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We asked, you told us: Slider phones aren’t for you
June 15, 2025
In the quest to get rid of bezels, smartphone companies have made countless attempts to redesign smartphones. While most companies are now moving towards hole-punch displays, some are experimenting withsliding phones.
This design concept separates the screen portion of the phone from the rest of the handset. By doing this, the screen can include minimal amounts of bezel as the front-facing camera and other sensors are located behind the display on the main part of the device.
The primary issue with this design is that there are moving pieces. Whether the sliding mechanism is done automatically with a motor or the user has to slide the two pieces apart physically, something could break or get damaged. If that happens, you lose access to the camera and any other sensor hidden behind the display.
So with phones like theOnePlus 7rumored to be using a slider mechanism, we decided if youwould buy a slider phone. Here are your answers.
Would you buy a slider phone?
Surprisingly, the results are almost split down the middle. While a majority of the 1,800+ voters who voiced their opinionon the websitestated that they would buy a slider phone, the polls fromFacebook,Twitter, andYouTubeall skewed to “no.”
As outlined above, it appears that most people are against the slider form factor because there’s a chance that something might break. But on the other side, a lot of people said they were all for the change in style since it would stop companies from introducingphones with notchesandhole-punch cameras.
Noteworthy comments
Here are some of the best comments from last week’s poll explaining why they voted the way that they did:
That’s it for this week, everyone. As always, thanks for voting, thanks for the comments, and don’t forget to let us know what you thought of the results below.
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