For some bizarre reason, the power button on the Agora 4G is along
the top edge of the handset, beside the 3.5 mm headphone jack.
LG did not send us its headset to test with this phone, but plopping our own into the 3.5 mm connector on
the top edge of the handset revealed that sound quality is decidedly lacklustre.
Not exact matches
The concept shows a sleek looking
handset with curved
edges as we have on the Samsung S9 and S9 +, a pair
of tiny
top and bottom bezels, and NO NOTCH.
You'll still see two strips
of black polycarbonate material at the
top and bottom
of the gunmetal grey
handset, again so that Wi - Fi and LTE can actually function, but the
edges now feel just as slick as the rear.
That's because
of the almost absent bezel on the
handset's long
edges and minimal
top and bottom bezels.
You'll notice other peculiar things too, such as the chamfered
edges, which feature four strategically placed breaks at the
top of the
handset and on the sides near the modular attachment.
The rubber lip sits on
top of the
edge of the
handset so that if you either set it face down or drop it, your display will be mostly protected.
Around the
edges of the
handset you'll find a 3.5 mm headphone jack on the
top, the power and volume buttons on the right - hand
edge, and the micro-USB port on the bottom.
The
handset in question does appear to have plenty
of similarities to the iPhone SE itself, including the body, but also shares an iPhone X-like design cue, including the
edge - to -
edge display and notch up at the
top of the screen.
As rumored, the
handset follows the current trend
of bezel-less phones, featuring an
edge - to -
edge front screen with an earpiece at the
top.
The rear panel
of the
handset features a metal frame with antenna bands on
top and bottom
edges, a particularity present on the Motorola Nexus 6 and other Moto X smartphones.
The
top of the left
edge houses the SIM and microSD slot, and on the right
edge there's the volume rocker at the
top, and, on our Graphite Black
handset, a rather lovely etched power key
edged in red.
If you're undecided on your next phone and looking for a
top -
of - the - range
handset, the Galaxy S7
Edge is easily one
of the best phones out there, as we discovered in our review.
The two system keys are seemingly farther away from the physical Home button than those shown in previous leaks
of the device, whereas the secondary camera
of the
handset also seems to be closer to the left
edge of its
top bezel than recent sightings suggested.
It forms the whole
of the
top plate, then slants along the
edges so that it can form a lip on the bottom front
of the
handset.
This stacks more features on
top of a phone that we awarded a four - star rating, but how does this new
handset stack up against Samsung's S6
Edge Plus?
The left
edge of the Nokia Lumia 620 has absolutely no ports or buttons on it, while the right
edge contains all three
of the
handset's physical buttons, specifically a volume rocker at the
top, the power / lock button in the middle and a camera button at the bottom.
Also present are the familiar power and volume buttons along the right
edge of the
handset, and the 3.5 mm audio jack at the
top, unexpectedly joined by the microUSB port (which is usually found at the bottom
of most Windows Phones).
Along the device's
top edge you'll find the 3.5 mm audio jack, while the
handset's main speaker occupies the entirety
of the bottom
edge.
The OLED iPhone 8 will have an all - glass design with the glass on
top of the display wrapping the
handset's
edges and back.