Also on the right is
the speaker grill which produces extremely good, loud and pleasant sound compared to other phones on the market.
Besides the camera sits
the speaker grill which does get some benefits from the camera bump but the fact that Microsoft is still placing speaker grills at the back is something which is hard to justify.
The first notable feature illustrated below is the phone's front
speaker grill which highly resembles the design introduced by the HTC One.
The bottom has two
speaker grills which are hard to spot.
Not exact matches
Flip the Xoom over and you'll find a 5 - megapixel camera, supported by a dual LED «flash»,
grills for the stereo
speakers and the only proper button on the device,
which is the power / standby button, working in the same way as the power button on every other Android device.
On the top of the device there is an IR Blaster for you to control your TV, SIM card slot on the left, and at the bottom, you have a USB Type - C port and two
grills which house one the Pro3's
speakers while the other is a microphone.
On the base of the phone is a pair of
speaker grills (only one of
which actually provides any sound), and the Micro USB charging port; the headphone socket is on the top.
Under each
speaker's removable
grill is KEF's patented Uni-Q point - source driver array,
which puts the tweeter right in the center of the midbass driver.
The rest of the design is not dissimilar to what we've seen in the past: There's a sheet of glass on the front, a slab of aluminium in the middle and a sheet of glass on the black,
which, when combined with the omission of Samsung's branding beneath the
speaker grill, makes for one of the best - looking smartphones to hit the shelves in 2017.
As a bonus, the One's good - looking
speaker grills also provide excellent sound for a phone, and its directed at you, unlike many phone
speakers,
which are placed on the back.
The bottom of the phone houses a lone
speaker grill,
which gets quite loud (more on this in part 2 of our review), a USB Type - C port for data transfer and Dash Charge (more on this below), and a headphone jack, and the top of the phone is barren of holes and ports.
The flexible OLED display
which might be onboard the next - generation iPhones may also have that will integrate the
speaker grill to form a really almost invisible
speaker.
It may look like you're seeing two front - facing
speakers on the new design, but it's actually one solo
speaker on the bottom
grill,
which is more than enough to provide a loud, crisp sound even when I have it turned up a quarter of the full volume.
According to the leak, the rear camera setup
which had earlier been rumored to comprise a 12MP + 8MP phase detection and laser autofocus sensors with the
speaker grills coming in bold at a distance to the camera, comes packed with a LED flash for lighting.
The images,
which were uploaded on Twitter by a new account called @culeaks, showcase the
speaker grill located at the bottom of the device in addition to...
In typical Apple fashion, both the 15 - inch Air —
which looks identical to the 13 - inch, though features a bigger trackpad, display and larger
speaker grills — and 13 - inch, are stunning looking laptops.
It looks fantastic in two colors, has seven far - field microphones (
which can be disabled), three tweeters and three woofers and a 360 - degree
speaker grill.
Hidden in the top right of the upper
speaker grill is the ever - handy notification light,
which continues to be one of my favorite features of Android smartphones.
Above it you'll find the metallic
speaker grill, visible sensors
which look somewhat strange, a front facing camera, and the ever - useful, quite large notification light.
There's also the
speaker grill to the left and the built - in stylus port
which holds the S - Pen securely.
In constructing this smartphone, BenQ have attempted to add a bit flair to the black slab design through a few red highlights,
which can be found in both
speaker grills and around the camera lens.
The left hand side has the volume rocker, the top has the 3.5 mm headphone jack, the bottom sees the USB port and two
speaker grills (of
which only the left has a
speaker behind) and the left side has the power button.
The left - hand side has the microSD slot and USB connectors,
which sit above the docking station pins, while the bottom edge is all
speaker grill.
On the front you'll notice two rectangular
grills which is where HTC has managed to cram two
speakers for stereo sound.
As mentioned, the
speaker grill is positioned on the back next to the rear camera,
which proves to be somewhat awkward, especially while using the phone in landscape orientation.
There are dual
speaker grills on the bottom, of
which only the right one actually outputs audio.
On the top can be found a
speaker grill,
which comes in handy for two - way audio and for sounding an alarm, while on the bottom you'll find a screw - hole for mounting the camera to a tripod or another type of bass, if you so choose.
The Nexus 5X only features a single front - facing
speaker despite having two
speaker grills,
which sees it fall behind many other stereo devices, though I'd take that single front
speaker over a bottom - or rear - firing
speaker any day.
A
speaker grill is available on the bottom
which seems to be an inspiration from HTC smartphones and has a mono
speaker.
The dual
speaker grills are just concealing on the loudspeaker,
which isn't clear or loud enough.
The
speaker grill for the Spot is right at the base of the device,
which makes it invisible when viewing the Spot face - on.
You can notice company's brand new logo,
which was launched last year in notice embedded in the center, while company's name is written on the bottom, just above
speaker grill.
In portrait mode,
speaker grills are found on the top and bottom of the device, though this could be considered the sides when using the tablet in landscape orientation,
which will be the case while watching videos.
Leaked images and renders suggest the iPhone 8 may feature an upper notch
which will house the device's sensors and
speaker grill.
On the bottom of the Galaxy Note 6 / Note 7, the phablet's port for its S Pen stylus is visible, along with a 3.5 mm headphone port,
speaker grill and a USB - C port, making it the first Samsung smartphone to use the new technology,
which allows both faster transfer and charging speeds when compared with micro-USB.
It's surrounded by a gunmetal grey aluminium body shell, with a red
speaker grill jutting out from each corner — a sound system Acer calls Predator Quadio,
which comes with Dolby software for added depth and quality.
On the back of the phone, is an 8 - megapixel camera with Dual LED flash, and towards the bottom, a
speaker grill, half of
which gives the access to sound output, and the other half is just aesthetically a dimpled surface.
The front has the plane design
which houses
speaker grill on the top along with selfie camera and flash.
The rear camera module,
which is placed on top half of the rear side, is aligned with a circular
speaker grill.
If accurate,
which time and time again Blass has proven himself to often be, the device will feature a nearly bezel-less display, with just enough space to fit Huawei's branding at the bottom, and a front - facing camera and
speaker grill at the top.
Along the bottom is a USB Type - C port,
which doubles as a headphone out port, accented by two
speaker grills and a mic.
You'll find the
speaker grill on the front and a more rugged plastic
grill underneath the
speaker which pushes out those lower bass tones.
There's also a rear
speaker grill on the back of both devices,
which is something that we haven't seen in previous versions of the Moto X.