Fronting the Huawei Mate S is a brilliant 5.5 - inch Full HD display, which extends to
the very edges of phone, creating a borderless viewing experience.
Unlike the Pixel 2, the 5T's design is very 2017, with a massive 6 - inch screen that dominates the front of the phone and shrinks the bezels to
the very edges of the phone.
Not exact matches
Granted, we have a (
very beloved) baby - sitter for our littlest girl two mornings a week while the older two are at school, so that I can make
phone calls, do interviews, and work uninterrupted for a bit
of time, but I am usually at home, trying to get in a full - time job at the
edges of our life.
An extremely subtle rim runs along the front
edge of the handset that gives the
phone a
very slight lift to aid in preventing scratches.
The manuals are in Chinese and are hence impossible to decipher without the use
of translation, but the included images do show something
very notable — the Galaxy J5 and Galaxy J7 will feature the same TouchWiz UX as the Galaxy S6 and S6
edge, possibly becoming the first Samsung
phones to do so.
This new display takes up 83.6 - percent
of the front
of the
phone and goes
edge - to -
edge, right - to - left, with
very small bezels on the top and bottom.
I have a couple
of Spigen cases for my S6
edge + and they are
very good, but I keep going back to the Clear View case, because it just makes the
phone look stunning while keeping it protected.
The Bolt features the aesthetic hallmarks
of HTC's
very best
phones: a polished, chamfered aluminum body that runs to the
edges of its rims, a gorgeously machined metal backplate, and a protruding single camera below a dual - sensor LED flash.
I found it a little awkward to hold the
phone in one hand to squeeze; and once the
Edge Launcher pops up (which it does
very efficiently), it's a bit
of a balancing act to thumb the wheel while hanging onto the handset.
The Honor 8's 5.2 - inch display is bright and bold and, thanks to a
very thin bezel, nearly reaches the
edge of the
phone.
The back
of the Redmi 4A curves on the
edges and as the
phone is
very compact, this adds to the great hand - feel factor
of the
phone.
While these
phones are
very similar in terms
of specs, camera, and battery life, the S6 and S6
Edge have some notable design differences.
This color scheme looks
very similar to the traditional «black on black» scheme
of the Essential
Phone, except that the
edging is a shiny copper line.
While the standard S6 has a
very generic design that could have come from any number
of phone makers out
of China, the
Edge's curved sides look cool and make it easier to swipe across the screen.
However, the OnePlus covered 192 percent
of the sRGB color spectrum (100 percent is
very good) and notched a Delta - E rating
of 2.9 (0 is perfect), which makes it a match for the Galaxy S7
Edge in both color range (189 percent for Samsung's
phone) and accuracy (Delta - E
of 2.9).
Following the recent trend for
edge - to -
edge displays, first touted on the LG G6 and Samsung Galaxy S8, the Essential has a 5.71 - inch, 2560 x 1312 screen that actually reaches to the
very top
of the
phone.
In particular, its
very low noise and fast autofocus helped
edge it ahead
of our previous highest - scoring
phone, the Google Pixel.
• An
edge - to -
edge screen: As noted above, the S8 is going to feature a lot
of screen space, so much so that the new
phone will likely feature a
very small bezel.
It was such an outrageous design — a 6.4 inch display that filled three
of the four
edges of the device — that Xiaomi had to call it a «concept
phone,» and only intended to make it in
very limited quantities.
rear
of the V30 gently curves into the
edges of the
phone for an improved ergonomic feel and the handset feels
very comfortable to use, especially so considering its size.
As for the rest
of the device, the rear
of the V30 gently curves into the
edges of the
phone for an improved ergonomic feel and the handset feels
very comfortable to use, especially so considering its size.
With the high - end specs, cutting
edge design, and sparkling clean version
of Android, this is a
phone we've all decided we are
very,
very interested in.
The rounded
edges and curved corners help the
phone feel comfy in the hand, and its overall size
of 111 x 47.5 x 11 mm and its weight
of 100g mean it's easy to drop into all but the
very smallest
of pockets.
That's why it's unlikely to feature an entire screen curve like the LG or Samsung efforts
of the past did, which didn't do so well - unlike the more recent S6 and S7
edge phones which are
very popular.
Though the leaked render doesn't quite accurately show where the
edges of the display end in terms
of bezels on the top and bottom
of the
phone, recent reports from back at the end
of December
of 2017 state that the U12 would be coming with some
very thin bezels, and by the looks
of this render it would seem that is
very likely to be the case.
The front
of the Huawei Blaze is a seamless glass (or at least a
very shiny plastic) construction, with the top
edge of the screen bending around the face
of the
phone.
Samsung's choice
of a
very tall 18.5:9 aspect ratio display, coupled with curved
edges and tiny bezels make these
phones extremely easy and comfortable to hold, despite the seemingly massive sounding screen sizes.
Samsung's answer to Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant can be called upon with a voice command or by holding down the dedicated Bixby button on the left
edge of the
phone, and it will support a
very wide set
of features at launch.
This new display takes up 83.6 - percent
of the front
of the
phone and goes
edge - to -
edge, right - to - left, with
very small bezels on the top and bottom.
Around the sides are
very iPhone-esque metal bands that are separated near the top
of each side so that you have three in total to span three
edges of the
phone.
The Nexus 4 display is covered by Gorilla Glass 2, and it takes a subtle curve toward the
edges of the
phone — a
very nice design touch.
This separates the
very top and bottom
edges from the rest
of the body, but likely helps make the
phone stronger overall because
of it.
The recently released flagship smartphone
of Samsung is the best
phone you can buy at the moment; with a great super AMOLED, infinite
edge display protected by gorilla glass 5 Samsung has designed a
very sleek metal body with no physical home button (for the first time) which really won the hearts
of the fans!
It definitely doesn't feel 9 mm at all though - the back
of the
phone curves off towards the
edges making the
phone feel
very natural to hold.
2016 was a
very important year for Google and they discontinued the Nexus series and came out with a smartphone
of their own named as GOOGLE PIXEL and PIXEL XL, a really great
phone to be competed with big boys like Samsung galaxy and iPhone 7 plus, Pixel XL has pretty much the same specs and design like iPhone 7 with a better camera than iPhone 7 plus and GS 7
Edge with 12.3 megapixel with a wide lens, its splash and dust prof the metallic body adds elegance to the body, Google Pixel XL is actually a real treat for the people who liked the design
of iPhone 7 plus but wanted to stick with the android OS.
The new display takes up 83.6 - percent
of the front
of the
phone as it goes
edge - to -
edge with
very small bezels on the top and bottom.
The
phone's design might not be
very original and its rumored name might be an odd ripoff
of the iPhone 6 Plus (Samsung has used «+» before in
phone names, but it switched to «Plus» after the iPhone 6 Plus debuted), but the bottom line is simple: This is a bigger version
of the Galaxy S6
edge, and the Galaxy S6
edge is a fantastic
phone.
And while Apple may not be able to do away with them for good, this leak sure suggests the company's been seriously thinking about how to minimize their impact, repositioning the lines as curved breaks along the
very top and bottom
edges of the
phone's metal back.
There's a gulf between «it's possible» and «here's how we do it»,
of course, which includes figuring out how to squeeze front - facing sensors, the selfie camera, status LED, and
of course an earpiece into that notch and an incredibly narrow groove on the
very top
edge of the
phone.
Samsung is calling it their «Infinity Display» as it has a bezel-less
edge that takes up more than 80 percent
of the front
of the
phone, with
very small bezels at the top and bottom.
The
phone is made from all metal as it uses a full metal unibody design, complete with chamfered
edges on both the front and back, and a glass display that is slightly curved (
very subtly) at the
edges all the way around so the glass
of the display kind
of melts into the
edges of the body.
Samsung's 2015 smartphones — the Galaxy S6 / S6
Edge, S6
Edge Plus and Galaxy Note 5 — have all proved
very impressive in terms
of design and performance, but the Korean
phone maker faces stiffer competition than ever from both Apple on the high end and more value - priced Android rivals.