No-notch 2018
2018 would go down as the year of smartphone display notches. In search of more screen real estate, most smartphone manufactures opted for the notch. But thankfully, at least for me, Samsung stood as the major holdout this year. Samsung did join the trend of “more screen is always better” when it launched the Galaxy A8s with a punch hole camera earlier this month. And the company may eventually launch smartphones with a notched display next year, with the Galaxy M20 reportedly featuring the Infinity-U display.
But it’s good to see Samsung avoided the notch at least until 2019. At its developer conference in November, the company talked about a new Infinity display panel which looked to be a completely notch-less display. So, who knows, it could be working on completely killing off the notch. The company’s Sound on Display OLED panels, another technology that nullifies the need for the notch, could arrive in early 2019.
One UI
The biggest surprise from Samsung this year came from the company’s mobile UX division. One UI, announced at SDC 2018 and officially released for the Galaxy S9 in some countries around Christmas, looks absolutely beautiful. The animations are awesome and many UI elements are now easy to reach. Night mode is something every Samsung fan would appreciate. I have to say Samsung has really stepped up its software game with One UI, and I hope the experience will get even better with time. After all, the first release is quite promising, a sentiment most of you will probably agree with.....
What do you think??
🙂🙂🙂
2018 would go down as the year of smartphone display notches. In search of more screen real estate, most smartphone manufactures opted for the notch. But thankfully, at least for me, Samsung stood as the major holdout this year. Samsung did join the trend of “more screen is always better” when it launched the Galaxy A8s with a punch hole camera earlier this month. And the company may eventually launch smartphones with a notched display next year, with the Galaxy M20 reportedly featuring the Infinity-U display.
But it’s good to see Samsung avoided the notch at least until 2019. At its developer conference in November, the company talked about a new Infinity display panel which looked to be a completely notch-less display. So, who knows, it could be working on completely killing off the notch. The company’s Sound on Display OLED panels, another technology that nullifies the need for the notch, could arrive in early 2019.
One UI
The biggest surprise from Samsung this year came from the company’s mobile UX division. One UI, announced at SDC 2018 and officially released for the Galaxy S9 in some countries around Christmas, looks absolutely beautiful. The animations are awesome and many UI elements are now easy to reach. Night mode is something every Samsung fan would appreciate. I have to say Samsung has really stepped up its software game with One UI, and I hope the experience will get even better with time. After all, the first release is quite promising, a sentiment most of you will probably agree with.....
What do you think??
🙂🙂🙂
