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    Vivo Apex - The Notch is Dead!!

    Discussion in 'Smartphones and Tablets' started by hmscott, May 5, 2018.

  1. hmscott

    hmscott Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The True All-Screen Smartphone is Here... The Notch is Dead!!
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    Published on May 5, 2018
    The Vivo Apex smartphone is a glimpse into the future. The iPhone X has the notch and the Galaxy S9 has more bezel. The Vivo Apex is the closest thing to an all-screen, bezel less smartphone in the world.
     
    hmscott, May 5, 2018
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    hmscott Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Mitlov Shiny

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    I'd rather have front facing stereo speakers and small-but-existent bezels the side of my Pixel 2 XL. This is the phone equivalent of a car so low that it can't get over speed bumps.
     
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    That car analogy makes no sense to me :)

    An all over screen with built-in through the screen finger-print reader, pop-up front facing camera, and no big fat ugly occlusions like that huge notch on top or a big chin are all great improvements over the Apple designed X.

    If you want to hang stereo speakers on the sides (2 or 4 sides?), or make pop out speakers part of the NG look, that might be fun too. :)
     
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    Starlight5 Yes, I'm a cat. What else is there to say, really?

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    I don't use selfie camera often, so totally in love with this concept. Definitely want a 7" display, though.
     
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    kojack Notebook Prophet

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    What the iPhone should have been. This will be banned in the US too because of the tinfoil hat brigade.
     
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    I'll pass on this, too afraid to put something like that in my pocket and I rather like my secondary screen for toggles / music / time on my v20.

    Definitely neat though

    I actually understood the car analogy lol
     
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