Here’s another budget smartphone with the iPhone X-style notch

The MWC 2018 proved that the iPhone X’s notch is here to stay and will be copied blatantly by smartphone manufacturers from the Android universe. As with all ‘iPhone-adopted’ features, the notch will be initially seen only in premium smartphones, followed by it trickling down to budget phones. However, a Chinese manufacturer couldn’t afford to wait, which is why it came up with a budget smartphone with the notch — the Oukitel U18.

The U18 is a budget Android smartphone for the Chinese market that will bring Apple’s fabled notch to the mortals at a relatively affordable price of $159. Since the display gets more space on the front, the screen now stretches to an aspect ratio of 21:9 with the 5.85-inch panel. However, since the notch had to made affordable, the bottom of the display has a fat lip like the Galaxy S8, which makes the notch seem completely unnecessary.

However, don’t expect any other iPhone X-esque premium features on this kid. The U18 is built around a MediaTek 6750T octa-core chipset along with 4GB of RAM and and 64GB of storage. It runs on the old Android 7.0 Nougat, which mounts a custom interface on top of it. There’s a dual camera sensor for the rear, which doesn’t resemble that of the iPhone X. The notch houses a 13MP selfie camera, which can also do 2D facial recognition duties as well. The U18 is kept alive by a 4000mAh battery and can be charged via a USB Type-C port.

What do you think of the notch? Will you buy a budget smartphone giving prime importance to the notch over everything else? Let us know in the comments below.

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