The new Nokia phones are here: Nokia 6, 5, 3 & 3310

Re:The new Nokia phones are here: Nokia 6, 5, 3 & 3310 by jonknee on Sunday February 26, 2017 @04:43PM (#13740089)

They have patents for screens full of holes that should allow a speaker and microphone to work through the screen:

http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/10/14225872/apple-patent-oled...

There is another patent regarding the TouchID sensor working through a screen:

http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/10/04/apple-patents-fing...

The front facing camera is a bigger issue.

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Re:The new Nokia phones are here: Nokia 6, 5, 3 & 3310 by Nition on Sunday February 26, 2017 @06:29PM (#13740657)

With the right sort of directionality you might be able to get away with having the speaker on the top side and the mic on the bottom, leaving the whole front panel for the screen.

Or be super cool and have a mechanical system that pops out a little speaker at the top and a little mic at the bottom.

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