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Every other manufacturer releases smartphones with notches, but Lenovo takes a different approach and hinted at a notch-free design on its upcoming all-screen Z5.
The Chinese consumer electronics manufacturer recently teased a new handset via Weibo. Now that most smartphone makers aim to maximize the screen size on most of its products, engineers and designers run into the challenge of where to put its sensors and selfie camera.
Yet, based on the images posted online, it does not seem to have a front-facing camera and visible sensors on display.
According to reports, Chang Cheng, the company vice president, shared the announcement alongside a partially rendered image on the Chinese social media platform. What followed after is a product concept sketch affirming the absence of a notch or chin of any kind on the smartphone.
As it stands, the product reportedly boasts a 95 percent screen-to-body ratio with four never-before-seen advancements. A total of 18 patented technologies are supposedly included but everything should be taken with a pinch of salt until consumers see a live demonstration.
Lenovo has certainly captured the interests of both consumers and competitors with the preview of its Z5 smartphone. However, it did not elaborate exactly how it created a manufacturing breakthrough enabling it to create an all-screen smartphone.
A quick glance at how the competition approached its respective breakthroughs might hold a clue. So far, Vivo and Xiaomi are the two companies that have been working on the products, which are as close to the design flaunted by Lenovo but still come with a slightly thicker chin. The Apex features an automatic retractable front-facing camera while the Mi Mix 2 houses its secondary shooter on the lower right side of its chin.
In the meantime, Apple came close when it opted to fold the display controller below the iPhone X but loses points for the notch.
It is clear that the all-screen design of the Lenovo Z5 will push it in front of the pack if it proves to be legitimate. Industry experts are speculating about the possible technology the smartphone might be packing under the hood to enable the bold design.
For now, the biggest unanswered question about the handset is the front-facing camera location. Experts believe that the component is a necessary evil on today’s mobile devices. Therefore, its removal to allow the notch-less display is considered unacceptable for consumers.
To make it possible, the device might include workarounds such as a pop-up camera similar to the Vivo Apex for self-portraits, piezoelectric earpieces similar to the one on Xioami Mi Mix, and an in-display fingerprint sensor from Synaptics that was demonstrated on the Vivo X20 Plus UD.
Lenovo's VP Chang Cheng teased the arrival of the Lenovo Z5 smartphone a few days ago, and it is pegged to be a true fullscreen display with the absence of the notch housing sensors as well. Now, Cheng has posted another render, this time showing the bottom half of the screen. The Lenovo Z5 is believed to be unveiled on June 14, and presumably it will first be launched in China.
Cheng has posted this latest photo on Weibo showing the bottom edge of the smartphone. If these teasers are anything to go by, the Lenovo Z5 is set to be the first smartphone without any notch or chin whatsoever. It will be interesting to see where Lenovo houses the selfie camera, earpiece, and sensors including the ambient light and proximity sensor.
If there is indeed a no notch display, then probably the front camera flips up just like the Vivo APEX, but this is pure speculation. The Vivo APEX currently offers screen to body ratio at 91 percent, and Lenovo may be looking to challenge that with the upcoming smartphone. Cheng in one of his teasers had hinted that the screen-to-body ratio on the smartphone could be more than 95 percent.
Apart from boasting about its design, there is little else Cheng has revealed about the smartphone. He mentioned vaguely that the new model will include four technological breakthroughs and 18 patented technologies. As mentioned, the Lenovo Z5 is expected to launch on June 14 and presumably specification details will start to crop up as we near the date of unveil.
Apple might advertise its iPhone X as an all-screen smartphone, but that’s a pretty obvious lie. Sorry, I forgot you’re not allowed to call lies “lies” in 2018… so I’ll just say it’s an exaggeration of the truth in the name of marketing. The first real all-screen smartphone appears as though it’s nearing launch, with Lenovo having teased a partial render and a full sketch of its upcoming Lenovo Z5 last week. We still haven’t seen a live image of the Z5, so no one outside of Lenovo can say with certainty that the end result will be as impressive as it looks in the digital drawings. It’ll also be interesting to see what Lenovo did with the ear speaker, front-facing camera, and other sensors that are traditionally found at the top of smartphones above the display.
There’s no word on exactly when Lenovo plans to unveil its mysterious all-screen Z5 smartphone. If it’s not soon, however, another phone might end up beating Lenovo to the punch.
Have you ever heard of a smartphone brand called Smartisan? No, of course you haven’t. In fact, pretty much no one has in the United States. It’s a tiny Chinese smartphone startup that has in the past released a bunch of phones that really aren’t special in any meaningful way. One of the company’s phones is called the “Smartisan Nut Pro 2.” I suppose that’s special.
Let’s forget about the Nut Pro 2 for a moment and instead focus on an upcoming smartphone that Smartisan hasn’t yet launched. It’s called the Smartisan R1, and an image that supposedly shows the phone was just leaked on Chinese microblogging site Weibo. Here’s the .
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Needless to say, that’s as close as any phone we’ve seen has come to producing a true all-screen smartphone. There’s a bit of a bezel around the edges of the display, and then there’s a tiny little notch at the top for the front-facing camera. Unlike most Android phones out there right now, this notch isn’t an iPhone X ripoff and is instead shaped like the notch on the Essential PH-1. Of note, there are no images of the phone with the display turned on so we can’t tell if there’s a “chin” bezel at the bottom of the screen.
There’s no telling when the Smartisan R1 will be unveiled, but one thing is certain: you’ll never see one in the United States. Even still, this phone shows that smartphone tech has gotten to a place where even tiny little phone companies can release phones with impressive all-screen designs.