Of course, an all glass display with minimal bezels will also have to be pretty good with palm - rejection to avoid
accidental touches on the display.
One member follows up with his thoughts on why the S8 is a better buy, raising a good point about the
fewer accidental touches on the curved display.
As long as the phone can handle palm detection and
accidental touches well, there remains little incentive for competitive OEMs to stay with larger bezels.
Your finger will hardly be touching the screen the elevated design makes it even more comfortable to use the touch screen without worrying about
accidental touch response (check video review).
A community manager in the Pixel Community forums have said the issue is a software issue with the device's
accidental touch protection feature.
But the logic became clear after about a day: The slim bands of space on either side minimized the number of
accidental touches when I reached across the screen with my thumb.
As noted above this makes the Galaxy S9 a bit narrower, which is a clear win unless you happen to have troubles
with accidental touches on those curved sides.
The dual curved panel also adds to that immersive experience, and for its part, Samsung has done a much better job
eliminating accidental touches when using the phone one - handed.
There's no denying the Porsche Design Mate 9 is desirable: it looks great, performs great, has the display we wish the regular Mate 9 had and delivers all the same benefits you'll find on the normal Mate 9, like fast charging, on - board machine learning to keep your phone running faster for longer, dual Leica cameras with 2x lossless zoom, 65 scenarios of
accidental touch rejection and 50 % smaller 4K video files.
The brilliance is in the Z Stylus settings where you can prevent
accidental touches by something called «Stylus only mode».
That wouldn't be so bad if the software would
recognize accidental touch actions, but this feature is missing in the Dell Venue 8 7000.
To avoid
accidental touches there's a slight delay on the trackpad before it wakes up, by which time you have to ask whether you'll wait, or just use touch instead.
Both phones use the same type and have since the beginning and so do most other phone its the better technology to use for touch screen
so accidental touches on the screen don't mess stuff up in your pocket or purse.
There doesn't seem to be any software / firmware telling the phone to
ignore accidental touches, like Huawei is introduced in its EMUI 5.0 software.
The new builds of the ROM come outfitted with performance enhancements, improvements to the Color Engine, a brand -
new Accidental Touch (prevention) feature, and plenty more.
After all, with the Sense Touch concept that was demonstrated in a leaked video, users could theoretically make the most out of their edge - to - edge screen while not
fearing accidental touches with capacitive touchpads on the sides of the phone, if cleverly implemented.
Honestly, minimal bezel leads to
many accidental touches because they've not been optimised with such technology yet.
Yes, it makes sense because although the edge displays are more appealing than the flat screens, it often faces some issues
like accidental touches and drops which can completely take away from the whole experience of using the smartphone.
The new devices offer a refined take on the Galaxy S8 formula, boasting the same 18.5:9 Infinity Display panels Samsung debuted last year, albeit with less aggressively curved edges meant to make them easier to hold
without accidental touches.
Holding the phone in landscape while gaming may block the loudspeaker on the bottom edge or result
in accidental touches here and there due to those thin bezels, but it's not hard to adopt the ideal holding position over time.
It completely rectifies the ergonomic headache of 2016's Galaxy S7 Edge, which also looked gorgeous, but had edges that
invited accidental touches from a user's gripping hand.
Presumably, the change in display size is meant to let users hold the device comfortably when using it as a tablet, so that the screen doesn't
register accidental touches on the outer edges of the display.
It's gorgeous, and it feels great in the hand, but despite Samsung's best efforts
for accidental touch rejection, it's still not uncommon to inadvertently touch the sides of the Galaxy S9 during regular use.
The smartphone's «bezel-less» form factor was designed to maximize the screen while still preventing
accidental touching of the screen when being held.
A community manager in the Pixel Community forums have said the issue is a software issue with the device's
accidental touch protection feature.
Yes, there are slight bands around the edges of the screen, but they don't mar the experience — they give the fingers something to land on,
preventing accidental touches of the screen.
The palm gesture is especially handy when you want to take a selfie and can't reach the shutter button or volume keys without awkwardly twisting your fingers, which can also lead to
accidental touches on the display.
In younger grades,
accidental touches of the home button will no longer interrupt usage, and teachers will not have to fear inadvertent trips to the App Store.
We also experienced better palm rejection when using the pen — we haven't had
any accidental touches while scribbling on the new Surfaces.
With solid graphics, good sound, and some very intense and addictive gameplay, the only area that this game suffers is that the camera can be a «pain in the ass» causing you to lose focus, and the touch screen feature should have an off option and as
an accidental touch can end up in disaster.
The Galaxy S9 no longer features a display that goes right to the edge, but offers a much better in - hand experience with less risk of
accidental touches and ghosting.
If you have the second screen enabled to work when the screen is off you can get
some accidental touches on it while it's in your pocket, too — while it's useful to work with the second screen to quickly toggle the sound profile when the screen is off, I more than once pulled out my phone to the flashlight having been toggled on accidentally.
Apple, however, decided against using curved OLED displays due to ergonomic issues — many S8 owners frequently complain of their palm accidentally touching the edges of the display leading to
accidental touches.
It is, however, important to note that
the accidental touch issues I experienced with the S7 Edge are just as common this year with both the S8 and the S8 + thanks to its double - edged sides.
The screen is curved but I hardly faced
any accidental touches around the edges.