These Android phones look exactly like iPhone X
What's the story
The market is flooded with notch-based display smartphones as almost every major OEM seems to have gotten on to the trend set by Apple's iPhone X.
Further, Market research firm Counterpoint estimates that nearly 300 million smartphones with notched displays will be launched in 2018.
And while half of 2018 has gone by, here are 4 such smartphones (across the price range) you can currently buy in India.
Premium segment
Option No. 1: Huawei P20 Pro
Huawei-p20-pro-p20-lite-launched-in-india/story">Huawei P20 Pro features a 6.1-inch full-HD+ OLED FullView notch-based display with a 1:10,00,000 contrast ratio and a 105% color gamut.
The phone is powered by a HiSilicon Kirin 970 chipset, coupled with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage which is not expandable.
Priced at Rs. 64,999, P20 Pro runs Android 8.1 Oreo-based EMUI 8.1 and packs a 4,000mAh battery with Huawei's SuperCharge.
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Huawei P20 Pro sports of the best camera on smartphones
The Huawei P20 Pro sports a triple rear-camera setup comprising 40MP+20MP+8MP sensors. Up front, the phone has a 24MP sensor. It comes with hybrid zoom support which offers 3x optical zoom, 5x lossless hybrid zoom, 10x digital zoom and supports slow-mo video recording at 960fps.
Mid-premium
Option No. 2: OnePlus 6
OnePlus 6 features a 6.28-inch full-HD+ (1080x2280 pixels) Full Optic AMOLED display with an aspect ratio of 19:9 and Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection (front and back).
It is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor, paired with 6GB/8GB of RAM and 64GB/128GB/256GB of storage.
The phone runs Android Oreo-based OxygenOS and packs a 3,300mAh battery with Dash Charge.
Price starts at Rs. 34,999.
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OnePlus 6 sports a dual-camera setup
The OnePlus 6 gets a vertical dual rear camera comprising a 16MP+20MP setup, paired with dual-LED flash, f/1.7 aperture, Optical Image Stabilization (OIS), and Electronic Image Stabilization (EIS). Up front, the phone sports a 16-megapixel Sony IMX371 sensor with gyro-EIS and auto HDR support.
Mid-budget
Option No. 3: Huawei Nova 3i
Huawei Nova 3i features a 6.3-inch full-HD+ (1080x2340 pixels) LCD panel with an aspect ratio of 19.5:9 and pixel density of 409ppi.
The phone is powered by an octa-core HiSilicon Kirin 710 processor, coupled with 4GB RAM and 128GB of storage (expandable up to 256GB).
It runs Android Oreo 8.1-based EMUI 8.2 and packs a 3,340mAh battery.
Nova 3i is priced at Rs. 20,990
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Nova 3i offers AI-powered quad cameras
The Huawei Nova 3i sports rear camera setup comprising 16MP and 2MP sensors. The front camera has a 24MP primary sensor and a 2MP secondary sensor, along with support for AI-powered Scene detection and selfie enhancement.
Budget segment
Option No. 4: OPPO A3s
OPPO A3s features a 6.2-inch HD+ (720x1520 pixels) notch-based display and boasts an 88.8% screen-to-body ratio.
The phone is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 processor, paired with 2GB/3GB RAM and 16GB/32GB internal storage which is expandable up to 256GB via microSD card.
Priced at Rs. 10,900, the OPPO A3s packs 4,230mAh battery and runs Android Oreo 8.1-based ColorOS 5.1.
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OPPO A3s gets a dual rear-camera and AI-powered selfie shooter
The OPPO A3s offers a dual rear-camera setup comprising 13MP, f/2.2 primary sensor and a 2MP, f/2.4 secondary sensor. The primary camera offers Bokeh mode and records videos at 1080p. Up front, there is an 8MP selfie shooter which comes with AI Beauty 2.0 feature.
Craftmanship
Why do all these Android phones have a bottom bezel?
There is an evident difference between the iPhone X and other notch-based smartphones - the bottom bezel.
With iPhone X, Apple has used a flexible OLED panel that extends beyond the bottom of the phone and curves around to hold the display controller behind it rather than underneath it.
And this is something other OEMs have failed to achieve, possibly due to production costs.