All along
the same edge of the phone.
Not exact matches
The Toyota Highlander is especially capable and provides three rows
of seats in a vehicle four inches longer (
same width and height as
Edge) and with wireless
phone charging, and costs about the
same as the
Edge, although most
of the tech is on pricier trim lines.
The Galaxy S6
edge + display is similar to the Note 5, with the
same screen size and resolution, but it has a curved screen OLED display that is manufactured on a flexible plastic substrate so that it can bend around the corners on both the sides
of the
phone to provide two display areas that can be viewed and controlled from both the front or the sides, which is especially useful for viewing notifications and scrolling news items, and also as a dim night clock on a beside table.
Sony Ericson says that the Xperia Play features leading -
edge graphics performance, thanks to the Adreno 205 graphics processor (GPU), which is part
of the SnapDragon system on a chip (SoC) from Qualcomm — but other
phones use that
same Qualcomm chip (codenamed Scorpion).
Same as its predecessor, the Android
phone also sports a curved body, but the new model has a more harmonious curve range from a radius
of 400 mm to 700 mm across the front, back, sides and top - to - bottom
edges, and new Self Healing back is capable
of repairing scratches in ten seconds instead
of its predecessor's three minutes.
The manuals are in Chinese and are hence impossible to decipher without the use
of translation, but the included images do show something very notable — the Galaxy J5 and Galaxy J7 will feature the
same TouchWiz UX as the Galaxy S6 and S6
edge, possibly becoming the first Samsung
phones to do so.
The
same key is said to double as a fingerprint scanner, with the right
edge of the
phone housing a power button and a conventional volume rocker, both
of which are depicted in the latest render.
Around the
edges you'll find a microSD card slot and a micro-USB port hidden under a waterproof flap, a flap - free 3.5 mm headphone jack and the
same sticking - out power button you'll see on all
of Sony's recent
phones.
The Galaxy Note 4 continues to have the
same faux - leather back cover, but now has a metal band wrapping running around the
edges are now in the
same color as the
phone itself, instead
of silver chrome lining on the Note 3.
In visual terms, both seem cut from the
same cloth, with a blend
of glass and metal and curved
edges, with changes being mainly in terms
of size — the F3 Plus was pretty much a «large»
phone with dimensions
of 163.6 x 80.8 x 7.4 mm and tipped the scales at 182 grammes, while the F3 is a more compact 153.3 x 75.2 x 7.3 mm and is lighter at 153 grammes.
All
of that said, there seems to be an endless number
of 5.3 - and 5.7 - inch
phones vying for the
same phablet audience: iPhone 6S Plus, LG G5, Moto X Style and Samsung Galaxy S7
Edge and, briefly, the now discontinued Note 7.
Sure, it's essentially a Galaxy Note 4 variant at heart, with the
same powerful internals and core functionality, but the difference is right there in the name: This 5.6 - inch phablet screen doesn't stop when it hits the usual right border, instead pouring over to form a curved
edge on the side
of the
phone.
When the company unveiled the Galaxy S6
edge back in April, we were captivated by its dual
edge display, but is this new phablet just a blown up version
of the
same phone we've had for months?
You may note that the Galaxy S8 +'s battery is actually 100mAh smaller than the Galaxy S7
edge of last year, while the Galaxy S8's is the
same size as the Galaxy S7 despite being a larger
phone.
I'll be using an unrooted Samsung Galaxy S7
Edge for this tutorial, but the process will be exactly the
same regardless
of which
phone you have — the interface may just look a little different.
The back
of the 10 features the
same aluminum body HTC pioneered years ago, only now with tapered
edges the company describes as «chamfered,» making the
phone slightly easier to hold, though it still slid out
of my hand a number
of times, perhaps more so that the M9.
You can expect the
same design like its predecessor Samsung Galaxy S8, the Galaxy S9 will have a 5.8 inch QHD + infinity display rolling nearly closer to the
edges of the
phone.
Interestingly, the two Google Nexus 2016
phones will be equipped with the
same hardware specs that have made the Galaxy S7 and S7
Edge such revered handsets in such a short period
of existence.
The design for the Galaxy S9 is pretty much the
same as Galaxy S8, the Galaxy S9 has a 5.8 - inch QHD + infinity display rolling nearly close to the
edges of the
phone.
Thanks to Windows 10's universal apps, everything on your
phone, from
Edge, Office, Maps and Cortana right down to the layout
of your Start screen, now looks virtually identical to what's on your desktop, delivering the
same kind
of user experience...
Button and port placement is the
same as well, with the volume rocker and pleasingly textured power / sleep button located two - thirds
of the way up the right - hand
edge, and the headphone jack and microUSB port situated on the top and bottom
edge of the
phone respectively.
uSwitch is assured that the antenna line designs for both
phones — hugging the top and bottom
edges of the rear — remain the
same as rumored.
While the S8's display will still feature the
same curved
edges found on past Samsung
phones, the scale
of the screen will be much larger.
Surrounding the camera and accessories is the
same dark aluminum you find around the
edges of the
phone, raised just slightly from the backplate.
While you'll find the
same Snapdragon 820 SoC in the two
phones, the OnePlus 3 has a RAM
of 6 GB, 2 GB more than the Galaxy S7
Edge.
However, this started changing this year with the release
of the Huawei P9 and P9 Plus — two
phones that carry flagship specs and compete in the
same category as Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7
Edge in terms
of price.
As noted, you can likely find a Galaxy S8 for $ 700 or so — sometimes less, if you find a sale price — and that months - old
phone offers the
same processor and
edge - to -
edge screen you'll get with the Note without too much
of a battery life sacrifice.
2016 was a very important year for Google and they discontinued the Nexus series and came out with a smartphone
of their own named as GOOGLE PIXEL and PIXEL XL, a really great
phone to be competed with big boys like Samsung galaxy and iPhone 7 plus, Pixel XL has pretty much the
same specs and design like iPhone 7 with a better camera than iPhone 7 plus and GS 7
Edge with 12.3 megapixel with a wide lens, its splash and dust prof the metallic body adds elegance to the body, Google Pixel XL is actually a real treat for the people who liked the design
of iPhone 7 plus but wanted to stick with the android OS.
I'm in this dilemma right now, the performance boost and improved battery life over my current S6
Edge are what tempts me to get it (I managed to live without the micro-sd and the water - resitance aspects although these features are good bonuses to have, I'm not considering them that much), on the other hand the design and the looks
of the
phone are nearly the
same although in case I go with the new
Edge variant the bigger screen will comr in handy, that's why I'm hesitant to decide although all in all the S7
Edge is a better
phone than the S6
Edge, I might end up getting one after all
Alcatel has given the
phone chamfered
edges all the way around the frame on both the back and front
of the device, and even the buttons have the
same matching chamfered
edges, save for the shortcut button on the right side
of the device.
Using the Exynos S7
edge as a reference model, Rahimi shot another video comparing the device to OnePlus «new 3 flagship, which is powered by the
same Snapdragon 820 installed in the US units
of Samsung's
phone.