Though basic, it's reasonably comfortable to use and offers the expected left /
right buttons alongside a nicely weighted scroll well.
Not exact matches
Buttons and ports-wise you get a volume rocker on the upper
right hand side, the device's power
button below it, and a USC - C port
alongside a headphone jack on the bottom.
Its two USB 2.0 ports are on its
right,
alongside its headphone jack, Noble - brand security lock slot, and power and volume
buttons.
Going over the phone there's a volume up, down and mute key on the
right, a speaker and microphone on the bottom, microUSB and mini-HDMI ports on the left, a 3.5 - millimeter headphone jack and a power / on / off
button on the top
alongside a secondary noise canceling microphone.
Around the
right - hand side there's a Micro USB port
alongside a power
button, volume rocker, and a flap to access the microSD port — having more than the included 32 GB or 64 GB of storage is key on a Windows device like this.
The controls are appropriately mapped to the Vita with the control scheme consisting of pressing X to attack an enemy Digimon; holding R then pressing X to escape; pressing select to let your Digimon act independently; pressing triangle to pause gameplay, while opening the Digivice to view the Digimon field guide, look through your inventory, save your progress and more besides; tapping the touch screen to display the DigiLine; changing the direction of the left analogue stick or alternatively pressing left,
right, up or down on the d - pad to move Keisuke during on - foot exploration or navigating between menus whilst battling an enemy Digimon; and pressing start to display the title menu,
alongside various scenarios and combinations in which certain
buttons have different contexts.
The front is coated with a clear glass finish, and
alongside the massive color display in the middle are four round
buttons stacked from top to bottom on the
right.
Alongside the usual left and
right mouse
buttons are two
buttons on the face of the mouse, and two
buttons on the side.
The emphasis here is on the screen first and foremost, with the only hardware controls coming in the shape of volume and power
buttons on top of the devices,
right alongside the 3.5 mm headphone jack.
Just as you'd expect, the
button lets you easily mark incoming messages as read if you don't need to reply, although the reply
button is still
right alongside it.
Also, on the
right side of the device we can spot the SIM card and SD card trays,
alongside a volume toggle and the power
button.
Could it be the rumored Bixby
button, placed on the
right side of the device, instead of the unlikely placement
alongside the camera, which had surfaced in rumors?
When you hold the device in landscape mode, on the
right side you'll find shutter
button at center,
alongside is the video and mode icons, those
buttons are to start the video recording and change capture modes into HDR, Pro, Night, etc..
The ports are spread out with the headphone jack up top, the SIM slot and volume rocker on the
right - either side of a silver standby
button - while both the microSD and charging ports are on the left,
alongside contacts for accessories.
On the sides, again, everything is almost the same — volume rocker
buttons on the
right alongside the power
button, and there is a dedicated camera shutter
button as well.
As mentioned above, the Elephone S8 features an almost bezel - free design for the display, and on the front, you'll find the camera in the bottom bezel, in the
right - hand corner
alongside the fingerprint sensor and home
button.