South Korean giant Samsung recently released an advertisement for its new wind-free air conditioners and in that ad, the company’s unannounced full-screen smartphone is showcased, running SmartThings app.

It shows that the smartphone has full-screen display without ant type of notch or punch-hole cutout for the front-facing camera setup. This could mean that the phone has an under-display camera technology, which the company has been working for a while.

Recently, renders of Samsung’s first smartphone featuring a pop-up camera setup as a part of its premium mid-range Galaxy A-lineup were leaked online. So, the phone showcased in the ad could be the upcoming Galaxy A-series device having pop-up front-facing camera.

However, it makes more sensor for the company to showcase a flagship-grade smartphone in an advertisement. Thus, there’s a possibility that the phone in question is a part of the upcoming Galaxy Note 20 series.

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While the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 flagship was rumoured to feature the under-display camera technology, new reports claim that the company has ditched the plan because of issues with the supply chain with the on-going COVID-19 pandemic.

So, as said, the phone could either be the upcoming Galaxy A-series device with a pop-up front-facing camera or the upcoming flagship under the Galaxy Note 20 lineup. Or there’s a possibility that the phone in question is a totally different one. Another possibility is that there’s no such device from Samsung coming anytime soon and it was just a dummy device for the advertisement.

Samsung is expected to launch its flagship Galaxy Note 20 series as well as the second-generation Galaxy Fold smartphone this summer. Both the devices could get launched together at the same event. To know for sure, we’ll have to wait for some kind of confirmation from the company.

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While everyone seems to have jumped on the notched display bandwagon, a new patent shows that LG will be taking a different approach.

The display arm of the Korean electronics giant has had one of its patents published that shows a new take on its FullVision full-screen displays. The patent was filed in September last year and was published on Friday, February 23.

The display has rounded corners like we have seen on LG’s recent releases. However, what catches your attention is a hole within the display, positioned just a few mm to the top. Our guess is that the hole will house the earpiece, sensor, and possibly the front camera too.

Is this a better take on full-screen displays? Maybe not, as we can already think of how distracting the hole can be like a bunch of dead pixels on the screen. Nevertheless, we are still eager to see how the user interface works with the display.

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The patent doesn’t reveal much about the screen. Notwithstanding, we presume this may appear in an upcoming device sooner than later, probably the LG G7 or whatever LG decides to call it.

What do you think of LG’s display? Hit or fail?

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There have been a steady stream of Meizu 15 Plus leaks in the last couple of weeks and we expect more to surface until the official release. Today, the leaks are live photos that show the front and rear of the device and yes, they do look good.

The first photo gives us our closest and best look yet at the front of the upcoming flagship. Meizu sure has done a good job keeping those bezels as small as possible. Although, it comes at the expense of the removal of the mBack button. The top bezel, which is a bit thicker, is  home to the earpiece, usual sensors, and front camera.

The rear is a bit less exciting though. The metal back is bare save for the vertically stacked dual cameras which sit a few millimeters above the signature ring flash. There is a Meizu logo beneath the flash but it has been blurred out. There is also a U-shaped antenna line at the top and bottom.

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Meizu is expected to launch the 15 Plus before or after the Spring Festival. It is also expected to launch with a smaller sibling called the Meizu 15 PRO.

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Huawei’s 2018 roadmap leaked and revealed that the next-gen P series smartphones will arrive in Q2 2018 though will likely be announced in Q1. One of them is the Huawei P11 Lite (or P20 Lite) and mockups courtesy of Amazon Japan have appeared online.

There are reports that Huawei’s P series will have a full-screen display with a notch just like the Essential PH-1 or iPhone X. Although, no one knows what the notch will look like, one of the images shows the P11 Lite with a notch like the iPhone X.

Housed within the cut-out is the earpiece flanked on both sides by a bunch of sensors. There are two image with the iPhone X design. One is a gold variant with thin white bezels surrounding the screen and the other is gray with black bezels. Both images advertise screen protectors for the phone.

The other two mockups advertise cases for the phone but have a different design. Rather than sport very thin bezels and a notch in the display, they look more like the current full-screen Huawei smartphones. The top bezel is home to the front facing camera, sensors and earpiece while the lower bezel has the Huawei branding.

The back reveals a dual camera design in a vertical arrangement with a circular fingerprint scanner below the setup and a LED flash above. The LED flash is positioned within the antenna line just like the Honor V9/Honor 8 Pro.

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Apart from the differences in the screens, both sets of images also differ in button placements. On the iPhone X-esque variant, the buttons are on the left while the other images that advertise the cases have their buttons on the right.

There is a high chance that Huawei will launch the phone with its own unique design as it is not known to imitate designs from other manufacturers. We also presume the P11 Lite may not feature a notch in its display. That design will likely be exclusive to the P11 and P11 Plus.

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Meizu has two full-screen phones in the works. One will be launched by its sub-brand mBlu and is currently called the Meizu M6S while the other is the Meizu 15 Plus which is its anniversary flagship. Fresh images and details of both devices have leaked online today.

Meizu M6S/mBlu S Full Screen Phone

This will be the first Meizu full-screen phone and is rumored to arrive in January. The phone has been spotted at the ministry of information with model number M712C, M712M, and M712Q. The three variants represent the various models available for China’s three network operators – China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom.

The model number is also proof this is the successor to the Meizu M6 released back in September. The M6’s model number is M711 and also comes in the C, Q, and M variants as above.

Some of the specs of the M712Q were revealed but they should apply to all three models. The phone measures 152 x 72.54 x 8.0 mm and has a 5.7” display. The dimensions translate into a display with an 18:9 aspect ratio.

The Meizu M712Q (M6S) will also come with a 2930mAh battery which is slightly smaller than the 3070mAh battery of the M6.

Another set of live images of the phone have also surfaced online confirming that the phone will not keep its familiar mBack button. One of the image shows a black variant of the M6S with reduced bezels at the top and bottom.

The mBack button is missing but there is no picture of the rear. However, the second picture which shows a gold variant of the phone gives us a closer look at the power button which is said to now double as the fingerprint scanner.

In a video leaked online last week, we saw that the Meizu M6S doesn’t have a fingerprint scanner on the rear and in front beneath the display. The biometric scanner has now been buried underneath the power button on the right side of the phone.

The Meizu M6S/mBlu S (M712x) is expected to be priced at about ¥1000 (~$152) just like its rival, the Xiaomi Redmi 5 Plus. It is rumored to be powered by Samsung’s Exynos 7872 processor and will will come in 3GB + 32GB and 4GB + 64GB variants.

Meizu 15 Plus

The Meizu 15 Plus is a special edition flagship phone that will be launched to mark Meizu’s 15th anniversary. It will launch after the M6S and also feature a full-screen display. However, Meizu will be keeping the mBack button in its usual position based on the previous leaks as well as these new ones.

The new images are of the gray variant of the phone. Even though the bezels are black, we can still see the mBack button sitting on the lower bezel in two of the images.

The third image shows the rear of the phone. There are two cameras stacked vertically and positioned in the middle just like we saw in a leak a few weeks ago. Below the sensors is a ring flash like that of the Meizu Pro 6.

The back of the phone is made of metal. There are antenna lines at the top and bottom and Meizu’s logo in the middle.

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The Meizu 15 Plus is rumored to come with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 processor. Its sibling, the Meizu 15, which we hasn’t made a public appearance yet is said to be powered by the Snapdragon 660. Both phones are expected to arrive in March 2018.

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Other than Gionee, Huawei is another manufacturer that has churned out full-screen smartphones in quick successions. Its latest is the Enjoy 7S, another mid-ranger sporting the Kirin 659 processor and also dual rear cameras.

Huawei Enjoy 7S Design

The Huawei Enjoy 7S sports a full-screen display with minimal bezels and a two-tone finish on the rear. The upper part where the cameras sit and the lower part which houses the antenna have a lighter shade compared to the rest of the phone. Our guess is that the lighter parts are made of plastic while the area around the fingerprint scanner is metal.

The cameras are raised but sit closer to the edge compared to that of the Honor 7X. However, both the 7S and 7X share a similar front design even though the latter has a larger display.

The Honor 7S measures 150.1 x 7 2.05 x 7.45 (mm) and weighs 143g.

Enjoy 7S Specs

The Huawei Enjoy 7S packs a 5.65-inch 2160 x 1080 display. It comes in 3GB RAM + 32GB and 4GB RM + 64GB variants and both are powered by the Kirin 659.

It has dual rear cameras like its cousin the Honor 7X but in a 13MP + 2MP combo. There is also an 8MP front facing camera for selfies.

While the Honor 7X comes with Android Nougat out of the box, the Enjoy 7S gets Android Oreo with EMUI 8.0 on top. Some of the features it brings includes single key split-screen and face unlock.

The Enjoy 7S has a 3000mAh battery capacity, dual SIM support (nano only), storage expansion slot (256GB max.), rear mounted fingerprint scanner, and Bluetooth 4.2. You also get a micro USB port and a 3.5mm audio jack at the bottom.

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Huawei Enjoy 7S Price and Availability

The Enjoy 7S comes in gold, black, pink and blue. the 3GB RAM variant will sell for ¥1499 (~$227) and the 4GB RAM variant is priced at ¥1699 (~$257).

You can pre-order starting today till the 21st of December on Vmall.com and get a free pair of earphones when it ships on December 22.  Do note that Vmall has only the 4GB variant in black and gold only and you will be required to pay a ¥99 (~$15) deposit for the pre-order.

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Meizu is working on a full-screen flagship called the Meizu 15 Plus which is set to launch next Spring. Its sub-division, Blue Charm (mBlu) is also reported to be working on a full-screen smartphone.

While there have been rumors of a phone called the Meizu M6S which has been reported to sport a full-screen display, a screenshot surfaced online earlier today revealing the packaging of a phone called the mBlu S with a ¥2500 (~$378) price tag.

According to the text in the image, the Blue Charm S will be launched next month. It appears someone got his hands on a unit and is willing to sell it at the price mentioned above, judging from the rough translation of the remaining text. However, there is also a mention of a ¥2000 (~$303) price which might be the official launch price.

It is not yet confirmed if the mBlu S is the same device as the Meizu M6S or a different device entirely. The latest we heard about the M6S is that launch has been shelved till next year due to a camera debugging issue. Seeing as this phone is set to launch next month too, it may be that the Meizu M6S and mBlu S are one and the same.

READ MORE: Meizu Records Significant Jump in Sales of M6 Note Following Price Cut

Notwithstanding, we are not expecting Meizu to launch a full-screen phone this year. In an interview a few months ago, VP of Meizu Li Nan had explicitly revealed that the Blue Charm line will release a full-screen phone next year.

What do you think of the mBlu S and its unconfirmed ¥2000 price tag?

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Last month, an unknown Huawei phone with model number FIG-AL00 was seen on TENAA. Although the specs were not listed, the images provided gave us a few details. Today the full specs and live images of the phone said to be the Huawei Enjoy 7S have been released along with other variants with model numbers FIG-TL00, FIG-TL10, and FIG-AL10.

The Enjoy Series are exclusive to the Chinese market but have also launched in other markets under different names. An example is the Enjoy 7 Plus which is known as the Holly 4 Plus in India and the Huawei Y7 Prime in other markets.

The Enjoy 7s unlike its siblings – the Enjoy 7 and Enjoy 7 Plus, will have a full-screen display. The display is 5.65-inches and will have a resolution of 2160 x 1080.

The chipset of choice is the octa-core Kirin 659 chipset which has appeared in a number of Huawei and Honor Mid-range phones. Paired with the chip is 3GB/4GB of RAM and 32GB/64GB of expandable storage.

The Enjoy 7s packs dual rear cameras in the 13MP + 2MP configuration and an 8MP sensor for selfies. The Enjoy series is known to have its fingerprint scanner on the rear and the 7s doesn’t break the tradition.

Huawei has included a 2900mAh battery to power the phone and will ship it with EMUI 8.0 based on Android Oreo.

Apart from the specs on TENAA, live images of the phone also showed up online. The bezels on the chin and forehead have been significantly reduced compared to that of its predecessors. The upper bezel is home to the front camera, earpiece and sensor while the lower bezel has the Huawei branding. The display is also covered with 2.5D glass.

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The back of the phone is made of metal and plastic with a two tone finish. The larger area where the fingerprint scanner seats is the metallic part while the top and bottom areas where the cameras and antennas are is plastic. The Huawei Enjoy 7s will launch in gold, black, and blue.

The Enjoy 6S was released in December 2016 but didn’t go on sale until January this year. We presume the same will be done for the Enjoy 7s.

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The 360 N6 Pro is confirmed to arrive on the 28th of November. One of its key features is its 18:9 full-screen display which is highlighted in the official invite sent out a few days ago.

The only images we have seen of the N6 Pro are those provided on TENA’s official site. Though there is no confirmation that the phone with model number 1712-A01 is actually the N6 Pro, but since it is the only 360 mobile phone with a full-screen display on TENAA’s database, it might as well be it.

Notwithstanding, some sketched designs of a phone said to be that of the N6 Pro have surfaced online. They look entirely different from the device on TENAA but do pack some interesting features.

One of the images shows a phone with a full-screen display but with an unconventional design. Rather than have reduced bezels at the top and bottom, the display extends to the top and has cut-outs to house sensors and cameras.

The top of the display has cut-outs on both sides. The right cut-out has the front facing camera and a sensor and the left cut-out packs more sensors. The bottom end of the display is not left out too as it has a cut-out to make way for a fingerprint scanner.

Another sketch is of the phone’s rear. It is shown to have dual rear cameras positioned in the middle but in a horizontal fashion. A few centimeters below the cameras are what appears to be dual fingerprint scanners! Weird, right?

The design doesn’t end there. The right side of the phone is home to a secondary display that runs from the top to the bottom. From the sketch, it can be deduced that the display will show the time and most likely notifications too.

The last sketch shows the back of a phone with an unusual design just like the two above. This one doesn’t have dual cameras but a single sensor positioned at the top left corner. However, the lower half of the phone is occupied by what appears to be a screen and a physical keyboard.

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Will the 360 N6 Pro arrive with either one of the three designs above? Most likely not. These sketches are prototype designs at best and probably never made it past the drawing stage. But it is interesting too see the way the minds of the designers work.

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In the early hours of today, the details of HTC and Google’s “acquisition” were made public. It turns out that it was more of a purchase of talent, similar to what happens between football clubs, with Google paying over a $1 billion for the HTC engineering team that worked on the Pixels. Reports says that is about $500,000 for each member of the team in addition to a separate non-exclusive license for HTC intellectual property.

With 2000 top engineers gone, some may be wondering if the deal made sense for HTC. The company says it still has an excellent R&D team which worked on its flagship, the HTC U11 and is preparing its next flagship phone.

Speaking at an interview, president of global sales for HTC, Zhang Jia Lin revealed that the company was working on a new flagship phone with a full-screen display which should launch not later than a month from now. Sources say it will be called the HTC U11 Plus.

The phone will have an 18:9 aspect ratio, a fingerprint scanner and be powered by the Snapdragon  835. It may also support facial recognition.

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The interviewer also asked about the sales of the HTC U11. Mr. Lin declined disclosing figures but said it is selling better than last year’s model.

What do you think about HTC making a full-screen smartphone? What features do you think they should add to beat the competition?

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Meizu’s Blue Charm line became a stand-alone company a few months ago. Its latest smartphone, the M6 Note is said to have even overshadowed the main flagship, the Meizu Pro 7. Both phones have taken a different approach to the current trend of full-screen displays. The Meizu Pro 7 sports two displays and the M6 Note is one of the company’s few devices that ticks all the right boxes. Does that mean Meizu won’t release a full-screen smartphone? VP Li Nan answered that in a recent interview.

The Meizu top executive had said in a previous interview that the current trend of full-screen smartphones is the future. He added that the ideal form for full-screen smartphones hasn’t been reached as there is still an issue with the position of the front camera which can’t be removed as no one will be willing to buy a phone without a front camera.

We guess he’s referring to a completely bezel-less design where only the screen occupies the front. For the issue with the front camera, the only possible solution is to adopt the camera design of the Honor 7i, where the rear camera can be lifted up and used as a front camera.

Mr. Li Nan then announced that Blue Charm will launch a full-screen device next year with a price tag of about ¥3000 (~$463) before releasing lower priced ones.

Is the ¥3000 full-screen phone the mblu Zero we saw a few days ago in a teaser poster? No it isn’t. Meizu’s head of global marketing, Ard Boudeling, took to Twitter today to say the image isn’t genuine and isn’t from them. He also confirmed that the company is indeed working on a bezel-less device set for a 2018 launch.

Yes, we're working on a bezel-less Meizu device. Coming next year.

No, this image is not real. It's not from us. https://t.co/AdVrh7CrFW

— Ard Boudeling (@ArdCB) September 9, 2017

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Ending the interview, Li Nan disclosed that Blue Charm phones will fall into four major categories:

1. Blue Charm X – this will be the flagship series
2. Blue Charm E – the E series will be targeted at the youth and business class. It will be priced at over a ¥1000 (~$154). The Meizu E2 belongs to this category
3. Blue Charm Note – this is the note series and the main line of the company. Pricing will be pegged at ¥1,000 (~$154).
4. Blue Charm base series – this category covers the other Meizu phones such as the U and non-note M series.

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Full screen display is the rave right now and more manufacturers are jumping on the train. The latest is ZTE’s offshoot company Nubia, and their new teaser hints at a full-screen smartphone in the pipeline.

The teaser image released on Weibo yesterday shows an outline for a smartphone against a star-filled background. Though the bottom part of the phone where the lower bezel should be is missing. In spite of that, we have a rough mental picture of what the phone will look like.

Can you see the image uses a mix of dotted and straight lines? It is easy to tell that the display of the phone will end where the dotted lines stop, while the top bezel will be limited to the area the straight line covers.

Nubia is not new to bezel-less designs. Its Nubia Z17 flagship has non-existent side bezels but still keep the forehead and chin pretty thick. For this new smartphone, things will be different. No side bezels and a thinner chin and forehead.

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It is unknown if Nubia will launch this new phone as a flagship device or as a mid-ranger. If it is a flagship that means we should expect the Snapdragon 835 powering it. For the mid-range category, there are lots of processors that it will be hard to guess the one it will feature.

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LG kick-started the 18:9 display ratio with the LG G6. The full vision display has also appeared in its cheaper LG Q6 series. Following the release of the LG G6, a few Chinese manufacturers have announced they will be releasing phones with full-screen displays later this year. However those manufacturers do not include the big five in the Chinese market.

Latest report says we should expect more 18:9 full screen smartphones this year. According to an insider who works in Taiwan’s industrial chain, display panel makers such as AUO and Innolux are working on improving production capacity of 18:9 displays as there are several smartphones planned to launch with them this year.

The insider also revealed that Huawei, Xiaomi, Gionee, OPPO and Vivo have all ordered for full-screen displays from the same supplier. The orders are said to be in large quantities and will appear in a range of smartphones which may not exceed ¥1500 (~$223).

Sources have also revealed that Xiaomi has three full-screen devices set to launch this year. The high-end Mi MIX 2 is one of the confirmed phones but there are rumors of a low-end or mid-range one too. The phone is expected to feature a Snapdragon 630 SoC, 4GB of RAM and be priced around ¥1599 (~$238).

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Unlike the LG G6 and Galaxy S8’s full-screen display, some of the displays in production are said to feature a cut-out at the top for cameras and sensors just like that of the Essential Phone.

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Following the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S8 and the LG G6, we have seen more manufacturers embrace the full-screen or bezel-less design this year. However, some manufacturers have been offering these designs long before now, prime example being Sharp. The Japanese manufacturer is said to be working on a new full-screen device and a live image has been leaked.

The image which was posted on Weibo by the general manager of Sharp’s mobile phone business unit in China looks very familiar. For those who do not know, the device not only looks exactly like Andy Rubin’s Essential Phone (PH-1) but the entire image is similar to the first leaked photo of the Essential phone.

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The display of the phone extends to the top and even has the exact same cut-out for the front facing camera. This could actually pass for the Essential Phone but we will have to wait to see if the specs are similar as well.

There is no mention of when Sharp will release its new phone but we believe a launch isn’t too far off.

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