Meizu Unveils a Smartphone That Does Not Have Any Port, or a SIM Card Slot, or a Button, or Speaker Grill (phonedog.com)

Phone maker Meizu has announced a new phone called "Zero," which doesn't have a headphone jack, or a charging port, or a physical SIM card slot, or any buttons, or a speaker grill. From a report: It doesn't even come with a SIM card slot and buttons you'd usually see on a phone -- the only elements that disturb the surface of its all-display, 7.8mm-thick ceramic unibody are its 12MP and 20MP rear cameras and two pinholes. One is a microphone, while the other is for hard resets. To make up for the lack of ports, Meizu Zero will support Bluetooth 5.0 and a wireless USB connectivity that will reportedly be able to transfer files as fast as the USB 3.0 standard can.

Zero's 5.99-inch QHD OLED screen will act as some sort of a giant speaker and earpiece replacement. It does have a big enough bezel for a 20MP front camera, but its fingerprint reader is completely on-screen. The device, which is powered by a Snapdragon 845 processor, relies on 18W wireless charging due to the lack of a charger port. And it may not have the usual physical buttons, but it does have pressure-sensing ones with haptic feedback on its borders.

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Re:It's all good

[ctilsie242]

It does have a reset hole.

One idea of smartphone which would be nice would be one that you used a paper clip to push a release button, similar to the SIM card tray in iPhones, but would allow you to pop the phone open, replace the battery, add/replace one of two SIM cards, add/replace one of two MicroSD cards. This way, you have the same zero-hole look... but you still have full repairability.

A button is just one type of switch, which it has.

[Fly Swatter]

it may not have the usual physical buttons, but it does have pressure-sensing ones

Because it doesn't protrude they can get away with their marketing gimmick. But it still has switches. And behind the reset pinhole is - another switch! Now if only they managed not to include a screen, make it completely voice controlled, and it can easily adhere to your shirt...

One question

[Locke2005]

Does it have a power button, or do you just wait for the battery to go dead? Using the touchscreen to turn something on means the touchscreen needs to constantly be drawing power...