Smartphones have been here for decades but many share a similar form factor. While brands like Google, Samsung, OnePlus, and a few others have tapped the foldable market, none have officially gone button-less yet. Button-less smartphones might sound like a wild dream, but it’s not. Especially, if you are among the Xiaomi team as the company is reportedly working on a button-less phone for the end users.
Xiaomi is reportedly planning to launch a button-less flagship smartphone sometime in 2025
Talking of a button-less phone, how can we forget the Vivo Apex 2029 Concept? The prototype phone used capacitive buttons or pressure-sensitive sensors and linear motors to emulate the physical buttons. Since it was a concept button-less phone, it never made it to the market, but that’s not the case with Xiaomi.
Today, folks over at Smartprix were tipped by a popular Vietnamese leaker, Chun Bhai (@chunvn8888 on X). Codenamed Zhuque, the Xiaomi flagship button-phone wouldn’t feature any physical power button or volume rockers.
Per the report, the alleged button-less phone is in the early development stage. And, it might take some time before Xiaomi launches it to the masses. Well, there’s no mention of the exact launch date. However, the report claims that it could launch sometime in 2025.
The alleged smartphone could pack the upcoming Snapdragon 8+ Gen 4 SoC under the hood
Since the device is in the early stage of development, there’s no mention of how you could control it. Speculations have been made that the button-less phone from Xiaomi might use different gesture controls, pressure-sensitive sensors, or even voice commands.
The alleged button-less phone could pack the upcoming Snapdragon 8+ Gen 4 SoC (codenamed SM8775) under the hood. Notably, the same chip might power the upcoming Xiaomi 15S Pro expected in the first half of 2025.
Moving on, there’s no information about the camera, battery, or display of the alleged button-less phone. Besides, there are rumors about Xiaomi working on a tri-fold smartphone which it could launch early next year. All in all, if Xiaomi manages to land this “button-less” phone in the market next year, it won’t be a surprise if major brands jump into the race to make one.
2024-08-27 15:10:11