Samsung Will Put Notches On Its Future Phones (theverge.com)

Samsung is one of the biggest smartphone makers to hold off on releasing smartphones with display notches. But at the company's developer conference today, Samsung confirmed that it's soon going to join in on the trend. "A slide during the keynote showed several notch designs that are almost certainly coming to Samsung-branded devices in 2019 and beyond," reports The Verge. From the report: Hassan Anjum, a director of product marketing at Samsung, took the stage to highlight Samsung's previous breakthroughs in reducing bezels and maximizing display size year after year. "We're going to keep going. The bezels are going to shrink even further," Anjum said. "We're going to push the limits with our new lineup: the Infinity U, V, and O displays. These are new concepts that are just around the corner, and I can't wait to tell you more about them."

Infinity U: This basically looks identical to the Essential Phone's notch design. It's a small half oval that cuts down into the top middle of the display.
Infinity V: Similar to Infinity U, but with four edges instead of a curved half-oval.
Infinity O: This is a full circular cutout of the display and not so much a "notch" the top edge of the screen. Still, it seems like an eyesore and it's hard to imagine reaction to this being very positive. What's gained by that little area of display above it? Asus seems to be exploring a similar idea for its ZenFone 6, and feedback has been overwhelmingly bad.
New Infinity: This looks to be a completely notchless display. Anjum didn't discuss this one onstage, and the technology isn't quite there to allow for this design just yet. That said, Samsung could be exploring the idea of a slider phone that would house the selfie camera and other components somewhere outside their usual location.

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[coastwalker]

I approve this message. Smartphone development has basically hit a technological endpoint for the moment that is not unlike that which consumer audio equipment reached in the 80s - the feature war. Expect 32 band graphic equalisers and mysterious magic bits of black tape to come next. Basically buy the cheapest phone that does the job and you are done, replace it when you accidentally drop it in the john or it falls out of your pocket. All smartphone manufacturers are doing is changing something on the phone - removing the headphone socket etc - for the next generation of product. In the same way that the workers output went up when the light was decreased as it did when increased, people will buy the new phone because it is differerent and not because it is better. Why not buy an electric scooter with the money you save instead of a new mobile phone - at least it will improve your health by giving you some excercise.