Smartphone Innovations of 2017? 18:9 display| Portrait Mode| eSIM
T he year 2017 was great as many smartphones were launched with some new interesting ideas, thoughts and innovations. Some flagship brands such as Google, Apple, Samsung brought their ultimate phones whether it was Pixel XL, iPhone X or Galaxy S8, into the world of technology. For the first time ever, Face ID was introduced and ZTE brought Dual Screen which provides four different screen modes. 18:9 Display Ratio Historically most smartphones featured the display with a 16:9 aspect ratio which provided some experience of small screen theatres. However, in 2017 most of the brands move on to 18:9 aspect ratio display which provided a much longer and thinner screen. It started with LG G6, which used the 18:9 ratio for its 5.7" 2880*1440 display. LG termed it as FullVision which actually made the G6 a bit smaller than the older LG V20, despite both having 5.7" display.After the launch of G6, even Samsung and Google launched their smartphones with 18:9 ratio. Dual Ca...