Do you want frameless displays in the smartphone?
The display of a smartphone comes with one, if not the most
important, component. They are available in various sizes, panel technologies,
straight or even bent. But so far, there was (almost) no smartphone that had a
frameless display. Xiaomi replaced the Mi MIX now available in China and the
display, which occupies over 90 percent of the front, real sales records. So
will smartphones of this kind soon meet us? Do we want such smartphones at all
and are these practical in everyday life?
All currently available smartphones are identical for the
most part from the front view. The display occupies most of the area with 70 to
approximately 80 percent of the front. Understandable, because the display of a
smartphone is not only intended for the presentation of content, but also as an
input area.
Comparing the display-to-case ratios of smartphones of the
past years, one quickly realizes that the industry is in a dead end. If, for
example, the ratio between the display and the housing is compared from a
Galaxy S5 (2014) to the current Galaxy S7 (2016), the jump from around 70 to 72
percent is noticeable, but only minimal. Even in a comparison between the
Huawei Ascend Mate 7 (77.6%), which appeared in 2014, with the Huawei Mate 9
(77.5%) presented on Thursday, one notices that the industry is in the
deadlock.
But Xiaomi has created with the Mi MIX a Phablet, whose
display occupies just fewer than 91 percent of the front. For this, Xiaomi had
to go deep into the technology trick box, because it was necessary to relocate
front camera, proximity and ambient light sensor. It was more difficult with
the loudspeaker for telephone calls, but thanks to the use of a piezoelectric
ceramic component placed in the housing, one could completely let it disappear.
Sound signals are transmitted to the ceramic housing in the form of vibrations
and these reach our ears. A similar system already offered the Gigaset Me and
Me Pro from last year. Advantage of all the measures: The display covers 91
percent of the smartphone front. According to the last rumors, Samsung is also
working on such an "edgeless" design for the Galaxy S8.
We now want you to know how you think about a smartphone,
which consists almost only of a display.
