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.

Comments

The Ultimate

[AmiMoJo]

in impossible to repair, glued and welded shut non-user servicable hardware.

Apple would be proud.

Re:The Ultimate

[Joce640k]

Yep. Meizu has certainly one-upped Apple here. I bet all those people who just bought a new iPhone are feeling pretty sick after reading this announcement.

Re:It's all good

[Joce640k]

It's almost as if you didn't make it to the second sentence of the summary before posting.

Re:Meizu.

[jellomizer]

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.