Best affordable smartphone with (near) edgeless displays

The smartphone industry has just a big steps away from becoming the newest flash-in-the-pan gimmick. Every smartphone launched there is design that sticks the landing and become overnight game changer.

Smartphone innovation comes with a great cost, and that cost has been skyrocketing price for buyers, with Samsung Galaxy Note 8 topping the bunch at an eye-watering of $929 and the latest iPhone X.

Thankfully the expose of edge-less flagships has led to a spate of affordable alternative hitting the market. Some enhanced the kind of flagship-grade specs you would expect from Android’s producers, while others are mid-to-low-end offerings for savvy buyers with a much lighter budget.

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Here are the edge-less devices that you can take home without having to break the bank.

LG Q6

LG offers its flagship family the shot in the arm it needed with the G6s stunning 18:9 aspect

ratio-toting FullVision display. LG has been coy when it comes to confirming a wider release schedule, but the standard Q6 can be picked up in the United Kingdom for £249.

Specs

• 5.5-inch IPS LCD with 2160 x 1080 res
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 processor
• 3GB of RAM
• 32GB internal storage, microSD expansion up to 256 GB
• 13MP rear camera
• 5MP front camera
• 3,000mAh battery
• Android 7.1.1 Nougat

Sharp Aquos S2

Way back in 2014, Sharp unveiled the Aquas Crystal powered by Android Kitkat which was

one of the first truly edge-less smartphones to come to market.

At first look, you might be looking at Essential’s PH-1, with the front camera spills out from the top frame in a way that mirrors the start-up’s marquee release, however, the logo at home button/fingerprint sensor on the bottom differentiates it from Rubins magnum opus.
 
Specs

• 5.5-inch IPS LCD with 2040 x 1080 res Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 processor
• 4GB of RAM
• 64GB internal storage, microSD expansion up to 256 GB
• 8MP rear cameras
• 8MP front camera
• 3,020mAh battery
• Android 7.1.1 Nougat

Maze Alpha

On sale for just around $190, the Maze Alpha is the very good definition of a bargain.

Maze’s affordable handset cuts no corners when it comes to providing a premium edge-less experience, with only razor-thin slithers of redundant screen space framing the 1080x1920 resolution IPS LCD display.

Specs

• 6-inch IPS LCD with 1920 x 1080 res Mediatek Helio P25 processor
• 4GB of RAM
• 64 B internal storage, microSD expansion up to 256 GB
• 5MP rear cameras,
• 5MP front camera
• 4,000 mAh battery
• Android 7.0 Nougat

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