Well, both phones share a handful of common design traits, like the style
of speaker cutouts, the rounded corners of the display and the style of the metal trim.
Not exact matches
The cases are made
of a good quality material, with all the appropriate
cutouts for the charge / sync port, power switch, and headphone jack on the bottom
of the device, and the
speakers on the back.
Once you do so you'll see that all
of the edges and corners are well protected, and there are
cutouts where necessary for the
speakers on the back
of the device, as well as the power button and charge / sync port on the bottom.
If you watch the unboxing which I'll embed into this review you will see it comes in a rather small box and in 2 parts, it's simply a case
of sliding the headband into the ear cup then again into position to fit onto your head, you'll notice you have a mic mute button and volume control about halfway down the aux cable just like on the Microsoft chat headset, once you look at the ear cup is where you'll notice the differences, this little sucker has a 40 mm
speaker built into an over-ear cup which also has
cutouts in place for users with glasses, they have named this Turtle Beach Specsfit.
On the smartphone's front is a 5.5 - inch AMOLED panel dominated by a black border that extends to its edges, and a triangular configuration
of cutouts above and below it that demarcate the smartphone's stereo
speakers.
And yes, it has a notch on top, but this little
cutout in the screen houses an impressive amount
of tech, including the 7 - megapixel selfie cam,
speaker and microphone, ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, infrared camera and the dot projector.
I like this case because the TPU bumper even covers the bottom
of your phone, with
speaker holes and a
cutout for the Lightning port.
At the top
of the device, there's a
cutout for the front - facing camera,
speaker, and accompanying sensors, and at the bottom
of the device, there continues to be a capacitive «solid state» Home button that uses the Taptic Engine to mimic a button press.
The exact
cutouts for the ports,
speakers, buttons, camera, and sensor let you access the functionalities
of your phone without any hassles.
It's at least smooth and reinforced, but the overhang on the iPad's corners reminds me
of the original 12.9 - inch Create — too stiff and clunky to put on, and painful to look at (especially with the full edge
cutouts for the
speaker, a much uglier implementation than the Create's curved
speaker holes).
Vigeer has opted for
cutouts around the front - facing
speakers at the top and bottom, which will leave those bits
of the screen exposed.
It appears that the smartphone could come with a
cutout at the top
of the display to house the ear
speaker and the front - facing camera, as well as possible laser and infrared sensors that could enable new security features like facial and iris recognition.
There are
cutouts for four
speakers — two on the top edge and two on the bottom edge
of the devices — plus a camera with LED flash and volume controls.
The
speaker cutout at the top
of the screen appears to be longer than on the Galaxy S8, and there's a chance that Samsung extended it in order to install another speak underneath it.
The controls are placed in a
cutout on the right panel
of the right
speaker.
Then we see four other
cutouts toward the corner
of the case, and we find ourselves right back to the rumor that an iPad Air Pro will have four
speakers.
A rounded
speaker screen spreads across the front face to cover six
speakers, with a V - shaped
cutout to allow a display window
of mirrored plastic too peer out from the center.
Nokia's branding is located on the back
of both
of these phones, and the Nokia 2 actually has some sort
of a
cutout in the bottom part
of its back, and that could be the phone's
speaker.
There is also a
cutout area at the top
of the display for the front - facing camera, sensors, and phone
speaker as shown below.
Huawei is exercising a bit
of minimalism with a simple design that has a single
cutout above the screen for a
speaker, very small bezels surrounding a screen with no capacitive keys and a single «Huawei» logo at the bottom where the glass meets a plastic chin.
On the bottom sits a centrally placed USB Type - C port, and to the left
of that a single
speaker with unique grill
cutouts.
As you can see in these tweets, the iPhone 8 schematic that Apple offers is perfectly in line with what we've already seen in countless leaks: no home button on the front, small bezels all around except for the
cutout at the top
of the display for the ear
speaker, camera, and sensors.
Not only can the Dock E30 be used to deliver high quality audio, but it can be used to charge up your devices too via USB - C or Qi wireless charging if your device supports and there's even a small
cutout in the top
of the
speaker to stand your phone or tablet in.
The
cutouts at the bottom
of the case leave plenty
of room for the charging port,
speaker, microphone, and headphone jack to be utilized without any issue.