I should also note that both models do have
a small camera bump this year, but it's not quite as pronounced as what you'll see on the latest iPhones.
The glass insert at the top of the phones is smaller now and inset perfectly, but now marred by
a small camera bump that makes the taller 2 XL wobble on the table a bit when you're tapping the screen.
Not to mention, this is the first iPhone with
a small camera bump.
On the back is
a small camera bump, with the dual cameras in a vertical alignment instead of the horizontal version used in Plus models of the iPhone.
Not exact matches
This system is the key to the suspension's ability to tackle
bumps large and
small, and it uses
cameras to literally look at the road rolling beneath it.
Instead of a
small bump in processor speed, an improved
camera, and 4G LTE, Samsung ended up slapping in a dual - core CPU, Honeycomb 3.2 with Touch - Wiz, Bluetooth 3.0, and an IR blaster.
Doing it that way allows Essential to use
smaller camera modules, which means it can cram its
cameras into the monolithic aesthetic it's created here without the need for a
camera bump.
There's also no
camera bump like on the 9.7 - inch iPad Pro because iPad 5 doesn't have the newer, larger
camera system but rather the older,
smaller 12.9 - inch iPad Pro system.
Xiaomi managed to cram the sensors in a
smaller frame — the Mi 6 has a 5.15 - inch screen whereas the iPhone 7 Plus comes with a 5.5 - inch display — and the manufacturer also figured out a way to eliminate the
camera bump at the back.
Second, the
camera bump has been enlarged and more artfully curved into the rear casing, which looks particularly handsome on the
smaller phone with a single
camera.
That sleekness also extends to the back of the phone where you'll find a smooth, all - glass panel with a metallic sheen, and a much
smaller dual
camera array with a less pronounced
bump.
It's a nice touch, especially considering that leather is hard to find outside of LG's flagship smartphones, but the
small bump in the back is more of a hat tip to big
cameras with expensive lenses than a feature that actually affects handling and ergonomics.
You'll find some other
small design changes, like a round
camera instead of a square one, a far - less - protrusive
camera bump, and slightly less tapered edges.
The front
camera is 8 - megapixels and takes a
small bump to 1.12 µm, again with f / 2.0 aperture.
There is a
camera bump here, but it's fairly
small, compared to the competition.
Interestingly, the closest the back of the device gets to a
camera bump is the
small metal ring around the dual - tone LED flash.
The
smaller pixel size enables the Fast 2L9 to fit in slimmer
camera modules so the handsets don't need to have a
camera bump.
The
camera bump on the back is huge; a larger housing than the iPhone 8 Plus fitted onto a much
smaller body and designed to draw attention to itself, especially on my silver review unit.
Both
cameras feature 27 mm f / 2.2 equivalent lenses and now have optical image stabilisation, hence the
small bump to the rear - although it protrodes slightly less in the Porsche Design model than it does in the standard Mate 9.
The shell will look mostly the same, and the
camera and processor inside might be getting
small spec
bumps.