Every top smartphone vendor in the world is hard at work shrinking
the bezels on their flagship phones so that the screen takes up as much of the phone's face as possible.
Not exact matches
Samsung's
flagship phone for 2017 features an «infinity display» - a curved 5.8» Quad HD + (2960x1440, 570PPI) flexible Super AMOLED always -
on display that is almost without
bezels.
Where many OEMs are working hard to cut
on the size of
bezels, the Moto X 2017 renders show off a device that has quite large
bezels and also significantly thick, an indicator that the
phone will indeed be a midranger and nothing close to the Moto Z
flagship.
Sad for Sony, but there's no excuse for
bezels this large
on a
flagship smartphone anymore.Once you get over the fact that the
phone looks like it was built with a different generation of smartphone design in mind, it's hard to ignore just how attractive the
phone really is.
Hot
on the heals of the news that Asus has announced its very own smartphone with a display notch ala the iPhone X with the arrival of the ZenFone 5, we also have news that another popular Android smartphone maker appears to be set to follow Apple's lead in making a
flagship phone that has a notch at the top of the display, allowing for an almost
bezel - free
phone while still having somewhere for all those important sensors and camera lenses to live.
While the larger Google Pixel 2 XL has an impressive screen - to - body ratio like we've seen
on other
flagships such as the Galaxy Note 8 (~ 83.2 %), Galaxy S8 (~ 83.6 %), LG V30 (~ 81.2 %), Apple iPhone X (~ 82.9 %), Essential
Phone (~ 84.9 %) etc, the regular Google Pixel 2 has comparatively thick
bezels, achieving a screen - to - body ratio estimated at ~ 67.9 %.
However, unlike the Essential
Phone or any of the
flagship devices that came out this year in Canada, Xiaomi placed the camera
on the bottom
bezel instead of having the camera at the top.
The big trend for
flagship phones this year has been edge - to - edge displays with minimal
bezel and no physical buttons
on the front.
The ZenFone 4 Pro is also one of ASUS's only
phones with an AMOLED display, and though it doesn't have the fancy 2:1 aspect ratio of many of today's
flagships, the
bezels are still relatively small and make room for a fingerprint sensor built into the home button
on the front.
We certainly spent a lot of 2017 waving goodbye to the
bezels on the front of
flagship phones, a trend that kicked off with the LG G6 and then just didn't stop.
Sure, this
phone doesn't have the new bezel-less style like many
flagships on the market today, but it feels like it uses up the space of the
bezels quite well.
It still has great big
bezels around the screen, but the specs will be updated to position the second - generation model
on par with other 2017
flagship Android
phones.
As you can see in the image below, the Razer
Phone has very large
bezels on the top and bottom, unlike most other
flagships released this year.
While the company doesn't sell its
phones in Canada, this concept has the potential to shape how other manufacturers eliminate
bezels on their
flagships.
Those
bezels surround a stunning 6 - inch display, LG's first OLED panel
on one of its
flagship phones since the G Flex 2.
Launching its new
flagship phone today, OnePlus joins in
on the hottest trend of 2017 by nixing the display
bezels, but it resists the urge to participate in another popular change by retaining its headphone jack.
But while the 6X stood out from other budget
phones by offering a dual - camera system usually found
on high - end smartphones, the 7X is hoping to make an impression by going bigger, with a 5.93 - inch «Fullview» display to evoke the reduced -
bezel designs of
flagships like the Galaxy S8 or iPhone X.
The
phone on the left appears to correspond to recent rumors claiming that Samsung's upcoming Android
flagship duo will have a screen - to - body ratio of over 90 percent and additionally reduce the already minimal
bezels found
on the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus.
At 6.3 - inches this display is the largest Samsung has ever shipped
on a
flagship phone, but still sports the same tiny
bezels found
on the Galaxy S8.
Based
on the leak, the Nokia 8 will adopt many of the trademarks of a 2017
flagship phone: curved body, lack of
bezels and competitive specs.
The 6.3 - inch Super AMOLED display
on the front is the largest display Samsung has ever shipped with a
flagship phone, and it sports the same tiny
bezel Infinity Display, Quad - HD + resolution (1440 x 2960) and HDR10 capabilities as the Galaxy S8 family.