10 frameless smartphones cheaper iPhone X
Devices / / December 19, 2019
September 12, Apple introduced the iPhone X Jubilee with frameless 5.8-inch screen, Face Detection System Face ID and dual camera with optical zoom. Price starts from 1000 dollars, the Russians novelty will cost a minimum of 79 990 rubles. Meanwhile iPhone X is not the only smartphone with such a design. Layfhaker found 10 more "bezramochnikov", and they are cheaper.
1. Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 +
South Korean flagship Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 + equipped with screens of 5.8 and 6.2 inches, respectively. The side frames are completely absent, and the edges are rounded smoothly. Suppose that there is no dual camera with optical zoom, but the security smartphones are not less worthy than iPhone XThey are able to identify the owner of the iris of the eye. There are facial recognition, but the camera is on a two-dimensional algorithm, without taking into account the depth, but because Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 + can unlock a photo.
official price Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 + - 54 990 and 59 990 rubles respectively.
2. Samsung Galaxy Note8
Samsung Galaxy Note in 2017, the popular PHABLET too obzavolsya limitless screen, but with a diagonal of 6.3 inches. And faces he had not as steep as that of Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 +, because the housing must remain a place for the S Pen. The camera became a double, a 2-fold optical zoom. Safety features are the same as in the "Group of Eight": scanner, iris and face recognition system unreliable.
official price Samsung Galaxy Note8 in Russia - 69 990 rubles.
3. LG G6
Unfortunately, the flagship of LG G6 appeared deprived people's attention, although the phrase "got a solid screen before it became mainstream" - about it. Here a 5.7-inch Quad HD Plus FullVision with Dolby Vision technology and HDR10 aspect ratio 18: 9, but LG has selected IPS-matrix, and thus get rid of side frames, arched panel became impossible.
LG G6 Dual chamber includes a widescreen and standard lenses with angles of 125 ° and 71 ° respectively. Face detection is, but LG warns: "The function provides less protection for the phone as compared to other methods, such as a pattern, PIN-code, the password and fingerprint."
The official price of LG G6 in Russia - 39 990 rubles.
4. LG V30
LG has equipped the flagship V30 has a 6-inch P-OLED screen with an aspect ratio of 18: 9, however, as in the G6, to round off the edges and remove the side frames did not. It is noteworthy that the dimensions of the LG V30 is smaller than the OnePlus 5 with a conventional 5.5-inch display, 16: 9.
Dual camera set up on the same logic as that of the G6. A wide-angle lens - 120 °, the other normal - 71 °. And the camera is so steep that Dave Franco participated in the presentation of the smartphone, director of photography "Game of Thrones."
No part of security innovation is not here.
Home sales in South Korea scheduled for September 21. Then, the smartphone will go to North America, Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. It is expected to price in the region of $ 700 - 40 000 rubles.
5. Essential Phone
Mysterious phone from «Android Father" Andy Rubin, without any announcement appeared in the American online stores in early August. Attention is drawn 5.71-inch LTPS-screen almost the entire front panel. It violates the integrity of the front camera, but after the iPhone X with its "ears" blame designers Essential Phone will be strange.
The smartphone is equipped with dual camera, one color and one monochrome. Tandem is designed to increase the amount of received light by 200% as compared to the "traditional" cameras, the developers say. About the security features other than the fingerprint reader, do not say anything.
cost of Essential Phone for pre-order - $ 699, the delivery promise in 1-2 months.
6. Xiaomi Mi Mix 2
From the pictures Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 breathtaking. To them it really Frameless! However, life is not so. Yes, 6-inch IPS-screen with an aspect ratio of 18: 9 seems to take 93% of the front panel, there is no earpiece. But the framework has, with the side and, contrary to the statement of Xiaomi, not much something less than the iPhone 7 Plus.
The camera at the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 traditional "one-eyed", but Sony IMX386 sensor with optical stabilization. With remedies Xiaomi did not bother.
Price Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 in the maximum configuration of the Chinese market - 3 999 yuan (about 35 000).
7. Xiaomi Mi Mix
Xiaomi claims that a huge 6.4-inch screen is spread over 91.3% in the front panel, but measurements have shown that no more than 84%. In general, it is too bad. The edges are not rounded, so minor frame is still there.
Luggage mediocre, the sensor from OmniVision and without optical image stabilization. Face recognition using neural networks, machine learning, and an infrared camera? Of course not!
Xiaomi Mi Mix in the top configuration will cost 35-40 thousand rubles.
8. Sharp Aquos S2
Once it is Sharp introduced the first truly frameless smartphone, and the tradition continues. Sharp Aquos 2 - a middling 5.5-inch 4K-screen TV, which covers 87.5% of the front panel and the top has a small cutout under the selfie camera. The main camera is a double, with a second unit needs only to simulate the bokeh effect. Safety rests with the fingerprint reader.
Buy Sharp Aquos S2 in can be for $ 420 (about 24 000).
9. UmiDigi S2
Inexpensive novelty from the Chinese manufacturer. The world's first 6 inch smartphone frameless display format 18: 9 and a battery of 5100 mAh. There is also a dual camera - a second module allows you to blur the background. Is responsible for the security of a fingerprint scanner.
Price UmiDigi S2 for pre-order total of $ 229.99 (about 13 000), shipping will start after 11 October.
10. Doogee Mix
The cheapest smartphone on the list and at the same time the most ambiguous. 5.5-inch display manufacturer maximally moved upward, which creates a feeling of frameless design - but the frame is still there. Dual Camera with bokeh effect here for show: it removes disgusting. In archaic button "Home" entered fingerprint scanner.
Price Doogee Mix - about 11 000 rubles.