Vivo, China-based smartphone company, has recently introduced its latest smartphone named APEX at the ongoing Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018. The phone is based on FullView concept and features a half-screen fingerprint scanner within the display.
"We are committed to bringing in technology and innovation in every new product that comes out of our stable and APEX is not an exception. The futuristic design innovations in APEX are only a fraction of our innovation pipeline," Alex Feng, Senior Vice President of Vivo, said in a statement.
Vivo APEX is the second device from the company that has an in-display fingerprint sensor, the first being Vivo X20 Plus UD which was introduced earlier in January this year.
The FullView smartphone has the world’s thinnest bezels of 1.8mm on the top and the side and a 4.3mm bottom bezel. The screen-to-body ratio is over 98 percent which makes it the world’s highest screen-to-body ratio phone. The amazing screen-to-body ratio has been made possible by mounting microchips directly to the flexible circuit board, thanks to a flexible OLED platform.
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As for the fingerprint scan, the complete bottom half of the screen works as a fingerprint scanner making Vivo APEX the world’s first smartphone to have half-screen fingerprint scanning technology. The phone also has dual-fingerprint scanning facility for added security.
The exact launch schedule for the APEX phone has not been revealed in Vivo. The phone launched at the MWC 2018 is a concept phone and comes with an 8 MP elevating front camera that can come out and go back as needed. The traditional loudspeaker has been replaced by Vivo’s Screen SoundCasting technology that can generate sound by sending vibrations through the display.
The company has also used a new System in Package (SIP) technology in the phone that will integrate the three amplifiers and the DAC together and reduces up to 60 percent of the circuit board space. "The technology can allow for increased battery size as well as cooling, thus opening the potential for even more design improvements in future smartphones." It frees up more space which can be used for more creative options such as an increased battery size and better cooling.