8 best frameless smartphones

Strictly speaking, this model does not fully meet our selection criteria, as far as its prevalence in the trade network cannot be called really wide. On the other hand, the Vivo Y81 is officially sold in stores and MTS retail stores, so finding the recommended smartphone is not very difficult. The manufacturer’s website promises a 88% ratio of screen and case areas, but the real figure is closer to 83%. We would consider the absence of a fingerprint scanner and LED event indicator, as well as the presence of a triple tray for cards and the ability to work on all LTE bands used by our telecom operators. As for the identification of the owner, the developers of the model decided to limit themselves only to unblocking in the face. This technology is implemented here quite well - in difficult conditions, the backlight turns on, and its brightness is adjusted automatically.

Next in the ranking is one of the most affordable frameless smartphones with support for contactless payment technology. Particularly pleased that the corresponding module in Alcatel 5V works with all types of transport cards. The screen of the phone takes up almost 85% of its front surface. Naturally, the fingerprint scanner sensor is located on the back of the smartphone. However, unlocking the device can be performed through face recognition. There is a dual main camera, for which the presence of an intelligent system, designed to help with the settings when shooting various scenes, and even the possibility of using the Google Lens service in a foggy future, is claimed. Of the unpleasant features - in 4G networks, this smartphone can work only on the B3 and B7 bands, and here is a combo card tray. And finally, be careful. The model without the letter 'V' in the title is a completely different device.

Our rating continues to be the best representative of an extremely small group of frameless smartphones with a front-mounted fingerprint scanner. Because of this design feature, it cannot boast a record-breaking indicator of the “usable” area of ​​the front panel, although it fits into the frames we set (the share of the screen is slightly more than 80%). Since the recommended smartphone is the flagship of a well-known brand, it demonstrates excellent abilities in various "disciplines" to it simply by status, we note the main drawback of Honor 10. The already mentioned dactyloscope uses the ultrasonic authentication principle.Theoretically, he is more loyal to wet, dirty and incised fingers, but in this case its implementation is far from perfect. Many phone owners note a large number of recognition errors, as well as fuzzy fixation of navigation gestures by the scanner.

The next generation of the “flagship killer” pleases fans of the brand with the optical stabilization that has appeared, and it disappoints with the lack of declared moisture protection and wireless charging. Apparently, these features of top models are still not priority for OnePlus, unlike the trend bangs or conditionally frameless screen (occupying 83% of the front panel area). Considering that Xiaomi is also trying to play on the same field, and with several interesting and diverse offers at once, it will not be easy to win over the sympathies of potential buyers to OnePlus 6 smartphones. Nevertheless, in terms of the aggregate of advantages, we gave preference to them. In the sixth "one-place" the display is more qualitative, the chamber part is better, the shell is more convenient and the support is more active. That's just its price in the official retail is not happy.

We consider the cost of an iPhone under a hundred thousand completely inadequate, but 85% of the usable area is a weighty argument in favor of the presence of the iPhone Xs Max in the ranking of the best frameless smartphones. It is the version with a larger screen diagonal, the models differ only in it, while the younger Xs have the corresponding figure of 81%. More precisely, there is another fundamental difference - for the older novelty there is a Chinese hardware version with the ability to install two SIM cards. Specially focus on this attention, because support for eSIM technology, which appeared in the "ordinary" Xs, is absolutely useless for us. There are no other revolutionary innovations. Well, do not assume that such the ability of the phone to withstand immersion to a greater depth, and to the next raising the level of performance of the filling or the quality of shooting, everyone has long been accustomed.