The latest
trend in smartphone design is all about the display.
Tiny bezels are the hottest
trend in smartphone design in 2017, and so far Samsung is leading the pack among top - tier smartphone vendors.
And the common
trends in smartphone design are making other components bigger: dual cameras with bigger pixels, big front cameras, smaller bezels, and waterproofing.
Not exact matches
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.
Japanese tech company Sharp has announced the Aquos S2, a new handset that encapsulates the major
design trends for
smartphones in 2017.
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.
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.
This may not come as a big surprise, after all the 18:9 aspect ratio is the latest
design trend in the
smartphone industry.
After several years where the biggest
trend smartphone design was bigger displays, manufacturers finally started to rein things
in last year.
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.
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.
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.
2017 has been a big year for change
in flagship
smartphone design trends, especially considering how boring high - end handsets were starting to look.
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..
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 t
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 t
in smartphone manufacturing — largely derivative, yet improving on the
designs it's fairly closely related to.
In looks, the Doogee Mix 4 is a slice of the future that indicates where
smartphone design might
trend toward.
Tall image formats are becoming increasingly popular
in the mobile industry and the currently best - selling Android
smartphones in 2017 are featuring them, with Huawei previously implying that it's looking to follow suit and join the new
design trend.
That refreshed XPS 13
design quickly kicked off a
trend in laptop
design — to the point that computer manufacturers now actually brag about how slim their bezels are, as if we were talking about a
smartphone.
This
trend has even led to Apple dropping its usual 4 - inch
design for
smartphones and instead come
in with slightly larger 4.7 - inch devices and even larger 5.5 - inch iPhones, however, the iPhone maker has gone back to its roots with a new 4 - inch iPhone SE.
Perhaps it's a reference to the
smartphone's glass
design, which will be
in line with this year's
trend.
The overall look of the supposed Le X indicates LeEco has been following the latest industry
trends in 2017 and opted to
design a
smartphone with minimal bezels and an elongated display panel featuring an aspect ratio of 18:9, i.e. 2:1.
This «bezel-less»
design is a major
smartphone trend this year, and you can see it
in phones like the LG G6 and the iPhone X.
Metal built
smartphones are
in the
trend these days among the big brands, and that's when Meizu thought why their consumers should also have access to such lightweight and beautiful
design.