After Samsung kicked off the bezel-less craze with their stunning Galaxy S8 smartphone, every smartphone brand is racing to the market with their own bezel-less smartphone. Joining the bezel-less party in the last quarter of 2017 is the French brand, Wiko. We introduce to you – the Wiko View and Wiko View Prime bezel-less smartphones!

 

The Wiko View & View Prime Smartphones Revealed!

The new Wiko View and Wiko View Prime smartphones boast a bezel-less display with a “18:9 widescreen format“. Never mind the mathematical faux pas (18:9 is 2:1 after all), what this means is it has a real wide display with an odd and relatively low resolution of 1440 x 720.

Wiko also joined the selfie bandwagon with the likes of the ASUS ZenFone Selfie Pro, and the OPPO F1s. The View Prime boasts a dual-lens selfie camera, while the regular View has a high-resolution 16MP selfie camera.

Both smartphones have quite a nice set of hardware inside though. They are both powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 (quad-core) and 430 (octa-core) SoCs respectively. The View has 3 GB of LPDDR3 memory and 32 GB of internal flash storage. The View Prime, on the other hand, has 4 GB of LPDDR3 memory and 64 GB of internal flash storage.

 

The Wiko View & View Prime Specifications

Specifications	Wiko View Prime	Wiko View
Display	5.7" HP+ IPS display - 1440 x 720 pixels (282 ppi) - 2.5D curved edge	5.7" HP+ IPS display - 1440 x 720 pixels (282 ppi) - 2.5D curved edge
Operating System	Android 7.1 Nougat	Android 7.1 Nougat
Platform	Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 (MSM8937)	Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 (MSM8917)
Processor	8 x ARM Cortex-A53 cores (1.4 GHz)	4 x ARM Cortex-A53 cores (1.4 GHz)
Graphics Processor	Qualcomm Adreno 308	Qualcomm Adreno 308
Memory	4 GB LPDDR3 SDRAM	3 GB LPDDR3 SDRAM
Storage	64 GB internal flash storage micro SD card slot (up tp 128 GB)	32 GB internal flash storage micro SD card slot (up tp 128 GB)
Front Camera	Dual camera system + selfie flash - 20 MP + 8 MP sensors	16 MP camera + selfie flash
Main Camera	16 MP sensor with LED flash	13 MP sensor with LED flash
Network	4G : LTE Cat 4 (150 Mbps DL 50 Mbps UL) WiFi : 802.11b/g/n Bluetooth 4.2 USB : micro USB 2.0	4G : LTE Cat 4 (150 Mbps DL 50 Mbps UL) WiFi : 802.11b/g/n Bluetooth 4.2 USB : micro USB 2.0
SIM Capability	2 nano SIM card slots	2 micro SIM card slots
SAR Value	Head : 0.189 W/kg Body : 1.62 W/kg	Head : 0.398 W/kg Body : 1.296 W/kg
Stereo FM Radio	Yes	Yes
Sensors	Accelerometer, Magnetic, Gyroscope, Proximity, Light	Accelerometer, Magnetic, Gyroscope, Proximity, Light
Fingerprint Sensor	Yes	Yes
Battery	3000 mAh lithium-ion polymer	2900 mAh lithium-ion polymer
Size	72.8 mm wide 152.3 mm tall 8.3 mm thick	73.1 mm wide 151.5 mm tall 8.7 mm thick
Weight	162 g	160 g
Available Colours	Black, Gold, Deep Bleen, Cherry Red	Black, Gold, Deep Bleen, Cherry Red

 

Price & Availability

The great thing about Wiko smartphones – they are very affordably-priced. Both are available for purchase later in October 2017 at the following recommended retail prices :

• Wiko View Prime (4 GB RAM + 64 GB storage) : RM 1,199 (including 6% GST) / ~US$ 285
• Wiko View (3 GB RAM + 32 GB storage) : RM 899 (including 6% GST) / ~US$ 214

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