The device comes
with glass sandwich design with metal frame in the middle and 2.5 D curved glass on either side.
It follows the
same glass sandwich design where a metal body is sliced between two large glass panels at front and back.
It does away with the metal -
glass sandwich on the rear and replaces it with more traditional metal.
In the Android world, the pioneer of aluminium unibody smartphones itself released a metal - and -
glass sandwich as its flagship smartphone for 2017.
The design has picked up a considerable upgrade from last year's Mi 5, with Xiaomi offering a chassis with rounded corners and two panes
of glass sandwiched by a stainless steel frame.
Grabbing a case for it might be wise, especially if the slipperiness, fingerprintiness, or fragility of the whole
glass sandwich thing has you nervous.
The smartphone uses the same
glass sandwich build and comes in 4 metallic shades - Midnight black, Coral blue, Titanium grey and a new one, Lilac purple.
The iPhone 8 should feature a stainless steel chassis covered by curved glass on the back and front — previous reports also said the iPhone 8 will feature an iPhone 4 -
like glass sandwich design.
A closer look at the phone reveals, that the G7 might actually go for the tried - and -
tested glass sandwich design (look up: Samsung Galaxy S9, Huawei P20, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X).
Huawei went for a 2.5
D glass sandwich design around the Honor 8, with the company saying that the rear glass will reflect light differently, nothing like you've seen before.
+ Comprehensive package +
Sleek glass sandwich design + Near - perfect balance of performance and efficiency + Great battery life + ZenUI 4.0 is much neater than previous iterations, slew of additional features are welcome + Camera UI has been improved, more intuitive Pro mode + Excellent performance from both rear cameras + Wide - angle camera gives a different perspective on things
The possible iPhone 8 should be presented in September / October next year, and this phone is expected to offer an edge - to - edge display,
unique glass sandwich design, dual - lens camera for all variants, and many other improvements.
The front and back are glass, creating that
glass sandwich effect that seems to be en vogue in this post-metal unibody world.
The metal and
glass sandwich finish offers rounded edges, fusing the sides, front and rear together with a slick design.
Really, it's more like a mix between a chalkboard and an eggshell, which is something that serves to differentiate this phone even more from Apple's, Samsung's and LG's latest handsets, which are all sporting
trendy glass sandwich designs.
In addition to a Snapdragon 625 chipset, 4 GB of RAM, a 4,850 mAh battery and an 8 - inch 1,200 x 1,920 screen, it comes with dual front - facing speakers and a
fancy glass sandwich design — starting from # 200 (around $ 270 / AU$ 340).
The
new glass sandwich design is more in keeping with modern flagships like the Galaxy S8 and LG V30, representing a clean break from the look and feel of previous Huawei handsets.
Casing in point: Gone is the aluminum unibody used since iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus and, in its place, is an all new version of the iPhone 4 - style metal
banded glass sandwich.
The metal and
glass sandwich remains intact with IP68 waterproofing, delivering a very premium build and stunning design that although similar to previous Galaxy S devices, push a few more boundaries.
All of Samsung's recent phones that support wireless charging also come
with glass sandwich designs.
Two sloping sheets
of glass sandwich a metal frame with chamfered edges for added structure and strength.
I could still very easily handle everything I needed to and, despite the metal and
glass sandwich build, I didn't find the grip to be an issue when moving the phone around in my hand.
Although Apple had started to move away from glass with the iPhone 5 (which featured a unibody aluminium body combined with glass cutouts at the top and bottom) and went on to completely move away from it with the iPhone 6 in 2014 (full aluminium unibody with discrete antenna bands), Samsung opted to release a metal - and -
glass sandwich design with the Galaxy S6 and the S6 Edge.
The Moto Z3 Play comes with
a glass sandwich design with metal frame in the middle.
The same source revealed a few other details, like the fact that these iPhone 8 models will feature a «
glass sandwich» chassis that includes an AMOLED display.
These are similarly sized phones, but Apple's all -
glass sandwich is much more stylish and a full 2 mm thinner than the XZ1 Compact.
Apple itself offered
a glass sandwich with the celebrated iPhone 4 design, so there should be few mysteries for its engineers.
The result is a metal and
glass sandwich with a beautiful 6 - inch 1080x2220 pixel resolution Super AMOLED Infinity Display.
Smartphones made of glass are absolutely gorgeous, and most flagships unveiled at MWC 2018 will feature
a glass sandwich design.
Your Design is great, I loved it actually really hope google will deliver this with
the glass sandwich, hope they will add wireless charging.
The Honor 10 will mostly continue
the glass sandwich design seen on the earlier launched Honor flagship smartphones.
This metal - and -
glass sandwich design has propagated across the industry, but you could argue Samsung and Apple are doing it best.
With the introduction of the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, and also the iPhone X, Apple has moved to
a glass sandwich design.
In - fact, to be accurate, we have been witnessing rumours that suggest a so - called «
glass sandwich» design, which comes with a metal frame in between front and rear glass panels, according a recent report published on GSMArena.
However, now it looks like, we know what metal would be used in the so - called «
glass sandwich» opted by Apple for the iPhone 8.
Both phones feature
a glass sandwich design with rounded sides.
The Galaxy Note 8 from Samsung will feature an aluminum frame around similar to the LG V30 and it will have
a glass sandwich design.
But if Apple does add wireless charging, for one reason or another, it really has no choice but to make a glass - metal -
glass sandwich, like in the old iPhone 4s and the upcoming iPhone 8.
With the iPhone 8 and the iPhone X, the company has stopped making aluminium unibody phones in favour of the metal - and -
glass sandwich design.
Samsung might not have predicted it at the time, but the basic feature of that design — an aluminium - and -
glass sandwich — is what most flagship smartphones today are trying to emulate and perfect.
However, there are objective reasons why one type of build construction (in this case, unibody metal) is superior to another type of smartphone build construction (metal - and -
glass sandwich).
Rather than
a glass sandwich design that is popular with most phones today, the OnePlus 5T has an unibody aluminum shell with a comfortable form factor and high quality construction.
Finally, the smartphone OEMs who had been making smartphones with full aluminium unibodies are switching to the metal - and -
glass sandwich design.
On the outside, the Honor 8 is
a glass sandwich, front and back.
It's a departure from the glass - metal -
glass sandwich that Sony's flagships have long held to, and as a result doesn't exude quite the same premium feel.
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