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

[PocketNerd]

43 minutes ago, dizmo said:

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That would mean that it's not edge-less though. There's still a bezel.

[Aytex]

6 hours ago, dizmo said:

Looks beautiful, but too large for my tastes. It's basically a shrunken down version of a Dell tablet, really.

Cool though. Hopefully they manage to bring similar ideas to smaller devices.

 

Haha, yeah. I like the curved screen idea, if implemented properly. I'm all about shortcuts.

I almost immediately thought the Note 2 will be my next phone...then I noticed no card slot, and no Android 7.

I'll wait a bit and see what Huawei's Mate looks like. It should be a bigger screen in an unnoticeably larger body.

Loads of people have asked for less bezel for years...

I thought so too, but at the same time companies have gotten quite good at edge panels; I'm sure this wouldn't be that different. Not sure how good Xiamoi's software team is though.

Eh, it makes sense for it's target market.

too bad the mate 9 pro is 1.3k USD, like wtf

[cesrai]

Looks great but gonna wait for some reviews.

[Magnetorheological]

1 hour ago, Aytex said:

too bad the mate 9 pro is 1.3k USD, like wtf

Isn't that speculated pricing? The Mi Note 2 was initially speculated to be around $850, but that didn't come to pass. I don't think Huawei has the cajones to price the Mate 9 up that high, no matter how high-end it is.

[dizmo]

1 hour ago, PocketNerd said:

That would mean that it's not edge-less though. There's still a bezel.

No where is it stated that in order to be called an edge-less display, it has to be completely edge-less.

1 hour ago, Aytex said:

too bad the mate 9 pro is 1.3k USD, like wtf

Haha, yeah. I'd be fine with the regular version depending on panel type and price.

I never trust rumors until the actual release, they're usually quite far off.

[byalexandr]

Would look a lot better if they scrapped the bottom chin bezel.

[silberdrachi]

1 hour ago, PocketNerd said:

That would mean that it's not edge-less though. There's still a bezel.

even a sphere technically has an edge, even if its not a hard edge. so, yes its got an edge, but lets be honest thats not what matters.

[Aytex]

1 hour ago, Magnetorheological said:

Isn't that speculated pricing? The Mi Note 2 was initially speculated to be around $850, but that didn't come to pass. I don't think Huawei has the cajones to price the Mate 9 up that high, no matter how high-end it is.

nope im sure it was confirmed by the higher up's somewhere in a tweet

[RadiatingLight]

MKBHD Has a review:

 

[RadiatingLight]

7 hours ago, cesrai said:

Looks great but gonna wait for some reviews.

 

[Senzelian]

I want it. 

Not because its useful, but because it looks sexy.

Everyone should be allowed to enjoy a good looking piece of tech. 

[Xanthe_2871]

That would be awkward to hold.

[suicidalfranco]

after watching MKBHD first impression, that thing is sexy as fuck!

[Magnetorheological]

I guess MKBHD is just that big, that Xiaomi would even send him a review unit! haha

 

Good thing too, since I was kind of tired of the meh camerawork/video quality and lack of English from some of the other press sites on the event floor. Glorious footage of a glorious piece of kit in glorious (youtube) 4K!

[AlTech]

14 hours ago, PocketNerd said:

There's still a bottom edge though...

That will never go away. it's the minimum required for the display to function.....

[VerticalDiscussions]

But its from Xiaomi, cant be trusted xD. Nonetheless, China is the only place for those interested in buying one.

[Juanitology]

On 10/25/2016 at 9:59 AM, Mi26 said:

I'm more interested in the Mi Note 2 since I'm using Mi Note currently and am looking for a upgrade 

What reason could you possibly have to want to upgrade a 1 year old phone? I'm on 2013 my Galaxy Note 3 and it still works perfectly fine, I don't see the point in generating so much unnecessary e-waste. 

[TopWargamer]

Let's not forget the Sharp Aquos, which did this well before Xiaomi did. Neat idea, but not for me. Little bit of bezel is nice imo.

 

[mrchow19910319]

46 minutes ago, TopWargamer said:

Let's not forget the Sharp Aquos, which did this well before Xiaomi did. Neat idea, but not for me. Little bit of bezel is nice imo.

That sharp phone is soooo ugly... it hurts my eyes.... 

 

And Mi mix is too big for me. 

[Juanitology]

54 minutes ago, TopWargamer said:

Let's not forget the Sharp Aquos, which did this well before Xiaomi did. Neat idea, but not for me. Little bit of bezel is nice imo.

 

Sharp had a good idea, just executed it poorly. The Aquos was interesting but it was ugly, full of compromises, and the specs were nothing special. However the fact that you can get the Mix for close to 500USD with 6GB RAM and 256GB ROM is extremely good value, even if it wasn't as crazy good looking of a phone as it is. 

[zMeul]

 

[Sauron]

On 25/10/2016 at 2:53 PM, TheReal1980 said:

So, is this something that is needed?

No.

[zMeul]

 

[michaelocarroll007]

On 10/25/2016 at 2:29 PM, TheA1One said:

What, i thought that the iPhone 6/7 plus were 5.5"

 Screen wise Yes Phone is smaller  size wise iphones have huge bezels all round  My s7 edge feels much smaller then the iphone 7 or 6 plus's.  and The Note seriers have bigger screens closer to the Iphone 7 size though 

 

6.23 x 3.07 x 0.29 iphone  

5.94 x 2.86 x 0.30 Samsung 

[Arri]

While no bezels are great for applications like a monitor or a laptop, they're terrible for tablets and smartphones. Unless touch rejection gets insanely intuitive, this just seems like a bad idea.