Other recent speculation regarding the Galaxy S8 includes the adoption of a «full - screen» display (i.e. without the top and bottom bezels) and the removal of the series»
typical home button.
The alleged iPhone 8 panels show off how the smartphone will come with a bezel-less display and it further hints at an onscreen fingerprint sensor since we don't see a placement for
the typical home button cutout with TouchID integrated or a cutout for the fingerprint sensor at the rear.
Not exact matches
Below the display are the
typical Android capacitive
buttons for Back,
Home, Menu, and Search indicated by backlit symbols.
Across the bottom you have the
typical Android - style
buttons for menu,
home, back, and search.
For one thing, the company has eliminated the standard back and settings
buttons found on
typical Android devices; and it has no physical navigation
buttons beyond the «n» for
Home screen.
In fact the
buttons appear vital for operation because there aren't the
typical onscreen
buttons that Android uses for
home, menu, and back.
Below the screen are the
typical Android
home, menu, back, and search touch
buttons, all of which haptic feedback.
The Joy - Con controllers are incredibly clever and versatile, clipping onto the screen when playing portably, acting as two separate controllers for impromptu multiplayer, or slotting into the Joy - Con Grip for a more traditional controller - like experience - but the Joy - Con
buttons and sticks are shrunken compared to
typical home gamepads, making it quite unsatisfying for a hardcore TV - based gaming session.
Flanking the
home button are capacitive recent applications and back
buttons, set up in
typical Samsung style.
On the front the Galaxy A3 retains the
typical Samsung design language with a prominent physical
home button sitting in the centre below the display, flanked by the usual recent apps and back keys.
Below it are the four now -
typical touch - sensitive
buttons for opening the menu, going
home, going back, and launching search.
Samsung's new Galaxy A7 (2017) is all Samsung with its
typical rounded corners, speaker grill at the top and an oval
home button at the bottom — it looks very much like a Galaxy S7 with a larger display.
The new Samsung Galaxy A7 looks like a
typical Samsung device with its rounded corners, speaker grate at the top with the Samsung name, and an oval
home button at the bottom.
The sensor is embedded within the device's
home button, making it a fairly
typical feature.
In
typical Samsung fashion, the Galaxy S6 phones are packed with the latest technology: an octacore Samsung Exynos processor (for the international version, Samsung would not confirm what processor the US models will use); 5.1 - inch QHD Super AMOLED displays; 3 GB of RAM; 32, 64, or 128 GB of internal storage; 16 - megapixel cameras with optical image stabilization; a new fingerprint sensor in the
home button that no longer requires a swipe; an infrared heart - rate monitor that Samsung says also helps the camera obtain accurate white balance; integrated support for both Qi and PMA wireless charging; fast USB charging that's 1.5 times faster than the Galaxy S5; a speaker that's 1.5 times louder than the S5's; and integrated support for Samsung Pay, which uses either NFC or MFT (LoopPay) technology for transactions.
The S6 edge + follows Samsung's
typical layout beneath the display, with two capacitive
buttons (Recent Apps and Back, respectively) flanking a physical
home button, and like the S6 edge before it, that
home button brings a fingerprint scanner to the edge +.
Activating Siri with the side or
home buttons on a mobile device returns the
typical text - based results.
Fortunately, the front of the device tells a different story as HTC decided to keep its standard
Home button instead of creating a circular one that's very
typical of the iPhone handsets.
In order to make longtime Samsung fans feel at
home the on - screen
home button triggers improved haptic feedback that feels more like a «real»
button than
typical haptics that use a simple vibration motor, not unlike what Apple's doing on the iPhone 7.
There's no front
home button and, in
typical Android fashion, the fingerprint sensor is placed on the back, keeping the look of the phone as clean as possible.
Unusually, there are no capacitive
buttons joining the
home button, and there are no
typical home, back or multitasking virtual
buttons on the screen either.
In gaining Face ID and Apple's first ever OLED bezel - to - bezel screen, the X lost the
typical iPhone
home button.
At the front, you get a
typical Samsung phone — there's a hardware
home button that also houses a fingerprint sensor, and touch
buttons for going back and switching apps on each side.