According to him, using a fingerprint ID sensor beneath
a small curved display isn't very challenging.
Not exact matches
While the science has been proven with the giant
displays in theatres, the jury is still out on whether it makes a difference with the sorts of
curved televisions that manufacturers have recently been introducing, and doubly so with even
smaller screens.
The cockpit has a race - inspired (
small, almost rectangular) steering wheel, head - up
display, and a cantilever center stack topped by a
curved LCD.
The
Curve 9380 as you probably know by now is a cheaper version of the all touchscreen Torch with a
smaller 3.2»
display and an 800Mhz processor.
The Tour's
display measures 2.4 inches —
smaller than the Bold's — but it has the same 480 - by -360-pixel resolution as the
displays on the Storm and the
Curve 8900.
The Galaxy S8 + has a 6.2» 2960x1440 (529 PPI)
curved flexible Super AMOLED
display, while the S8 is slightly
smaller at 5.8» (the resolution stays the same and the PPI is 570).
The
curved Super AMOLED
display occupies a much larger portion of the face of the phone, with
smaller bezels on top and on the bottom.
Last year, the Galaxy S7 had clear disadvantages over the S7 edge: it was considerably
smaller, and lacked a
curved display.
Yes, it's a lot bigger than the old Moto X, but the bezels are thin, there's not a lot of extra material above and below the
display, and the smoothly
curved back makes the phone feel
smaller than it is.
With the Pixel 2, Google brought further separation between the
small and XL phones, putting a 6 - inch, 18:9
display in the larger model (versus a 5 - inch, 16:9 one in the
smaller Pixel), and embracing the
curved screen edges found in the Galaxy S8 + and LG V30.
The Galaxy S9 + has a bit
smaller bezels, and its
curved display makes it a tad narrower, but the Pixel 2 XL's slightly
smaller screen averages things out, so both phones have a very similar footprint.
Samsung chooses to go with asymmetrical bezels, thicker on the top than on the sides, and then goes a step further by
curving the
display in a way that the side bezels seem even
smaller.
The most stunning part of the Nokia 8 Sirocco is its move to an 18:9
display with
small bezels, rounded corners, and
curved sides.
On top of that, you get a gorgeous 6.3 - inch
curved display, an S Pen, the older Android 7.1 Nougat, a
smaller 3300mAh battery, wireless charging and a 3.5 mm audio jack.
This is 2017 and
small bezels plus
curved display seems to be the only winning factor these days.
It comes with a
smaller 5 - inch IPS
display with HD (1280 x 729 pixels) resolution and has a 2.5 D
curved glass on the top.
VR - ready headsets benefit from the added pixels, and the Mate 9 has two
smaller variants in the the Mate 9 Pro and Porsche Design Mate 9 with
curved 5.5 - inch AMOLED
displays that each have 534 pixels per inch.
Today, First Samsung Galaxy S6 mini live photos leaked, it shows a
small 4.7 - inch metal - unibody device with similar design as original Galaxy S6, but no
curved display.
We have seen various types of
displays like complete 3 side bezel less
displays like the Mi MIX 2,
displays with narrow bezels on top and bottom with
curved edges like the infinity
display of Samsung Note 8, bezel less
display with a section on top like the Apple iPhone X
display and other
displays with
small modifications.
The new Note 5 is the same sized
display, yet is slightly
smaller and with the
curved sides it is much easier to hold and work with one hand than the previous Note 4.
The latter is a
smaller, more premium model of the Mate 9, offering a
curved display and a lovely premium build.First glance at the Huawei Porsche Design Mate 9... Read more
In case of design, the Pixel smartphones have horribly big bezels and if that's where Google has exerted «more control» then it has exerted that in a negative way considering that manufacturers like Samsung and LG have mastered the art of fitting larger
displays in
smaller form factors by having razor thin bezels,
curved displays etc..
It's believed that Samsung will drop the «edge» name for the larger Galaxy S8 Plus since the
smaller Galaxy S8 will use the same
curved display.
Amazon, for its part, has tried to stay ahead of the
curve by introducing new Alexa - powered devices in different form factors, such as the
smaller Echo Dot and the Amazon Echo Show, which comes with a built - in
display.
First, offering big screen and
small screen phones, and now
curved displays?
Horwitz added that it will have «the same chamfered edges and
curves» as the iPad mini, only stretched, and will likely include Sharp's IGZO
display technology and
smaller chip components.
Samsung has shied away from
smaller displays for some time after it began using its
curved display design to put larger
displays on
smaller device frames.
Aside from its immense size, the most obvious feature of the Predator 21 X is its
display - Acer says it's the first notebook to offer a
curved screen, although its 2560x1080px resolution is well below the 4K option available on some
smaller, flatter laptop
displays.
The
display of the
smaller ZenWatch 2 is a two - finger - touch AMOLED screen, made of
curved Corning Gorilla Glass 3 that measures in at 1.45 inches on the diagonal.
However, Samsung's signature dual - edge
curved display design would make the handset appear
smaller.
As one would expect, the Galaxy J5 (2017), is the
smaller of the two models and will feature a 5.2 - inch 2.5 D
curved HD (1,280 x 720p) Super AMOLED
display, Exynos 7870 octa - core processor, 2 GB RAM and 16 GB internal storage.
The
display would be used to show
small bits of information, such as the current weather, the song playing or the date, so it works in a similar fashion to the side
display on Samsung's
curved screen smartphones.
Recent developments in smartphone
displays include
curved minimal - bezel screens with on - screen home buttons, 18:9 aspect ratio, Gorilla Glass 5 screen protection and — in the HTC U Ultra — a
small secondary screen for notifications and other useful information (an idea recently dropped by LG when updating the V20 to the V30).
The device features an edge
display with 160 pixel
curve screen and has a little less
small display than Note 4, i.e. 5.6 - inch.
Samsung's Galaxy S8 devices came with infinity
display featuring
smaller bezels and
curved edges on both the sides.
Both the Galaxy S7 Edge and Pixel XL come with 5.5 - inch
displays, but the
curved glass and
smaller top and bottom chin makes the former shorter and narrower than the latter.
It just leaves me with the thought that maybe the
curved display right now is more of a show than anything else, and the
smaller form factor of the Galaxy S7 in itself is the sweet spot to pick up.
The latter is a
smaller, more premium model of the Mate 9, offering a
curved display and a lovely premium build.
Even though both
displays are quite close to each other in size, the S6 Edge +, with its
curved sides make it feel much
smaller than the bulky Nexus 6.
With Xiaomi, they have a specific feature - set for each flagship, with the Mi 6 being the
small device, the Mi Note 2 having that larger
curved display, and the Mi Mix having that really large
display with virtually no bezels.
The Plus makes some
small but welcome changes to Samsung's already excellent flagship, with a larger 5.7 - inch
display that lets you do more with its
curved edges.
The
Small Fresh 4 comes with a full HD screen
display of 5.2 inches and has a 2.5 D,
curved glass in the front.
While the device comes with many features already available in the Galaxy S8, including a
curved display and
small bezels, leaving no room for a physical home button, it's the first Samsung handset to offer a dual - lens rear - facing camera.
It'll also feature an 18:5:9 aspect ratio, with a
curved display and rounded edges, like the
smaller variant.
The HTC Desire 12 comes with a
smaller 5.5 - inch HD + (1440 x 720 pixels) 18:9
display with 2.5 D
curved glass on top and under the hood there is a 1.5 GHz Quad - core MediaTek MT6739 64 - bit processor with PowerVR Rogue GE8100 GPU and 2 GB of RAM.
The 5 - inch XZ2 Compact is the
smaller model of Sony's premium device, and it's everything we wish Apple's iPhone SE could be: petite, with an edge - to - edge
display and amazing camera, round edges and a
curved back that fits perfectly in the hand.
The Google Pixel 2 XL has the newest 18:9 ratio
display with
small bezels — making it competitive against the likes of Samsung and LG — but no
curved edges.
Prominently
displayed on the front is an HD + (720 x 1440) 5.7 - inch IPS LCD
display with
curved glass and
small bezels.
First of all, the Edge sports a 5.5 - inch
display with a resolution of 1440 x 2560 pixels and really
small bezels, which make the
curved screen really easy to use.
The Google Pixel 2 XL has the newest 18:9 ratio
display with
small bezels — but no
curved edges.