It's on the
top edge of the phone on the right hand side, which makes it easy to listen to music when the phone is in a pocket.
The
left edge of the phone houses two buttons for volume adjustment, while the right side is where the power / standby button is found.
Once again we find volume rocker and power buttons on the upper left
hand edge of the phone, a trend that seems to be gaining momentum recently.
On the bottom
edge of the phone sits the USB Type - C charging port, which is flanked by a bottom - firing speaker.
The aluminum bezel surrounding the
outer edges of the phone play a big role there, as does the fact that the design, fit and finish on the Moto X are fantastic.
The
outside edges of the phone are smooth and rounded, giving the phone a premium feel, albeit a slightly slippery one in the hand.
The power key and volume rocker keys are on
right edge of the phone and three capacitive touch button on the bottom of display.
The headphone jack is on the
top edge of the phone, and the charge / sync port is on the lower left side.
The display itself doesn't go to the
very edge of the phone and there's still a small bezel at the bottom of the screen, but it's easy to see that this phone will have the highest screen - to - body ratio we've ever seen from HTC.
The all - plastic build is polished up a bit thanks to the quality eggshell texture used on the back, and the super
rounded edges of the phone make this one comfortable device to hold.
The bottom
edges of the phone feel nice in the hand as they're rounded off; however this highlights the fact that the top edges are squared and quite sharp, and don't feel — or look — good at all.
Apple's Leather Case leaves the bottom
edge of your phone exposed, which means that if you drop your phone the wrong way, you could damage the front edge (just below the Home button), or the area around the Lightning - connector port.
The metal around the outer
edge of the phone looks and feels fantastic, and the interchangeable backs feel far more sold than most phones with swappable covers.
The Galaxy S6 edge, announced at MWC in Barcelona, is closely related to the «standard» Galaxy S6 but the
long edges of the phone are curved over the sides.
That's helpful, as the curved
edges of the phone made it feel as if the Tribute were trying to squirt out of my hand.
The same key is said to double as a fingerprint scanner, with the right
edge of the phone housing a power button and a conventional volume rocker, both of which are depicted in the latest render.
A driver on the bottom
edge of the phone delivers the bulk of the sound, and a front earpiece speaker is used to play additional higher - frequency sound to stop it sounding lopsided when held in front of your face.
The case has a nice bezel to catch face - down drops, and it contours in a way that protects the
recessed edges of your phone's Infinity Display.
The Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge both sport a 5.1 inch Super AMOLED screen with a 1440 x 2560 resolution that comes in at around 577 ppi pixel density with the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge receiving a curved display that takes the screen over the
side edges of the phone.
The
metal edges of the phone are a straight silver color, but despite having black bezels on the front, silver metal edges and a shapeshifting mauve back panel, the phone never feels like a mishmash.
For example, he explains that putting the front camera anywhere other than the top
middle edge of the phone would make the camera harder to use and less accurate, implying how the Xiaomi Mi Mix's bottom front - facing camera isn't optimal.
Then there's the front - facing camera, which somewhat hilariously pops up from the top
edge of the phone when you switch to the selfie mode in the camera.
On the Xperia Z5 Compact it's sat on the right hand
edge of the phone inside the power button and sits flush to the side of the phone.
The thing to know is that spending money on an iPhone 8 doesn't get you the
cutting edge of phone design, or even Apple design — for that, you'll have to get an iPhone X.
Button and port placement is the same as well, with the volume rocker and pleasingly textured power / sleep button located two - thirds of the way up the right - hand edge, and the headphone jack and microUSB port situated on the top and bottom
edge of the phone respectively.
On the right - hand
edge of the phone there's the volume and power buttons, while the opposite side houses the SIM card and microSD tray.
The groove between the comfortably tapered
rubber edge of the phone and the glass makes it slightly uncomfortable to hold, while the slippery glass also causes it to «phantom slide» when you set it down on smooth surfaces.
That power button lives on the right
edge of the phone underneath the volume rocker, which is still low enough on the edge to be reachable with your thumb.
The screen also comes with square edges and the
main edges of the phone are rounded, which further makes it a bit weirder, especially after looking at what LG has done with the G6.
First up, the positioning of the cameras so very close to the top
edge of the phone means, when in landscape orientation, fingers are perilously close to the lenses.
It starts with its 6.3 - inch Infinity Display that stretches to the
very edges of the phone's frame, leaving just a small bezel above and below the screen.