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Smartphone design has experienced notable convergence over the past three years, particularly. Displays and side rails have become almost universally flat across various brands and product lines. Batteries have increased in size. Ultrawide and telephoto cameras are nearly ubiquitous. Even the corners of devices are almost exclusively rounded. Some of these developments are fantastic, while others I could easily do without.
Nevertheless, for far too many years, manufacturers have persisted with unattractive, bothersome protruding lenses, frequently positioned at the top-left of the device. This not only renders the lenses vulnerable to damage if the phone is dropped, but it also causes the phone to sit unevenly. Everyone is aware of how much phones tend to wobble when set on a table, and it can be quite irritating.
However, both the forthcoming iPhone 17 and the Galaxy S26 seem to be embracing