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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.
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.
in impossible to repair, glued and welded shut non-user servicable hardware.
Apple would be proud.
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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.
Also Android phone makers steal from Apple. This is what we call competition, and innovation. Where someone elses competing product has some advantage or feature they will implement it and try to perfect it above what they other guy had. Then the other guy will try to make something better from you.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
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...
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...
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
The name is perfect, though. Zero is the amount of money they'll ever get from me for such a design; zero is the amount of interest I have in anyone else imitating them; zero is the amount of respect I have for the company for choosing this path; and zero is the score I give the designers for coming up with this in the first place.
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