It's
got slim bezels and a 90 percent screen - to - body ratio.
Not exact matches
There have been rumors that Apple will bring Face ID to the iPad Pro, which suggests the tablet would also
get a bit of a design rework and a screen with even
slimmer bezels.
The bigger display has had a knock - on effect in terms of the design of the OnePlus 5T, with the
bezels above and below the screen
getting slimmed down to provide a sleeker look and an 80.5 % screen - to - body ratio.
The new phone's dimensions are almost identical to that of the original Pixel, but thanks to the new 18:9 display ratio — and, more importantly, much
slimmer bezels, top and bottom — you
get somewhere near 5 / 8th of an inch of extra vertical screen real estate.
It looked okay at launch, but 2017's trend of
slim bezels proved that this look is
getting a little long in the tooth.
The
slim bezels around it mean you
get lost in your content like never before.
Huawei also arguably
got on board the
slim bezel train before LG debuted the G6 four months later, since despite retaining a 16:9 screen aspect ratio there are barely any
bezels on the sides of the LCD panel, and the ones above the screen are impressively tiny.
On the front, you'll notice that the
bezels at the top and bottom have been
slimmed down, following rumors that Samsung wants to
get as far away from big
bezels as possible.
The 10.5 - inch iPad Pro has
slimmer bezels than the other models, which means you
get more screen space in a form factor that's not much larger than that of the 9.7 - inch iPad.
In the laptop world, Dell's XPS 13
gets a lot of credit for having a great design, excellent battery life and that nifty Infinity Edge display that started the trend of
slimmer bezels on laptops.
Asus's new ROG Zephyrus M
gets the new chip along with a GTX 1070, a 1080p 144Hz display, and a $ 2,199 price tag; Gigabyte's Aero 15 and 15X come with
slim display
bezels and discrete graphics; Acer's Nitro 5 features a Core i7 + with Optane memory support and a starting price of $ 749, with a scheduled launch in May.
As for the phone's successor, the HTC U12, many have hoped HTC would
get with the times and go with
slim bezels.
This bad boy still looks great, sounds great and takes great photos, not to mention it's
got two screens, pretty
slim bezels for a 2016 release, and even a removable battery.
It's
got a larger screen than the iPhone, and is noticeably taller, but those
slim bezels mean it's much smaller than it could be if it followed Apple's
bezel - heavy design approach with the 8 Plus.
You
get the modern design we've come to expect of a 2018 flagship, complete with
slim bezels and an 18:9 aspect ratio.
No
slim bezels for the 12.9 model, same old design No Matt / Jet black colour option Tim's
got to keep those margins up!
Its
slim bezels got a lot of attention, as did Essential's promise of deep integration with third - party smart home platforms.
Sharp just yesterday unveiled their Sharp Aquos Crystal smartphone with stunningly -
slim bezels, and today we're
getting official confirmation that the phone is coming to US carrier Sprint and its prepaid Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile brands.
After all, while Samsung says the S9's display is a bit brighter and its
bezels are a little
slimmer, you're still
getting the same extra-widescreen 18:9 AMOLED Infinity display we saw on last year's model.
Although it didn't have a fancy 18:9 display with
slim bezels, the HTC U11 was a truly excellent flagship for 2017 that
got more right than wrong.
While I initially only appreciated the front fascia for how much sleeker it looked with
slimmer bezels, I came to realize just how much more screen real estate you
get with this phone, after comparing it with older devices of the same dimensions.
The Nokia 7 Plus carries a price tag of # 349.99, and for that price, you're
getting a phone with a two - tone metal build, dual cameras from Zeiss, a 6 - inch 18:9 display with
slim bezels, and Android 8.0 Oreo out of the box.