
of a couple
of their Bravia TV models with «floating»
frame construction.
The device is said to feature a metal
frame and there will be a LED notification light into the
bottom of the
phone which will glow in a «Firefly - style».
A microUSB port for sync and charging is on the
bottom, with a 3.5 mm headphone jack claiming the top - right corner
of the
phone's
frame.
The front
of the
phone is dominated by a 5.2 - inch display,
framed by thick bezels at the top and
bottom.
That certainly squares with the new leaks published by Blass, which show thin bezels on the side
of the
phone and only enough
of a
frame on the top and
bottom of the
phone to house dual front - facing speakers.
Like the similarly ambitious Sharp Aquos Crystal, another bezel-less
phone a couple years ahead
of the big mobile players, Microsoft planned on putting the front - facing camera into the
bottom of the device, to ensure the top
of the
phone's
frame remained slim and flush with the screen.
The 18:9 ratio means it dominates the front
of the
phone, and has very little
frame on the sides, along with slim bezels on the top and
bottom.
Idol 5S» metal
frame extends just slightly over the top and
bottom of the body to house the
phone's loud, dual front - facing speakers, as well as the antenna bands.
It's also possible to see the location
of the charging port, which sits dead center in the
bottom part
of the
phone frame just as on all
of HTC's devices from last year, and while you can't see what type
of charging port it is it's quite likely that it will be USB Type - C, as the U12 will be a flagship
phone for HTC and it hasn't used anything but USB Type - C on its major devices for the past couple
of years now.
The speaker
phone accomplishes the same, even if the speaker shouts out the wrong direction, from the
bottom of the
phone's
frame.
The
frame of the
phone uses aluminum, complete with a
bottom that resembles the iPhone 6.
When holding the
phone in landscape mode with the home button and charging port facing to the right, the
bottom - facing speaker sits on the top edge
of the
bottom part
of the
frame so it's mostly unobstructed, and this makes the sound a little easier to hear without having to turn up the volume.