Something peculiar has happened in 2017, a year that's seen both Samsung and Apple abandon their perfectly functional fingerprint sensors embedded in the home button at
the front of their flagship phones and replacing it with arcane alternatives.
We certainly spent a lot of 2017 waving goodbye to the bezels on
the front of flagship phones, a trend that kicked off with the LG G6 and then just didn't stop.
Not exact matches
It's a
flagship phone that launched in March 2017 with a big, beautiful 5.7 - inch screen that took up nearly the entire
front of the
phone.
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The G Vista features a 5.7 - inch display at qHD (960 x 540) resolution with a Corning Gorilla Glass 3
front and the
phone strongly resembles the current LG G3
flagship, right down to the volume and lock screen buttons being placed on the back
of the
phone.
Like several other
flagship phones that've launched recently, the OnePlus 6 does have a notch at the top
of its screen that houses its sensors and 16MP
front - facing camera.
The HTC Raider 4G LTE is their new
flagship phone with LTE data capability and is replete with killer features such as a 1.2 Ghz dual core processor, 1 GB
of RAM an eye - popping 4.5 - inch qHD super LCD screen, an uncompromising 8 megapixel camera with auto focus, dual - LED flash, f / 2.2, 28 mm lens and a 1.3 MP
front facing camera plus 720p HD video capture.
The Galaxy Note8 is Samsung's newest
flagship Smartphone with the latest most advanced state -
of - the - art Flexible OLED Display together with a radical new Full Display Screen design that fills almost the entire
front face
of the
phone, providing a significantly larger display without increasing the size
of the
phone.
Then again, most
flagship smartphones aren't constantly processing data from four always - on
front - facing cameras — more on that Fire
Phone feature below — so how the phone's battery performs will definitely be at the front of our minds when we get a chance to really test this m
Phone feature below — so how the
phone's battery performs will definitely be at the front of our minds when we get a chance to really test this m
phone's battery performs will definitely be at the
front of our minds when we get a chance to really test this model.
OnePlus had been teasing its upcoming OnePlus 6
flagship for a while now, and the
front side
of the
phone has just surfaced, it seems.
The 5T's more modern 18:9 aspect ratio fills out the whole
front of the
phone and will undoubtedly be a great option for users who crave a full screen but were put off by the high prices
of flagships currently available.
While it's light on major
front - facing features, there are a lot
of changes that will impact
flagship phones in 2018 and beyond, starting with the Google Pixel 3.
The Mi 4 features similar components to other companies»
flagship phones, including a 5 - inch 1080p screen, 2.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad - core processor, 3 GB
of RAM, 16 GB
of internal memory, a rear facing 13 - megapixel camera and 8 - megapixel
front facing camera, and a whopping 3080 mAh battery.
The G2 mini's
front is absolutely dominated by its display; outside
of the screen on LG's new G3
flagship, the G2 mini's panel takes up a higher percentage
of real estate than most other
phones on the market.
«The Galaxy S5 Prime is set to be Samsung's «super premium»
flagship phone that will not only feature a metal body but that is also rumored to feature a 5.1 - inch 2560 x 1440 (Quad HD or 2K) display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor, 3 GB
of RAM, a 16 - megapixel camera, 2 - megapixel
front - facing camera, LTE - Advanced support, microSD support and Android 4.4.3 KitKat.»
The speakers on the HTC One series
of flagship phones have been some
of the best to ever grace Android, and also helped popularize
front - facing speakers in other
phones.
The ZenFone 4 Pro is also one
of ASUS's only
phones with an AMOLED display, and though it doesn't have the fancy 2:1 aspect ratio
of many
of today's
flagships, the bezels are still relatively small and make room for a fingerprint sensor built into the home button on the
front.
The 6 - inch full HD + display with an 18:9 aspect ratio is the main attraction here, dominating the
front of the
phone, but you also get a Snapdragon 660 chipset, 4 GB
of RAM, the same dual camera as the
flagship Sirocco and a 3,000 mAh battery.
The use
of Gorilla Glass 3 on the
front offers a 40 % increase in scratch resistance when compared to Gorilla Glass 5, which is why the 2013 version is utilized on a 2017
flagship phone.
Samsung's
flagship wins out on the storage
front thanks to the presence
of a microSD slot, but both
phones come with 64 GB
of internal storage as standard.
With the dual
front - facing speakers
of HTC's former
phone now a distant memory, the U11 is the second
flagship to offer BoomSound Hi - Fi Edition.
While the S8 indeed features the best looks we've seen so far, the glass
front and back also make it one
of the most fragile
flagship phones ever.
Now, you will notice that there is a cutout for the earpiece above the display, and also a cutout for the
phone's
front - facing snapper, and judging by the shape
of the leaked display assembly, the
phone's display will sport curved corners, like the ones we've seen in several Samsung and LG - branded
flagships.
Galaxy S8 and other
flagship models have moved it to the back which is tough to access because
of the large size
of these phones.Previously, it was rumored that there is a possibility to integrate the sensor under the
front display so that users can simply touch it to unlock their
phone.
This leaked photo doesn't show the entirety
of the new
phone, so we'll have to wait another day to see if the
front features a notch like seemingly every other 2018 Android
flagship smartphone, including today's Huawei P20 and P20 Pro.
Of course, the curved edges on the front and back of Samsung's flagship phones are really the only unique design feature that sets them apart from the competition, so it's interesting to see how many Android fans dislike the desig
Of course, the curved edges on the
front and back
of Samsung's flagship phones are really the only unique design feature that sets them apart from the competition, so it's interesting to see how many Android fans dislike the desig
of Samsung's
flagship phones are really the only unique design feature that sets them apart from the competition, so it's interesting to see how many Android fans dislike the design.
One
of the biggest draws to LG's 2017,
flagship phone, the G6, is the eye - catching FullVision display that dominates the
front fascia and elbows the bezels off to the edges.
Meizu's latest
flagship phones sports plenty
of positives, including a hot new design and build, a great AMOLED screen on the
front and back, and some killer features.
Metal frames could also be present on the new
phones (suggested by the cuts for the antennas at the
front of the devices), which have only been seen on Samsung's
flagship smartphones and the Galaxy A lineup until now.