Modern
smartphone design trends are about reducing bezel size, but Motorola hasn't bothered here, which leaves their design looking dated.
2017 has been a big year for change in flagship
smartphone design trends, especially considering how boring high - end handsets were starting to look.
Smartphone design trends come and go, but one trend which has been persistent for the past few years has been the transition to premium materials used in the construction of smartphones.
No - bezel displays have already highlighted themselves as one of 2017's
smartphone design trends, which is no bad thing.
Apple's following the «bezel-less»
smartphone design trend, where the edges around the screen melt away to offer an immersive all - screen experience.
The notch is, without a doubt, the most important
smartphone design trend of 2018.
The phone isn't expected to feature an all - screen design, which is the main 2017
smartphone design trend this year, and that's probably why the company chose to tease the front's rear.
It's
the smartphone design trend of the year, and any phone that doesn't minimize the edges around the screen easily looks dated against the likes of the Galaxy S8, the LG V30, the iPhone X, and the Essential Phone.
Not exact matches
With the Mate 10, Huawei has followed the thin - bezel -
design trend seen on many recent
smartphones.
While the almost bezel-less
design initially faced some criticism from app and mobile designers, it's now become an industry
trend with Apple's leading
smartphone rival Samsung producing similar
designs.
Thinnest Moto G: Keeping up with the
trend in budget segment of
smartphones, Motorola has
designed the newest Moto G to be the thinnest Moto G till date.
And the Motorola Moto G6 takes that good, affordable
smartphone starting point and then proceeds to coat it in a barrel of 2018, upgrading the handset with a selection of on -
trend features such as an 18:9 aspect ratio screen, glass - backed
design, and full - featured camera system with AI capabilities.
The Chinese original equipment manufacturer seemingly opted to follow the latest
design trends in the industry and deliver a
smartphone with a tall screen surrounded by slim bezels, yet opted to differentiate itself from its rivals by retaining the physical Home button found on the Nova 2i that now barely fits onto the new handset's bottom bezel.
Another
trend that has popped up in recent
smartphone designs and is missing on the Moto X 2017 is the 2.5 D glass and apparently, the microSD card slot has also been moved to the top in what appears to be another strange move by the Chinese company.
For the iPhone X, Apple decided to use a nearly bezel - free
design for the phone's 5.7 - inch display, something that has been a growing
trend on many other Android
smartphones for the past couple of years or so.
There is no denying the fact that among all the
smartphone companies, Sony is a brand that hasn't yet adopted the new
design trends like 18:9 displays or dual cameras.
But it's worth noting that Apple — home of industrial -
design legend Jony Ive, creator of unbelievably thin and elegant devices — will again look like it's playing catch - up to a
smartphone -
design trend.
Xiaomi arguably started this whole bezel-less
trend when it put out the Xiaomi Mi Mix last year, a
smartphone that was meant to be more of a commercial concept
design.
Japanese tech company Sharp has announced the Aquos S2, a new handset that encapsulates the major
design trends for
smartphones in 2017.
The 2017
trend for
smartphones has been bezel-less
design.
The Essential Phone was the first
smartphone to be released with a notch in its screen, and while its take on this particular
design trend is one of the least offensive ones we've seen, no notch is always preferable over any sort of notch — no matter how small it is.
This may not come as a big surprise, after all the 18:9 aspect ratio is the latest
design trend in the
smartphone industry.
I'd like to thank XiaoMi for adding evidence that supports my new theory:
smartphone design is massively influenced by fads and
trends.
This is also where we must mention
design, mainly due to the recent
trend of putting longer displays with smaller bezels on
smartphones.
The bezel-less
smartphone is the
trend of 2017 almost every phone produced this year sports this
design.
The OnePlus 5T launched with upgraded specs that reflect this year's
smartphone trends: a new aspect ratio display and a near bezel-less
design.
After several years where the biggest
trend smartphone design was bigger displays, manufacturers finally started to rein things in last year.
And the common
trends in
smartphone design are making other components bigger: dual cameras with bigger pixels, big front cameras, smaller bezels, and waterproofing.
More
smartphone manufacturers are embracing the notch, the
design trend started by the Essential Phone and later popularised by Apple with the iPhone X.
With the introduction of Apple's 10th anniversary special iPhone X last year, a new
trend has emerged in the industry where other
smartphone manufacturers across the world are carrying out some major
design changes on the front.
This is again, another
trend which has developed over recent months with a number of the latest
smartphones like the OnePlus 2, Nexus 5x and Nexus 6P all coming sporting the new port, which is
designed for «any way» usage and faster data transfers.
Tiny bezels are the hottest
trend in
smartphone design in 2017, and so far Samsung is leading the pack among top - tier
smartphone vendors.
While thin bezels have been a general
trend among
smartphone makers in 2017, pundits have suggested that such a
design for the Galaxy S9 could make it look a lot like the iPhone X. Whether this means the device would have a top notch similar to Apple's
smartphone remains unknown, but sources told SamMobile that the Galaxy S9 may have a top bezel thinner than its bottom bezel.
However, it appears to be tapping into a big
trend with the
smartphone's nearly bezel-less
design.
If there's one
trend that defines the current era of
smartphone design, it's Apple's notch on the iPhone X. Apple wasn't the first company to cut a chunk out of the top of a
smartphone display, of course.
Compared to other competing
smartphones, the company's offerings always trailed behind in
design, overall hardware features, and other popular
smartphone trends like near bezel-less displays, dual cameras, and QHD resolution screens.
Aggressive
designs have always been a trademark of Razer's high - end gaming computers and accessories, so it obviously came as no surprise to see the company's rookie
smartphone effort follow a similar direction by pretty much snubbing all of the industry's latest
trends.
The company has always had great phones which have pioneered many of the
design trends that most other
smartphone makers have copied, but HTC has struggled to convince people to buy their... Read More
The latest
trend in
smartphone design is all about the display.
The company has always had great phones which have pioneered many of the
design trends that most other
smartphone makers have copied, but HTC has struggled to convince people to buy their phones over everyone else's.
With the Mate 10, Huawei has followed the thin - bezel -
design trend seen on many recent
smartphones.
Style
trends in many Asian countries favor uniquely
designed and accessorized
smartphones.
It seems now a days it becomes a
trend to copy
Designs and Other Features in
Smartphone Market..
It is a
smartphone of the Zenfone Series, which is
designed by the Asus company considering the selfie
trends.
As suggested by the newly uncovered renders that are said to have been made by Sony itself, the company's non-premium offerings will retain the majority of its established OmniBalance
design that some consumers and reviewers started criticizing as outdated over the course of this year, primarily due to its relatively large bezels launched as part of new mobile offerings amid a major bezel - free
trend in the
smartphone industry.
In more ways than one, this
smartphone exemplifies the current
trends in
smartphone manufacturing — largely derivative, yet improving on the
designs it's fairly closely related to.
I've never really enjoyed the anorexic
trend smartphones have taken the past couple years, with thin - at - all - costs dominating
design.
For the last five years,
smartphone design has
trended towards one inevitable conclusion: the perfect glass black rectangle.
Sony's new
smartphone is said to come with a bezel-less
design, which is the current
trend for major
smartphone makers.
HMD Global has resisted the temptation of following several important
smartphone market
trends and go after mobile industry heavyweights with a truly premium
design for almost a year now.