This smartphone company has an ingenious idea to give its latest phone a bezel-free display without an iPhone X-style notch

As a result, it has an astounding 91.2% screen-to-body ratio compared to the iPhone X's 83%, as measured by GSM Arena.

Vivo's "Screen SoundCasting" technology transmits audio waves through the display itself. Vivo says that it's even better than the traditional earpiece that uses a tiny speaker, saying the technology "enhances sound quality with more powerful bass, and softer, smoother treble."

You won't find a fingerprint sensor around the back of the Nex phone by Vivo, and there's no space for a traditional fingerprint sensor on the front, either. Instead, Vivo is using an in-display fingerprint sensor that's completely invisible.

Missing from Vivo's details are the location of other sensors, like the light sensor that dims the display when you're in a dark environment, or turns the display off when you put the phone to your ears.

The Vivo Nex offers an ingenious solution for a true edge-to-edge display — with only the slightest hint of a bottom bezel, or "chin.

Personally, I'm not too bothered by notches on smartphones. But phones sure look better and more impressive without it. And considering how little I use the selfie camera, hiding it away makes perfect sense.

For the selfie-takers out there, I haven't tested the Vivo Nex to see how quick — or slowly — the selfie camera pops out of its hiding place. If it's slow, it might not be ideal. But that will only matter to Chinese smartphone users who pick up the Vivo Nex.