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  • GeoffreyA - Thursday, September 5, 2019 - link

    Hi, Ian. Great to see that you're a One Piece fan. Well, I'm still stuck in an ancient arc, Thriller Bark to be precise. This article certainly brought a smile to my face. Thank you, sir. Have a great day and see you on the Sunny :)
  • ksec - Thursday, September 5, 2019 - link

    Wanted to comment on the same thing. One Pieces don't get as much attention as Naruto in the western world.
  • jordanclock - Thursday, September 5, 2019 - link

    No visible holes? There's one in the display!
  • quiksilvr - Thursday, September 5, 2019 - link

    Was just about to say that. But it is under the glass so technically not.
  • Santoval - Thursday, September 5, 2019 - link

    I believe that's just to indicate that "Airplane Mode" is active. When it's not active the hole is probably covered by the display. You can see that the other four holes are also covered by the display when it is active, but are exposed when it's switched off.

    However I am not quite sure if the hole that's visible on the left top corner when the display is active (assuming it *is* a hole) is the same hole as the leftmost of the five holes that are visible when the display is inactive... Isn't that single hole much closer to the left top corner than the leftmost of the five holes? Or is the perspective of the pictures playing tricks?
  • Ian Cutress - Thursday, September 5, 2019 - link

    It's the front facing camera.
  • ianmills - Monday, September 9, 2019 - link

    Its covered by a chastity screen
  • rocky12345 - Thursday, September 5, 2019 - link

    Great phone spec wise and price wise. Depending on reviews on whether it is good or bad I may just get one of these phones if they can be bought in my country and work on our cell networks.
  • rocky12345 - Thursday, September 5, 2019 - link

    never mind this is just a tech demo I got a bit excited for a second if they take this farther it could be interesting.
  • mpbello - Friday, September 6, 2019 - link

    Whaat? How can you say "spec wise and price wise" when neither specs nor price were mentioned (for obvious reasons).
    Do you start talking shit when you get excited?
  • Santoval - Thursday, September 5, 2019 - link

    Quite impressive.. I believe everything but the lack of a charging port is market feasible. The problem with wireless charging is that it's inherently inefficient and wasteful, with much longer charging times. It's nice as a backup charging option but not when it's the *only* charging option.
  • PeachNCream - Thursday, September 5, 2019 - link

    The solution to that could be to surface mount some metal on the outside and the magnetically attach a charging connector, but I don't know if that then counts as a hole or not.

    I'd still prefer a removable battery and a microsd slot and would accept a removable back panel to attain those things.
  • Zoolook - Sunday, September 8, 2019 - link

    Sony had something similar on the Xperia Z-series
  • eek2121 - Saturday, September 7, 2019 - link

    Inefficient? Probably. However, as someone who charges his phones wirelessly, I disagree with your second point regarding charge times. It may be a bit slower than charging with a cable, but my phone typically goes from 0% to 100% in a couple hours. Given that the battery lasts for a good 2-3 days, I just put it on the charger when I go to bed every other night.
  • CaedenV - Thursday, September 5, 2019 - link

    I came to make a OnePiece joke, and Ian beat me to it! Fantastic!

    I like this idea of a no-ingress phone though. No moving parts, nothing to break or wear out unless you drop the thing and break the glass. I would like some sort of wifi-direct feature or something for moving large files to a laptop though. I mean, if you are going to take away the headphone jack... go all the way!
  • edzieba - Friday, September 6, 2019 - link

    I'm not sure how happy I'd be without at least a discrete physical power button (for "just F$£#!^g turn off!" situations), but that can remain compatible with the fully sealed nature using a magnetic button and hall sensor (as is common with other waterproof devices like SCUBA torches).
  • CityBlue - Friday, September 6, 2019 - link

    It will be interesting to see how they implement a means of hard resetting the device (once it has locked up solid) if there isn't a power button that can be held down for several seconds, and the battery isn't removable. Maybe they could do something via the Qi interface, and/or NFC.

    Also, there's no mention in the article of "no microphone" so that might be their biggest challenge and explain why this is aimed more at wearable tech than smartphones.
  • GreenReaper - Sunday, September 8, 2019 - link

    If they can use the surface as a speaker, it can be a microphone. It's the same thing, but
    reversed!

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