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Nubia X: a Dual-Display Smartphone with No Selfie Camera
Nubia, a ZTE brand, this week introduced its new range-topping smartphone outfitted with front and rear displays and Qualcomm's high-end SoC. The new Nubia X features a rare 93.6% screen-to-body ratio on the primary LCD, maximizing its screen real estate while also offering a serious performance. The phone will certainly catch some eyes, but what remains to be seen is how useful the second display is and how will it affect battery life of the device.
The two screens are naturally the key selling point of the Nubia X. The primary display is a 6.26-inch IPS LCD offering a 2280×1080 resolution, a 19:9 aspect ratio, and featuring no notch (as there is no camera). The secondary display is a 5.1-inch OLED that has the same aspect ratio, but a 1520×720 resolution. The screen on the rear of the smartphone blends with the device's aluminum body and is designed primarily for ultimate personalization (e.g., you can load your own unique wallpaper on the back and get a handset no one else has). To make selfies, as the Nubia X does not have a front-facing camera, users will use the main camera and the rear screen to do so.
(Score: 3, Funny) by RamiK on Saturday November 03 2018, @10:20AM (6 children)
1: Notches notches. Apple; Notches.
2: Notches notches, notches?
1: Hmm yes. Notches.
3: Nachos anyone?
1,2: Thanks.
4: Why don't we just add a screen back-panel for video calls and selfies and double it as a notification area as well while we're at it? It will cost less and look better than notches. We'll add a selfie camera app that will snap the shot when pressing the volume button and preview on the back-panel screen. And the APIs to route video calls to a secondary screen are already there as well as ones for a separate notification area.
1,2,3: Notches?
4: Eh... No.
1,2,3: No... Notches?
4: Nope.
1,2,3: But, Apple notches?
4: Nah.
1: Staring at ceiling lost in thoughts.
2: Holding his iPhone with a shaking hand trying to imagine it.
3: Dipping nachos in the salsa dip while sneaking peaks at other's faces trying to figure out how to act.
4: Penciling down the rough BoM of front camera + notches vs. screen back-panel while reaching for the nachos.
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(Score: 3, Funny) by takyon on Saturday November 03 2018, @10:26AM (1 child)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqomZQMZQCQ [youtube.com]
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(Score: 2) by RamiK on Saturday November 03 2018, @11:10AM
Typically I prefer the Mel Brooks version [youtube.com]. But this one will do :D
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(Score: 2) by crafoo on Saturday November 03 2018, @01:09PM
Poetic. I come to Soylent for posts like this one. Thank you.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 03 2018, @02:47PM
If two screens is good, and three screens is better, obviously five screens would make us the best fucking phone that ever existed.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Saturday November 03 2018, @10:10PM
Hope 3 wasn't DOUBLE dipping.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 04 2018, @11:43AM
Well, that's one way to get rid of the notch. Well done.