Funny, because portrait mode is labeled "BETA" in the just released iOS 10.1.
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Xiaomi Unveils 'World's First' 6.4-inch Phone With Edgeless Display
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Funny, because portrait mode is labeled "BETA" in the just released iOS 10.1.
I want a see-through-phone! (again)
A camera can do exactly that.
beautiful, but not entirely edge to edge. a complete edge to edge glass body is what will be truly beautiful.
Last week Apple patents underscreen sensors and cameras, this week, Xiaomi shows what it hopes is apples next design.
Ha, I was just going to post that myself. Everything Apple does has to be looked at through the lens of how many of these things they have to produce. Apple will never release a phone concept in limited quantities. We won't get the concept until they know they can produce 60-70M in a holiday quarter.
I don't know about Xiaomi, but readers on a site about Apple products probably care about a comparison with the iPhone, not least given the rumours of the next iPhone also going edge-to-edge.
Having a 5.5" screen on a device that allows one-handed use (as the 4.7" iPhone does) isn't better than not being able to use it one-handed (as it is the case with the 5.5" iPhone)?
90% of the time my iPhone is simply laying on my fingers with nothing gripping the sides.
And how many of these can they manufacture compared to iPhone? Apple will probably sell close to 70M iPhones in the holiday quarter. It's easy to put concepts like this on the market when nobody cares how many you sell.No it's not.
From the point of view of the Chinese customer, yes. But from the point of view from the rest of world (at least the parts of the world where Xiaomi devices are sold) as well as from the point of view of Xiaomi as a company, comparing it with the Pixel is very valid.
You mean 'used to do'....what piece of Apple hardware has 'blown us away' in the last 3-5 years?
A 'bigger' iPhone that was essentially the same screen size. Since then we've gotten duds like the AW1, MacBook and various sizes of their old tech stuffed in different sized boxes.
No it's not. U.S Market for Xiaomi is an afterthought. Really, their international market is an afterthought. Sure, tech sites might be wind of it, but this isn't an international press release. It's for Chinese, and Chinese only. That's why they have landing page for China http://www.mi.com/mix/ but not the U.S. or international markets.
Still not touching this. It's half price for a reason. And then there's the android part... No thanks.
I'd need to actually use it. I have a feeling my fat thumbs would be covering up content. Or creating unintended touches. Of course I prefer smaller bezels. But like I said the home button isn't a trivial thing. It's not to be messed with lightly. And any major redesign that gets rid of bezels, moves home "button" behind display or whatever can only happen when Apple can reliably produce in mass quantity. Something Xiaomi and Stark didn't have to worry about with this concept.
You can say the same thing about a book or magazine.
Yes your fingers may be covering up an area that has the potential to contain content.
Does not mean that area HAS to contain content always.
A book could be printed with text right to the edge, but it's not, however you then can have full page to the end lovely artwork that does use the whole area.
Be a little more open in your thinking please.
Is it just me, or does anyone else see edges on this phone? Minimal edges, certainly - but hardly edgeless.the "world's first edgeless display" phone...
Just like the bend gate of the iPhone 6 right.
What bend gate? That if you purposely attempt to bend your phone you can succeed. I have an iPhone 6 Plus and it has not bent, not even after two years of daily use.
It's the first thing you see when you go to the Verge. Don't think for one minute they're not targeting the US tech media, even if this phone isn't for sale over here.
It's not about who does it first, it's about who does it best.
Ford wasn't the first car company.
The iPod wasn't the first MP3 player.
The iPhone wasn't the first smartphone.
The iPad wasn't the first tablet.
Google wasn't the first search engine.