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The iPhone 8 and Galaxy S8 may come with 'edge-to-edge' screens, how is that possible?

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Sloping display, under-glass finger scanner - this OLED iPhone 8 concept fleshes out the rumored redesign "Edge-to-edge," "bezel-less," "all-glass," "90% screen-to-body" - these are all terms bandied about by analysts and "insider sources" when it comes to the upcoming 2017 flagships from the world's top phone makers Apple and Samsung. We don't need to sell you on the benefits of having the largest possible screen area in the smallest possible footprint without compromising ergonomics and ease of use, of course, but if you can't help but wonder how Apple or Samsung are going to achieve it, look no further than this primer. TL;DR Flexible OLED displays with plastic substrates, under-glass finger scanners, piezoelectric earpieces, sonar proximity sensors - the technology for an edge-to-edge Galaxy S8 or iPhone 8 is already out there! THE "ALL-GLASS" IPHONE 8 In one sunny day

The iPhone 7 Plus portrait camera vs a $1600 camera kit: which takes better photos?

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There are several good reasons why one would be tempted to go for an  iPhone 7 Plus  over the  iPhone 7  when picking their new phone. One: Apple's larger iPhone carries a bigger screen with higher resolution, and two: it has a larger, noticeably longer-lasting battery. In this article, however, we'll focus on the third key difference between the two iPhone 7 models – the camera.  As you might already know, only the iPhone 7 Plus boasts a dual-camera setup at the back, which allows it to pull off some neat tricks when shooting images. More specifically, the second camera has a 2X zoom advantage over the regular one, thus bringing objects closer without sacrificing details. Also, it can take impressive portraits by adding background blur (a.k.a. bokeh) to the images. This not only makes the people in the photo stand out more easily, but also gives the image a distinctive look, as if it came out of an expensive camera kit.  This got us thinking: how do po