In 2017 and early 2018, different smartphone OEM thought of tweaking the design of their smartphones and they did so by deciding to go bezel-less. In 2018 most OEM keyed into the bezel-less devices and it immediately became the talk of town as demand for such devices tripled.

Still in 2018 as if that was not enough, other OEM still decided to go for additional design tweaks on their devices and those actions quickly lead to the notched devices, and immediately the notches began to arrive, the craze for bezel-less device began to shift towards the notched.

And towards the end of 2018, virtually most OEM and smartphone consumers were all speaking in the same “notch” voices as demands for such devices also skyrocketed and it was then notch all over the place..

This is 2019 and we can categorically tell you that the notch design will go obsolete and another design tweak will quickly take over.
And your guesses are good as mine as 2019 will almost completely take away the words bezel-less and notch design from the mouth of many smartphone users and replace them with “foldable”.

The signs are already glaring and many OEM have indicated interest in keying into the foldable device design. It is no longer hearsay that the foldable devices are upcoming, in fact they are upon us and as we write this, the first foldable smartphone has already taken its place in the Chinese market by a not familiar manufacturer called Royole.

And the company has now been credited as the first OEM to release a foldable phone tagged as the Royole FlexPai.

The Royole FlexPai being the first device to handle such complex foldable design, you shouldn’t expect it to come out even near excellent design with smooth software handling, but in a rather messed up way, and that is exactly what is currently obtainable with the Royole FlexPai.

The device finds it difficult to handle software when folded against when unfolded, and again, it becomes unnecessarily bulky in folded position, and you will also witness host of other anomalies on the devices that will definitely need more tweaks to get things right.

Aside from the Royole manufacturer, other well-known OEM have also hinted on foldable device and in fact we are expecting to see many announcement from them in the upcoming 2019 Mobile World Congress (MWC) slated for next month in its usual Barcelona venue.

Manufacturers like Samsung, Xiaomi, LG, Sony and OPPO have all been rumoured working on foldable smartphone that will be making their ways into the global phone markets this year.

Source: https://www.highteknology.com/2019/01/the-craze-for-bezel-less-and-notch-fast.html

I can't wait to see them coming in.

Oshiogwemoh:
I can't wait to see them coming in.

Sure, they are already coming. Samsung Galaxy Fold will be a banger when unveiled