Sharp has been rumored to out a new bezel-less display for quite some time now. In fact, a recent rumor pointed out that the company will launch its new full-screen phone on July 17.
Well, a new rumor, a real life image of the phone rather, has surfaced online today revealing a portion of the display. And as you can see, it will have a circular cutout for the camera on top just like the one seen on the Essential Phone.
Now, Sharp’s upcoming smartphone may or may not look like the Essential Phone necessarily, but it sure has a similar cutout on top of the display.
Read: Sharp FS8010 specs revealed via AnTuTu benchmark
The leak further mentions that Sharp has figured out a solution for one of the most common problems of full-screen phones. The smartphone will come with (translated) “a new design structure, and through the 1.5m steel plate drop quality standards,” whatever that means.
It also reveals that the smartphone in question won’t feature a fingerprint scanner integrated into the display but will have it on the back.
As for the specs, previous leaks have revealed that the handset will carry the model number FS8010 and feature a 5.5-inch display with a resolution of 1080 x 2040 pixels, Snapdragon 630 SoC, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of onboard storage, 12MP rear camera, 8MP selfie camera, and Android 7.1.1 Nougat.
Source: Weibo
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