Xiaomi Unveils 'World's First' 6.4-inch Phone With Edgeless Display

[A MacBook lover]

And what does that make the Pixel then?

The weird cousin that you forget exists

 

[Adam Warlock]

Breaking: Boom! The explosion of Jony Ive's pencil snapping destroyed Apple's state-of-the-art R&D facility.

Is he even designing phones any more? I seem to recall he's busy with tables and stores of late. Can't blame the guy all that much for looking for a change, but I suspect he rubber-stamps product designs from others nowadays rather than get into the nitty-gritty himself.

 

[otternonsense]

For the love of Steve, that's a magical device right there. Starck-Ive 1-0

 

[shanson27]

Nice, but still a concept

 

[leman]

Now, this is really original and excellent design! Well done!

 

[JesperA]

Hopefully monitors will get edge-to-edge screens to, not really that important but would look awesome

 

[manu chao]

I noticed this. I'm not sure why people care about a phone being edgeless. I don't see the benefit just yet.

Beyond the obvious of having a larger screen without compromising handholdability? This phone has roughly the dimensions of the iPhone 6/7 Plus but has a 6.4" instead of 5.5" screen. Applying the same ratio, you could have a 5.5" screen in a phone the size of the 4.7" iPhone. You don't see a benefit in this?

 

[rkRusty]

Here comes the future.

 

[keysofanxiety]

The weird cousin that you forget exists

Oh yeah, little Timmy. He had a penchant for eating crayons and staring a little too long at walls.

Never saw much of him after that...

 

[Bryan Bowler]

Rather than produce concepts, Apple produces real devices.

 

[Keniutek]

Well... i like my "beautiful" almost 10 years old bezels and "awesome, space saving" home button better .

 

[AdonisSMU]

Beyond the obvious of having a larger screen without compromising handholdability? This phone has roughly the dimensions of the iPhone 6/7 Plus but has a 6.4" instead of 5.5" screen. Applying the same ratio, you could have a 5.5" screen in a phone the size of the 4.7" iPhone. You don't see a benefit in this?

I honestly don't. I see it as cosmetic and not much else.

 

[sbuttler77]

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[sanook997]

"Junk" company? Dude, they're like the Apple of China.

I see no point in shelling out close to a thousand dollars for flagship devices due to the influx of great devices from Xiaomi and Oppo that cost half.

Seriously...have you actually handled one of their phones. They have a long way to go before their is any comparison to Apple or any top supplier.

Oppo on the other hand probably makes some of the best hardware in the world......

 

[Rogifan]

Just wow, best looking smartphone ever!

And lol .

Since it runs Android why isn't the graphic comparing it to a Pixel? I mean the tech press said Pixel was the best Android phone ever. Wouldn't Xiaomi want to compare to the best?

We know why iPhone bezels currently exist. The home button isn't a trivial thing. In fact many complained about the iPhone 7 home button because it isn't a physical button being depressed and doesn't provide that satisfying 'click'. From a useability standpoint what makes a completely edgeless display better? It might look prettier but what makes it better? If I'm holding the phone in landscape mode won't my thumbs be converting up content?

 

[n-evo]

Love it.

Kinda worries me how a phone without bezels will take even the smallest of drops though. So even if you have an (almost) bezel-free phone, you'll probably end up adding bezels anyway in the form of protective casing.

 

[chasonstone]

Looks very nice. I would love for Apple to do this, without the bottom bezel... or split the bottom bezel size (on this device) between the top and bottom for symmetry and likely the camera. Unless we think Apple is getting the camera behind the display?

 

[manu chao]

Rather than produce concepts, Apple produces real devices.

It says this phone starts selling 4 November, that makes it a real device, despite its 'concept' name.

 

[Rogifan]

The weird cousin that you forget exists

But just a week or two ago it was the best Android phone ever. I guess bezels didn't matter then. But now the comparison will conveniently forget that this phone exists.

 

[manu chao]

I honestly don't. I see it as cosmetic and not much else.

You would not like to have a 5.5" screen on your phone that can be used one-handed as easily as the 4.7" iPhone? Do you simply not care about one-handed use?

 

[1Zach1]

Put a ~5" screen on that and I'd buy it in a heartbeat. I'm hoping this is direction Apple will be going.

 

[Rogifan]

"The phone may give us some idea of what Apple's next phone might be like" LOL what a slap in the face for Tim "the unready" Cook. And by slap I mean his faced being beaten to pulp.

Um, Sharp did this back in 2014.

 

[x0vash0x]

Since it runs Android why isn't the graphic comparing it to a Pixel? I mean the tech press said Pixel was the best Android phone ever. Wouldn't Xiaomi want to compare to the best?

Because they're a Chinese company and Google is blocked in China. There's not reason to compare it to any Google product. If anything, they would compare it to Oppo R9 which is the best selling premium Android phone in China right now.

 

[djcerla]

The lower edge doesn't count, folks. Edgeless!

 

[Taipan]

I agree it looks good, but I don't think it's practical. If I look at my 6S as I am typing this, the fingers that hold it wrap around the edge almost exactly to the edge of the display.
Why would I want the display to extend to potentially obscured space? It cannot really be used anyway.

Edit: talking mainly about left and right edges