At least they have a button
on bottom bezel to justify it and have a fingerprint reader on the front.
But the phone still had a rather
large bottom bezel, where the front - facing camera resides.
The device still feature thick top and
bottom bezels as well as a fingerprint sensor and a capacitive home button.
Oh, and in case you're wondering, the slightly
smaller bottom bezel doesn't affect the vertical finger movement required to access the navigation keys.
The company has also been creating handsets with edge - to - edge displays albeit having top and
bottom bezels for years now.
The 5.7 - inch phone boasts more screen real estate by shrinking the top and
bottom bezels so it fits more comfortably in your hand.
And while those specs make the phones feel new, their thick top and
bottom bezels look very 2016.
While it might not have S8's use of edges, it will at least utilize most of the display and will not have a thick
bottom bezel like the first - generation Pixel.
The front of the phone doesn't appear to have thick bezels on the sides of the display, with the top and
bottom bezels significantly reduced compared to the current models.
As good as everything else looked on this machine, I'm not a fan of the display's thick, 1.1 -
inch bottom bezel.
There are three buttons along the
left bottom bezel that will enable you to save, show, and delete notes.
But there's no fingerprint scanner, nothing in the way of water resistance, and a
massive bottom bezel that feels like wasted space.
Even though both devices feature 5.7 - inch screens, the thinner top and
bottom bezels translate into easier - to - hold phones.
Also note that super
tiny bottom bezel, which should make it easier to reach the top of the screen.
With the majority of the top and
bottom bezels now replaced by a display, a physical home button is no longer possible.
As per the image that was leaked on the Internet, the phone is gearing with the
trimmed bottom bezel.
We prefer the black front to mask the large - than -
usual bottom bezel and the sensor at the top.
Granted, those top and
bottom bezels house dual front - facing speakers, so some might argue that the design choice is justified.
Still, we can see a phone that has a much
smaller bottom bezel and no bezel on the other three sides.
The screen is rectangular and appears to stretch edge - to - edge, but with a rather
large bottom bezel that displays the company's logo.
Fortunately, the
thick bottom bezel is at least now home to a speaker grill for dual front - facing audio.
As good as everything else looked on this machine, I'm not a fan of the display's thick, 1.1 -
inch bottom bezel.
Xiaomi shifted the camera to a single
bottom bezel with its Mi Mix phones, and the Vivo Apex concept phone we saw at MWC sports a pop - up front - facing camera.
I have an S7 Edge and holding it in the palm of one hand when walking around is difficult because no bezel at the bottom
They look pretty sleek, especially the XL 2, and the stereo speakers means that the smaller Pixel is at least doing something with its large
bottom bezel instead of just being wasted space like last year's model.
The
slim bottom bezel of the handset accommodates Huawei's branding but lacks a physical Home key which could double as a fingerprint reader.
Unlike nearly every other flagship ultraportable, the MateBook X Pro doesn't have a chin — that big ugly
bottom bezel where things like the webcam goes.
Pei confirmed to The Verge that the OnePlus 6 will indeed have a noticeable
bottom bezel under the display.
Announced all the way back in 2010, its 3.5 - inch display is comically tiny these days, though screen size aside, fast - forward to the iPhone 7/7 Plus and, now, the iPhone 8/8 Plus, and while the design changed to take on a more modern form factor, the larger top and
bottom bezels remain.
While the top bezel holds the earpiece, front camera, and a bunch of sensors, the big
bottom bezel only sports a physical home button that might also come with an integrated fingerprint sensor.
The side bezels are so tiny that they barely exist and the svelte top and
bottom bezels contain the device's front - facing speakers.
Sony's latest flagship has a design straight out of 2010, because modern Android smartphones don't waste so much real estate on top and
bottom bezels anymore.
With this in mind, it's worth noting Samsung has shrunk the «Infinity Display's» top and
bottom bezels slightly, though I only noticed the change after it was pointed out to me by a Samsung representative.
The almost non-existent side bezels and minimal
bottom bezel help make the phone svelte and compact, which in turn helps make it much easier to use with one hand.
The front of the device is clean, except for its centered, front - facing VGA camera, but the top and
bottom bezels seem a bit chunky.
Because every color variant of the Galaxy S8 is black at the front, it is, therefore, hard to see where the top and
bottom bezels begin or end.
It once again eliminates the left and right borders with a gently curved screen, and now nearly erases the top and
bottom bezels too.