And as this tablet lacks
any physical face buttons, it can be tricky at times to tell which way you should grab it to power it on or adjust the volume.
And as this tablet lacks
any physical face buttons, it can be tricky at times to tell which way you should grab it to power it on or adjust the volume.
You won't find
any physical face buttons on this big boy.
Not exact matches
It comes with a 5.8 - inch screen that nearly covers its
face and no
physical home
button.
The front
face, unlike an iPad's, lacks any
physical Home
button.
Here there's a
physical home
button, an elongated strip in the centre of the phone's
face at the bottom.
Nook HD +'s other distinctive feature is the
physical «N» home
button on the
face of the device.
In 2011, the Kindle 4 abandoned the chiclet keyboard in exchange for four
face buttons and a D - pad, while the Kindle Touch (released the same year) ditched
physical controls entirely for a touchscreen.
There's a front -
facing physical home
button that also doubles up as a fingerprint scanner for user authentication and other security purposes.
There are
physical volume
buttons, a power
button and a «n» Nook
button on the
face of the device, just below the screen.
Unlike the Archos 9, there are no
physical buttons on the
face of the Archos 101.
Other notable specifications include an 8MP rear -
facing camera, a 5MP front -
facing shooter, Bluetooth 4.2, a fingerprint reader embedded in the
physical home
button, LTE capabilities (SM - T395), an S Pen and a 4,450 mAh removable battery.
I have applauded Barnes & Noble for putting the
physical «N» home
button right on the
face of their Nook HD.
Both are also slick pieces of hardware with attractive industrial design and none of the capacitive or
physical buttons that still mar the
face of most Android handsets (even though Android 4.0 supports on - screen
buttons; Meego was designed with them).
It comes with a 4.3 - inch Super AMOLED Plus screen (no more Pentile Matrix),
physical buttons just beneath the screen, 8MP rear camera / 1.3 MP front -
facing camera, HDMI - out, and 1 GHz Hummingbird processor.
The tablet looks nice enough, the front is glass and certainly tabletish enough, it does have 3
physical buttons on the bottom of the front
face: Back, Home, and Menu.
On the
face, there are four
physical buttons and the camera
button and volume rocker are on the right spine.
The lack of any
physical buttons on the
face of the Xoom give it a very clean look but also make it very difficult to tell what direction is up when you're quickly grabbing the tablet.
Beneath the 7.9 - inch display is Apple's standard
physical home
button, while above the screen you get a 1.2 - megapixel front -
facing camera with 720p HD video support and the option to make FaceTime and Skype video calls.
The front of the device is void of any
physical buttons, featuring just the display, five megapixel front -
facing camera and speaker.
The Note 8 was certainly worth the wait as it received their largest Infinity Display, lost its
physical home
button to on - screen
buttons, and received the smallest top and bottom bezels you have ever seen — it's a shame that Samsung did not include a bottom, front -
facing speaker in an area where there is a blank spot.
We go into more detail in our review of the Oculus Touch, but it's a very comfortable, natural - feeling control scheme with responsive
physical components like analog sticks and
face buttons in addition to motion tracking.
The iPhone X departs from the
physical design usually associated with the iPhone, with the key features being the removal of the Home
button, the introduction of
Face ID, wireless charging, and a large OLED display that covers the majority of the iPhone's f
Face ID, wireless charging, and a large OLED display that covers the majority of the iPhone's
faceface.
While the fingerprint sensor is placed on the rear of the Snap 4, it comes integrated with the front
facing physical home
button on the Turbo 5 Plus.
The P20 Lite has a rear -
facing fingerprint sensor, while the P20 and P20 Pro pack front fingerprint sensors that probably act as
physical buttons as well.
There are
buttons for adjusting speaker volume, and there's even a switch that places a
physical lens cover over the front -
facing camera that's used for video calls.
That notch is, however, a necessary evil in Apple's quest to not only remove all
physical buttons from the
face of the iPhone but to also make the bezels around an iPhone's screen as small as possible.
Considering the lengthy body of the HTC 10, I would have preferred on - screen
buttons here to assist with usability; the
physical buttons are slightly too far down the
face of the handset, particularly the back
button as a right - hander, for comfortable one - handed use.
Since the OLED screen on the iPhone X will occupy nearly the entire
face of the device, there's no room for a
physical Home
button as on previous models.
Unlike many other 18:9 smartphones, the Honor V10 features a front -
facing physical home
button with an integrated fingerprint sensor.
The replacement to Touch ID, implemented on the iPhone X since there's no room for the
physical home
button and its integrated fingerprint sensor,
Face ID takes advantage of new hardware unique to this generation of phone.
However, there is no front -
facing physical home
button on the second - gen Nokia 6, instead, it comes with on - screen navigation
buttons and rear -
facing fingerprint sensor.
With a rectangular
face and
physical home
button at the bottom edge, it looks like a little tiny smartphone, but not quite a pretty one.
The top
face is just like the Echo Dot, plastic with
physical buttons for volume up and down, microphone mute, and an action
button, with an LED light ring all around.
A newly revealed user manual also confirms the single front -
facing shooter (likely an 8MP unit) will feature its own dedicated flash, while the front - mounted
physical home
button is to double as a fingerprint reader.
Without the
physical home
button, the OnePlus 5T comes with on - screen navigation
buttons along with rear -
facing fingerprint sensor.
Apple is expected to release the HomePod later this year, and the speaker's firmware points to an infra - red front camera with 3D
face unlocking capability on the iPhone 8, which could replace the
physical fingerprint
button.
Instead of the
physical Touch ID
button, the iPhone X comes with facial recognition capabilities, called
Face ID.
The HomePod firmware leak previously pointed to an infra - red front camera with 3D
face unlocking capability, which could replace the
physical fingerprint
button.
The front -
facing physical home
button comes with an integrated fingerprint sensor.
According to reports, the OnePlus 5T will deliver a revamped design that ditches the
physical home
button in the OnePlus 5 and instead stretches the screen across the smartphone's
face like the Galaxy S8 and iPhone X. OnePlus» 5T will likely come with the same internal features as the 5, including the aforementioned storage and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835.
Yet it could be a
physical camera
button with the second mystery slot being a new flash configuration on the
face side for better selfies.
Behind this otherwise «blank» space, unoccupied by pixels, you might find a front -
facing camera, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor,
physical or capacitive
buttons, one or more speakers, a notification LED, and even carrier and / or manufacturer branding.
The traditional front -
facing branding has been replaced with a simple «Samsung» logo on the rear in an attempt to highlight the thinness of the horizontal bezels, achieved by opting for a set of on - screen navigation
buttons instead of its traditional
physical - capacitive setup.
and other high - end handsets today, this V30 renders also appears to ditch the
physical home
button for a screen that nearly covers its
face.
Because of this new design language, the device seems to do away with the front -
facing physical button called «mBack» by Meizu, meaning that the fingerprint scanner has also been relocated.
The
physical front -
facing home
button has been removed, giving way to a large 6 - inch display that's rumored to have an 18:9 aspect ratio.
Jelly Bean's soft - touch navigation keys mean the
face of the FonePad is devoid of
physical buttons, leaving simply the black bezel with the Asus logo and camera lens on the top.
Like the Galaxy S8 and other high - end handsets today, this V30 renders also appears to ditch the
physical home
button for a screen that nearly covers its
face.
The device, which was leaked on Thursday (Oct. 12) by Slashleaks, appears to come with a screen that covers its
face, leaving no room for a
physical home
button.