Samsung aims to beat Apple with edge-to-edge display, no home button on Galaxy S8
Potentially beating Apple to the punch in some regards, Samsung's next flagship -- the Galaxy S8 -- will allegedly have an edge-to-edge, bezel-free display in all forms, and omit a physical home button in favor of a "virtual" one embedded in the glass.
Samsung's current top-of-the-line phone, the Galaxy S7 Edge.
All versions of the phone will make use of curved OLED panels, sources claimed to Bloomberg. The S6 and S7 each shipped in two versions: a standard one with a conventional flat display, and a more expensive "Edge" model with the display curving over the sides. The Edge option has proven popular, and making it de facto might be both a natural move and financially practical, as long as OLED manufacturing capacity is sufficient.
Samsung is said to be targeting a March window for the S8, but might delay that until April. The company has reportedly adopted tougher testing in the aftermath of the Galaxy Note 7, which was rushed to market to seize more sales from Apple's iPhone 7, but eventually ended up off the market completely because of a series of battery fires and explosions Samsung was unable to stem.
Edge-to-edge and/or curved OLED displays have been rumored for 2017 iPhones, as has the idea of an embedded home button. Only one model -- with a 5.1- or 5.2-inch display -- is expected to get OLED, though, while 4.7- and 5.5-inch units may rely on LCD.
Borrowing another cue from Apple, the S8 is expected to omit a headphone jack. The decision to jettison the technology from the iPhone 7 has been controversial, given the number of speakers, headphones, and other accessories that use 3.5-millimeter jacks, forcing many people to use adapters. It's also impossible to charge the phone and use wired external audio at the same time without a special adapter or dock.
Samsung's current top-of-the-line phone, the Galaxy S7 Edge.
All versions of the phone will make use of curved OLED panels, sources claimed to Bloomberg. The S6 and S7 each shipped in two versions: a standard one with a conventional flat display, and a more expensive "Edge" model with the display curving over the sides. The Edge option has proven popular, and making it de facto might be both a natural move and financially practical, as long as OLED manufacturing capacity is sufficient.
Samsung is said to be targeting a March window for the S8, but might delay that until April. The company has reportedly adopted tougher testing in the aftermath of the Galaxy Note 7, which was rushed to market to seize more sales from Apple's iPhone 7, but eventually ended up off the market completely because of a series of battery fires and explosions Samsung was unable to stem.
Edge-to-edge and/or curved OLED displays have been rumored for 2017 iPhones, as has the idea of an embedded home button. Only one model -- with a 5.1- or 5.2-inch display -- is expected to get OLED, though, while 4.7- and 5.5-inch units may rely on LCD.
Borrowing another cue from Apple, the S8 is expected to omit a headphone jack. The decision to jettison the technology from the iPhone 7 has been controversial, given the number of speakers, headphones, and other accessories that use 3.5-millimeter jacks, forcing many people to use adapters. It's also impossible to charge the phone and use wired external audio at the same time without a special adapter or dock.
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rushing a product to beat Apple doesn't work.
Lets not also forget the last time Samsung rushed a product out it didn't end up so well. Their craze for beating Apple is beating themselves in the end.
Get out of the stock before following this company sends you to an early grave, would you. If you're in Apple stock to make money you're five years too late. They make money hand-over-fist, but stock price is about Wall St. greed, corruption, manipulation and future exponential growth—not happening.
In my case, being both, I've become increasingly bipolar....
http://pocketnow.com/2012/02/24/is-samsung-working-on-a-galaxy-b-phone-without-a-bezel
Of course they won't be the first to do so anyway as at least one Chinese OEM (maybe more) already offers a "bezel-less" display smartphone. I would assume both Apple and Samsung are aware of new smartphones appearing this next year with edge-to-edge displays. I doubt either one is doing so, if they really are since we're discussing rumors in the first place, simply because the other one is.
And btw, Sharp Aquos came out already in 2014 and has smaller bezels than this Xiaomi.