Honor Magic 2 3D with Face Unlock available soon

Honor Magic 2 3D with Face Unlock available soon
Honor Magic 2 3D

The Honor Magic 2 was officially announced in October 2018 after numerous rumors and teasers. It arrived with a slide camera design and a sum of six cameras. The slide-out mechanism was revealed by a teardown. We shared with you ’10 Things You want to Know’ and now we’re learning the 3D variant will soon be obtainable. This is something latest to use but the 3D scanner is a welcome adding up. Nothing much has changed; the Honor Magic 2 still has the same double 2MP depth sensors on the front. The Honor designers just added the 16MP selfie camera.

Most of the similar specs can be found: Kirin 980 processor, slider design, and 3500mAh battery with 40W fast charging. From 6GB RAM and 256GB onboard storage space, the Honor Magic 2 3D gets 8GB of RAM and 512GB onboard storage space so it’s faster and more can be saved. A graphene cooling pad has been added to help keep the performance

Honor Magic 2’s 3D scanner is extra powerful in the sense it can track 10,000 points. It works in the dark and offers consistent security via the Face Unlock. In China, it can be used with AliPay. The latter is the mobile payment platform of Alibaba.

You can now gain the new-fangled Honor Magic 2 3D for CNY 5,800 which is about $870 in the US. A promo is ongoing until March 15. Just answer this significant question: If you had Einstein’s brain, what would you most like to discover?

The phone will be out on the 15th of March in China. No word if it will out in other countries but we’ll let you recognize soon.

Top 5 Smartphones with Pop-up Cameras and Sliders in 2018

In a bid to become as close to a full-screen display as likely,Apple assumed the infamous notch on the iPhone X which housed the front facing camera and Face ID sensors. Taking note from Apple’s design choice, a number of Android producers also jumped on the notch bandwagon, adding notches of dissimilar shapes and sizes to their devices in order to get a closely bezel-less display.Not being a enormous fan of the notch, I was willing to see some Android manufacturers come out with creative solutions to house the front facing camera, earpiece and sensors to attain a completely bezel-less display. The race to achieve a completely bezel-less display familiarized a new breed of smartphones with pop-up cameras and brought back the slider design of yesteryear. Here, we’ll be taking a appearance at the best phones with pop-up cameras and sliders that were released in 2018:

Smartphones with Pop-up Cameras and Sliders

Price: Rs. 44,990

1. Oppo Find X

In a bid to one-up Vivo’s pop-up camera module on the VivoNEX, Chinese smartphone giant Oppo launched the Oppo Find X – a smartphone inwhich together the forward-facing and rear camera modules are exposed by amotorized pop-up mechanism. Thanks to the mechanism, the smartphone features analmost bezel-less design with a smooth curved glass build, with all its sensorshidden on the slide-out tray. Unlike the Vivo NEX, the Oppo Find X alsofeatures a facial gratitude feature for face unlock abilities which also triggersthe motorized slider as soon as the device is turned on.

The Oppo Find X, though, doesn’t feature an in-display fingerprint scanner like the Vivo NEX. In fact, it doesn’t feature a fingerprint sensor at all, relying totally on its face unlock feature for biometric security. Since the Oppo Find X packs in a greater motorized section, it doesn’t feel as solid as the Vivo NEX, but the mechanism does look a bit more premium and well thought out. On top of that, the fact that the slider opens up each time you try to unlock the device raises some concern regarding the toughness and longevity of the smartphone.

Oppo Find X specifications: Snapdragon 845, 8GB RAM, up to 512GB storing, 6.42-inch AMOLED display, 16MP+20MP primary double camera arrangement, 25MP selfie shooter, 3,730mAh battery, ColorOS 5.1 based on Android 8.1 Oreo

Price: Starts at Rs. 59,990

2. Vivo NEX

Let’s kick off the list with the smartphone that is, in part, accountable for making pop-up cameras a trend, the Vivo NEX. A flagship device from Chinese smartphone producer Vivo, the Vivo NEX took the bezel-less concept to a entire new level by ditching the notch for a pop-up mechanism that housed the front facing camera. The pop-up camera element on the Vivo NEX has been intended to pop-up on its own as soon as you change to the front facing camera and it hides back confidential the top edge of the device when the forward-facing camera is closed.

Since there isn’t any apartment for the front facing sensors on the pop-up module, vivo gracefully tucked them within the minimal top bezel,while assuming a piezo-electric sound system to replace the earpiece. For the price, the Vivo NEX brought a number of advanced features to the market, making it a compelling option for those who were watching for a flagship device with a bezel-less display and no notch. It even housed an in-display fingerprint sensor, a skill that has now become a bit more normal with the launch of the OnePlus 6T.

Vivo NEX specifications: Snapdragon 845, 8GB RAM, 128GB storage, 6.59-inch Super AMOLED display, 12MP+5MP primary dual camera arrangement, 8MP pop-up selfie shooter, 4,000mAh battery, Funtouch OS based on Android 8.1 Oreo

3. Xiaomi Mi Mix 3

Compared to the Vivo NEX and the Oppo Find X, both of which rely on motorized pop-up designs, Xiaomi’s Mi Mix 3 resurrects the manual slider mechanism that was all the rage back in the day and does a countless job of it.The smartphone’s slider mechanism gracefully hides the front facing camera and sensors behind the big bezel-less display and it feels stronger and more satisfying to use than the aforesaid smartphones. For the earphone, the Mi Mix3 has a very ingenious solution – a simple cutout that lets the sound permit through from the actual earpiece filled within the sliding mechanism.

The device also doesn’t comprise an in-display fingerprint scanner, but gratefully retains a traditional capacitive fingerprint scanner which is placed on the back. Turning on the front-facing camera on the Mi Mix 3 is as modest as sliding the screen down which reveals the camera module and turns on the camera app. Being a fan of slider phones in the past,  for myself like Xiaomi’s design a whole lot more than the Vivo NEX and the Oppo Find X.

Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 specifications: Snapdragon 845, up to 10GB RAM, up to 256GB storing, 6.39-inch Super AMOLED display, 12MP+12MP primary double camera system, 24MP+2MP dual selfie shooter, 3,200mAh battery, MIUI 10 based on Android 9.0 Pie

Price: Starts at Rs. 41,216

4. Honor Magic 2

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei’s sub-brand Honor has also released a slider smartphone of its own – the Honor Magic 2 – which features a sliding mechanism much like that of the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3. Packing in flagship provisions, the Honor Magic 2 is also a excessive alternative if you’re in the market for a smartphone that is nearly all screen up front and doesn’t have an ugly notch.

The old school slider mechanism on the Honor Magic 2 tucks a striking triple camera arrangement behind the bezel-less display, along with the front facing sensors, the earpiece, and sensors for Honor’s 3D face gratitude technology for faster and more protected face unlock capabilities. Much like the Mi Mix 3, the Magic 2 also has a cut out for the earpiece right above the display, but the device doesn’t mechanically open up the front facing camera upon opening the slider.

Honor Magic 2 specifications: Kirin 980, up to 8GB RAM, up to 256GB storing, 6.39-inch AMOLED display, 16MP+16MP+24MP primary triple camera arrangement, 16MP+2MP+2MP triple selfie shooter, 3,500mAh battery, EMUI 9.0 based on Android 9.0 Pie

Price: Rs. 62,236

5. Lenovo Z5 Pro

The latest adding to the slider party, Lenovo’s Z5 Pro, is a bezel-less mid-ranger which aims to make the advanced sliding mechanism more available to a larger number of buyers. Much like the Mi Mix 3 and the Honor Magic 2, the Lenovo Z5 has a smooth sliding mechanism which hides the front facing camera and sensors behind the big display. The earpiece on the device is also located on the slider mechanism, with no noticeable cut out up front, so we can’t be sure if that will have an effect on the audio superiority.

The device also packs in an in-display fingerprint scanner which, the company claims, can unlock the device in just 0.2 seconds, making it slightly quicker than the fingerprint scanner on the OnePlus 6T which can unlock the device in 0.34 seconds. The Lenovo Z5, however, has a obvious chin at the lowest of the display, something which isn’t found on wither the Honor Magic 2 or the Mi Mix 3, but seeing the device’s price point, I believe that’s something most buyers would overlook.

Lenovo Z5 Pro specifications: Snapdragon 710, 6GB RAM, up to 128GB storing, 6.39-inch Super AMOLED display, 16MP+24MP primary dual camera arrangement, 16MP+8MP dual selfie shooter, 3,350mAh battery, ZUI 10 based on Android 8.1 Oreo

Price: Starts at 1,998 Yuan (~Rs. 20,400)

Best Phones with Pop-up Cameras and Sliders in 2018

Well, that rounds up our list of the top phones with pop-up cameras and sliders that were released this year. Other than the aforementioned options, there are a pair of smartphones from relatively obscure Chinese brands that have also accepted a pop-up or slider design. The Elephone U2, Elephone U2 Pro, the Elephone PX and the Doogee Mix 4 (concept) are some notable choices that you can take a glance at, but don’t imagine anything spectacular from these phones.

Honor Magic 2 teardown shows how the phone’s slider mechanism works

Huawei has made the Honor Magic 2 an innovative smartphone because of its exceptional design. Well, the slider phone isn’t just a first of its kind but it’s one of the first Android phones that have implemented the slide-out design following the Oppo Find X, Xiaomi Mi Mix 3, and the Lenovo Z5 Pro. It permits an almost bezel-less display because the selfie camera is already hidden. The phone doesn’t have a notch because there is no requirement for one.

The Honor Magic 2 only became authorized with a sliding screen design and a total of six cameras last October. We’re attentive in how Huawei placed all the components inside expressly since the selfie camera is hidden. It’s still privileged but we want to know the phone looks inside.

A teardown examination reveals the insides of a device. For the Honor Magic 2, PC Pop website posted complete instructions on how to take apart the phone.

Honor Magic 2 Slider

As with most smartphones, smearing heat unglues the back. Remove the cameras sensibly. The front-facing camera (the hidden one), is made up of three components–a 16MP selfie shooter in the middle and a pair of infrared 3D face scanner.

Remove the other components to disclose the battery that features two connectors. Next, you can see the motherboard, Kirin 980, LPDDR4X RAM, 128GB of storage, and the Wi-Fi module.

The sliding mechanism is composed of a ribbon cable and two slide railings. It looks durable enough but we advise you be careful because the ribbon chain can be easily worn out.