Yesterday, Vivo surprised us with its Meizu Zero having no port or button. Now Vivo has also announced a similar phone Vivo APEX 2019 with no port, button or speaker.
Unlike Meizu Zero that has ceramic back, Vivo APEX has curved glass design. It replaces buttons with pressure-sensitive spots as power and volume buttons. It lacks charging port and relies on a magnetic port located at the bottom side of the
Vivo APEX 2019 features a 6.39-inch AMOLED display with 2340 x 1080 pixels resolution and very thin bezels. The fingerprint sensor is under the display and this time the entire display works as a fingerprint sensor. So, touch anywhere on the display and it unlocks the phone. The phone packs octa-core Snapdragon 855 processor with a
It supports 5G via
The phone also has
The phone has a
The company also didn’t talk about OS and battery capacity.
It has CNC machined glass with no metal frame. Vivo calls it Super Unibody design. The phone comes in three color variants – silver, black, and white. Vivo also uses Duplex PCB Design that has increased the available space by 20% to minimize the overall stacking space. It helped the company to free up space for 5G modules.
It seems this is just a concept phone and will be available commercially only if Vivo sees demand from consumers. Original Vivo APEX was released as Vivo NEX. This concept may also get a new name for commercial launch.
Vivo will showcase this phone in MWC next month. If you are planning to visit, you can get the first-hand viewing of APEX 2019.
