It also appears that Samsung may made
the bottom bezel slightly thinner on the S9.
Not exact matches
The
bezel around the screen is now
slightly wider, while speakers now sit either side of the black
bezel when held in landscape while the proprietary charging port sits at the
bottom.
The
bezel is
slightly bigger at the
bottom of the tablet, which makes for a better experience when holding it vertically.
The current screen has a rather large
bezel on the
bottom part and no
bezel at all on top, if the screen is moved
slightly lower so that it's at the dead center of the device, it would look better.
The overall design is largely the same, with slim
bezels on the side and
slightly larger ones at the top and
bottom.
This time around, Samsung trimmed the
bezels slightly on the top and
bottom, giving you the same size displays in
slightly more compact packages.
We found the larger
bottom bezel to be
slightly more noticeable on the white front Pixel variants, too, as the pitch - black navigation bar makes a clear contrast with the
bezel.
The note 7 had a 78 % screen to body ratio, I guess it will be the same
bezel size as the Note 7 top and
bottom but
slightly curvier corners which will bump it that tiny bit up.
The Mi Mix 2s is likely to house one of the best optimized screen - to - body ratios seen on a smartphone yet, though you'll notice the display doesn't cover the entire body, as there is
slightly thicker
bezel at the
bottom of the handset.
While the
bezels on either side of the screen are relatively thin, the top
bezel, which contains a front facing camera, speaker (for phone calls) and Sony logo, and the
bottom bezel, that features a microphone, are both rather large, which gives the feeling that the handset is
slightly longer than necessary.
The latter does have fractionally smaller top and
bottom bezels so you get a
slightly higher screen - to - body ratio but — like the tiny difference in resolution density — there's there's no obvious winner here other than the 0.2 - inches.
The new phone's screen - to -
bezel ratio is greater than 90 percent, and though its
bottom isn't shown in the image, it's only
slightly taller than the top
bezel (below).
As pointed out by Phone Arena, the video shows that the S9 will have a
slightly thinner
bottom bezel.
There is a
bottom lip that juts out
slightly from the display
bezel, which houses microUSB input on its
bottom edge, above two microphone pinholes.
It's buttonless, with thin
bezels on the sides, and
slightly thicker
bezels on the top and
bottom; with the top housing the 8 - megapixel front facing camera, phone speaker, and a couple sensors.
While most of the internals are the same across the three devices, the standard Mate 10 differs from the Pros in that it has a 5.9 - inch FullView HDR LCD display with a 16:9 ratio 2K resolution (2,048 × 1,080 pixels) screen with
slightly larger
bezels at the top and
bottom, includes a headphone jack and isn't IP67 - certified for water resistance.
The S9 is prettier still, in a familiar way: while it's hardly a radical redesign the top and
bottom bezels have been made significantly smaller, the fingerprint sensor has been moved
slightly, and there's a new colour Samsung claims will be the colour of the year: Lilac Purple, alongside the familiar Midnight Black and Coral Blue.
The Verge says the screen ratio is greater than 90 %, and the
bottom bezel is only
slightly taller than the top
bezel.
In terms of the design housing that display, the actual screen to body ratio is nearly identical to last year's though the top and
bottom bezels are larger, and the phone is
slightly thinner as well (0.1 mm difference).
The
bezel around the screen is now
slightly wider, while speakers now sit either side of the black
bezel when held in landscape while the proprietary charging port sits at the
bottom.
The Verge reports that the G6's screen - to -
bezel ratio «is greater than 90 percent, and though its
bottom isn't shown in the image, it's only
slightly taller than the top
bezel.»
On the front, the Galaxy S9 will be nearly the same as the Galaxy S8, but WinFuture says a
slightly smaller
bezel is being used at the
bottom, though it's unlikely to be very noticeable.
The
bezel on the
bottom is
slightly bigger than the Dell's, but it's nothing noticeable.
This is due to the R9s» thinner frame, as well as its almost non-existent side
bezels and
slightly smaller top and
bottom bezels.
In typical Sony fashion, the design is an evolution of previous Xperia phones consisting of two slabs of glass, a rectangular shape with
slightly rounded edges, and a flat top and
bottom, with
bezels that are larger than what we expect to see in this year's competition.
There's also plenty of room to explore
slightly more asymmetrical designs that may offer a thicker top or
bottom bezel.
So, Evan Blass has confirmed that this is an unfinished render, that the side
bezels will be just as thin as S8 and Note8, that the top
bezel will not be thicker as shown here, and that the
bottom bezel will be
slightly thinner than the S8.
Look at the sameness of the original iPhone from 2007 to the iPhone 8 in 2017 — those devices were changed
slightly in their shape, but they always had large top and
bottom bezels with a big home button.
It is just
slightly wider than the Nexus 6P and actually shorter than the Nexus 6P due to the much smaller
bezels at the top and
bottom, where the Nexus 6P has the stereo speakers.
Both the Mate 10 and the Mate 10 Pro have flat screens, minimal
bezels even though the Mate 10 has
slightly larger at the top and
bottom to account for the button, and both devices offer HDR10 compatibility for high dynamic range content sourced from the likes of Netflix.
The top and
bottom bezels on the Google Pixel 2 XL also look
slightly larger than what is on the LG V30, which further add to the overall size of the second - generation Pixel.
Despite this arguably minor milestone, the
bottom bezel is fairly large, making it
slightly taller than you would expect.
Overally, the S9 + is
slightly curvier, with the Note 8 being subtly flatter, but the Note 8 does have
slightly larger top and
bottom bezels.
Definitely derivative of the iPhone X, it comes in more color options and has a
slightly chunkier
bottom bezel.
These are marred a bit by the larger top and
bottom bezels, but they're still
slightly smaller than other phones Sony has reviewed in the past, even though it doesn't feature stereo front - facing speakers.
Also notable is the
slightly reduced top and
bottom bezels compared to the previous generation.
The Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus may sport thinner
bottom bezel, compared to Samsung's 2018 flagships, but they may also arrive with
slightly larger displays, so the general footprint won't change much, at least according to a recent leak.
Slightly smaller
bezels at the top and
bottom and a new position for the fingerprint sensor are the biggest alterations.