When we reviewed the LG G3 earlier this year, we were impressed
by the slim bezels on the device.
Both feature a face recognition technology that can be used to unlock them and ship with 18:9 screens surrounded
by slim bezels.
The Chinese original equipment manufacturer seemingly opted to follow the latest design trends in the industry and deliver a smartphone with a tall screen surrounded
by slim bezels, yet opted to differentiate itself from its rivals by retaining the physical Home button found on the Nova 2i that now barely fits onto the new handset's bottom bezel.
Apple is widely expected to launch an iPhone with a 5.8 - inch edge - to - edge OLED display later this year, made possible
by slimmer bezels and no Home button.
Not exact matches
I want Kobo to make a new ereader that takes the existing (and frankly, already as perfect as can be managed
by mere mortals) tiny
slim and light flush - screen - and -
bezel chassis of the 6 inch Aura combined with the super awesome 300ppi screen from the Glo HD.
The front panel holds the 10.1 - inch display bordered on all sides
by a relatively
slim white
bezel.
From the front, the new Oasis looks like a slightly larger version of last year's model, with the screen surrounded
by a black
bezel that's
slim around three sides and thicker on the battery side, where you hold the reader.
The all - new 10.5 inch model
slims down
bezels by nearly 40 percent in a package that still weighs less than one pound.
By the looks of it, this is going to be a very
slim device with narrow
bezels.
The large
bezel makes it appear to be wider than it is — the screen is a 16:10, 10.1 - inch, 1280 -
by - 800 LCD, just like you'd find on the
slimmer Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 ($ 499.99, 3.5 stars) or Motorola Xoom ($ 599, 3.5 stars).
As we can see from the images, the Android phone features a 5.9 - inch full HD IPS display with 1920 x 1080 pixels resolution and
slim bezel for a large - screen viewing experience and sleek design, and G Pro 2 is powered
by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 2.26 GHz quad - core processor and comes with 3 GB DDR3 RAM and 16GB / 32 GB eMMC ROM with microSD card slot for high performance and enough store capacity, moreover, the Android phone also sports an enhanced 13.0 - megapixel rear camera with Optical Image Stabilizer Plus and natural flash for high quality imaging, while flash for selfie feature enhances its 2.1 - megapixel front - facing camera for selfie.
A
slim dark - silver
bezel runs along the sides, passing
by a 3.5 mm audio jack on the top, volume controls on the left, a micro-USB port on the bottom and a power key on the right.
Instead of trying to design its way around the notch — which could have been done
by distributing the iPhone X sensors more widely in a
slimmer, full - width top
bezel — Apple chose to have it there.
Apple could have spent the past half decade gradually
slimming down the
bezels around its iPhone, much as the majority of its Android rivals have done
by evolving the design of their handsets.
Google seems to be fixing one of its negative aspects of the Google Pixel XL
by slimming down the
bezels of the successor.
The 2018 iPad is identical in design to the 2017 iPad, with a 9.7 - inch display surrounded
by slim side
bezels and thicker top / bottom
bezels with an aluminum case that comes in Silver, Space Gray, or a new shade of Gold.
In design terms, the new Kindle Oasis follows the same slightly square - ish design path that its predecessor took — instead of uniform
bezels on all four sides, there are relatively
slim bezels on three sides and one extremely wide and thick side, with two buttons on it for turning pages —
by default the key above moves the book a page ahead and the one below takes you to the previous page, but these can be reversed.
According to leaked images, the Zenfone 5 will sport a design heavily inspired
by Apple's iPhone X. Featuring a Snapdragon 845, a
slim -
bezel design, and an 18:9 display, the newest flagship Zenfone is expected to feature a notch for the camera at the top of the display, a design element that's sure to generate some buzz.
The 9.7 - inch display is surrounded
by a
slim, white
bezel.
There has been a trend towards
slimmer smartphone
bezels in recent years in order to allow the space they occupy to instead be utilized
by something with a function, like the display.
Apple is planning to release a new iPad Pro with a display that measures about 11 inches, according to Taiwan's Economic Daily News.iPad Pro with
slimmer bezels rendered
by Benjamin GeskinWe've already heard rumors about a 10.5 - inch iPad Pro with
slimmer bezels and no home button, so Apple could include a slightly larger 11 - inch display without increasing the physical size of the tablet itself.
With its 5.1 - inch screen you might not think of the Samsung Galaxy S7 as a compact handset, but in fact that is quite small
by modern standards, and coupled with the phone's fairly
slim bezels it just slips into the compact category.
The device depicted
by the render does not have a home button and features very
slim bezels.
The machine's size is reduced
by slim display
bezels, yet Asus managed to put the webcam in the preferred location above the display.
Samsung's Galaxy Note lineup kickstarted the trend of smartphones with substantial displays and while initial models of such handsets were difficult to use one - handed, smartphone manufacturers have been able to fit larger displays in smaller bodies
by slimming down the
bezels and adopting «taller» displays.
However, they managed to make it easy to use
by keeping the
bezels slim and the phone much longer than increasing the width.
Following a leaked image purporting to be the Motorola Moto E5 earlier this year, a new image claiming to be the larger E5 Plus has been shared
by usually reliable leaker Evan Blass.The image shows a phone with
slim bezels, narrow display and what is... Read more
The front of the device is dominated
by a 5.9 Full HD + (2160 x 1080) 18:9 aspect ratio display with very
slim bezels, and there aren't any capacitive navigation buttons to speak of — switching to a taller aspect ratio display meant that Xiaomi had to ditch touch - sensitive buttons for on - screen navigation buttons.
Images of a leaked prototype published
by Droid Life seems to confirm the
slim bezels, as well as the existence of a headphone jack at the top of the device.
The 5.5 - inch WQHD display is surrounded
by extremely
slim bezels and a mid-sized chin and forehead.
This handset will not exactly have the
slimmest bezels around, and it will sport some black bars around the display, but this is, after all, a budget offering
by ASUS.
While the GS65 Stealth Thin features an understated design with
slim bezels around the 144Hz 7ms wide - view angle display, the GE Raider RGB Edition goes the other way - with a design inspired
by «sports cars and the PC Master Race's love for RGB.»
The main idea is that
by housing a phone's various sensors and earpiece speaker into a notch at the top of the display, OEMs are able to further
slim down
bezels and fit a larger screen on a smaller body.
The photo was first pointed out on a forum and then noticed
by Ars Technica, which points out that the tablet has very
slim bezels on the sides, on - screen buttons and a display that likely measures about 8 inches diagonally.
Once again the Samsung Galaxy F has leaked in photos, this time showing it's super
slim bezel and more.The photo was sent in to Phone Arena
by an anonymous tipster.
The 5.7 - inch display is huge, and using it with one handed is almost impossible, despite the
slim bezels and extra grip provided
by the Dura Skin.
Many manufacturers are attempting to make bigger phones smaller
by slimming down
bezels, but Sony simply made a smaller phone.
78.6 % of the front panel is occupied
by the 5.7 - inch LCD, with
slim bezels at the top and bottom.
The device has
slim bezels and large display covering over 80 % of the front side and is protected
by Corning Gorilla Glass 5.
This year's Google Pixel XL looks like it will receive a bigger AMOLED display,
slimmer bezels, and will be manufactured
by LG.
Google reportedly deviated from its original plan for the Pixel 2 XL
by spurning HTC to partner with LG, which offered a design with much
slimmer bezels for that 6 - inch phone.
The «iPad.Modern» string discovered today
by iHelpBR editor Filipe Espósito in the first iOS 11.3 beta update definitely means a new iPad is coming, but it doesn't necceseraly mean it will sport Face ID, nor
slim bezels.
by spurning HTC to partner with LG, which offered a design with much
slimmer bezels for that 6 - inch phone.
The smaller model is reportedly being built
by HTC, and unfortunately does not go with the
slim bezels that have become so popular this year.
The rear plate of the HTC Desire 12 is rumored to sport a 13 - megapixel camera accompanied
by a dual - LED (dual - tone) flash unit, whereas its
slim top
bezel should accommodate a 5 - megapixel sensor.
Apart from that, the front is dominated
by a large AMOLED 6.01 - inch display, with very
slim bezel to top, bottom and sides.
However, the LG V30 will also be jumping aboard the
slim bezel design trend this year going
by the teaser photo that LG shared yesterday.
The large screen is made much more manageable
by Samsung's Infinity Display, bringing curved edges and
slim bezels to the Note for the first time.
While the Nova isn't completely
bezel - free, like the Nubia Z11 we reviewed recently, its display is framed
by very
slim bezel.
By the (striking) looks of things, the LG V30 might be roughly as large as a «conventional» 5.5 - incher all in all, with
bezels that appear even
slimmer than those of the G6 at a first glance.