The corners on the device are a little sharper than many other modern phones, but the real standout feature is
the lack of bezels on the bottom and sides, which is a very nice touch.
What's really impressive, however, is not just the complete
lack of bezels on either side of the device, but how the designers have been able to shrink the bezels down to a minimum even on the top and the bottom.
While the complete
lack of bezels on either side gives the Galaxy S8 its «Infinity Display» moniker, what's also equally impressive is how the designers have been able to shrink the bezels down to a minimum even on the top and the bottom.
However,
the lack of bezels on the large screen of the iPad could result in accidental taps.
In contrast, the Samsung Galaxy S8 + has a 6.2 - inch Infinity display, but thanks to
the lack of bezels on the side the phone isn't as big in dimensions.
You have
the lack of bezel on either side which makes the screen feel larger.
Not exact matches
The
lack of a
bezel (frame)
on the monitor gives it outstanding depth and definition, and the color seems to spill over the edges.
While it
lacks some
of the luxury features
of the Kindle Voyage — like PagePress, which allows you to turn the page by pressing
on the
bezel, as well as auto - adjusting screen brightness — the Paperwhite still offers a crisp 300ppi display and an manually adjustable light for reading in darker environments.
Those are not very big pictures and if the colors were exactly the same you'd have to look very close to pick out the
lack of a controller
on the bottom
bezel.
The main drawbacks were: —
Lack of an obvious way to do
bezel - swiping (a very common UI action
on the PB)-- Scroll wheel didn't work (FWIW, Click - and - drag did work for the equivalent actions
of touch - and - drag)
The
lack of hardware buttons
on the display
bezel required Acer to create gestures from the
bezel; sliding a finger from the right edge towards the screen brings up software buttons to go back or home, for example.
The Watch 2 also
lacks a rotating
bezel or crown, so all
of your interaction happens
on that tiny screen.
Like all the previous Sony phones, there are huge
bezels on top and bottom and the
lack of the second speaker
on the bottom
bezel results in «poor use
of space.»
The
lack of a home button does mean that Apple could further slim down the
bezels on the iPad Pros thereby making them slightly more compact.
On a laptop like the XPS 13, the
lack of bezels might not be a problem, but for a tablet it very well could be, as there would be no place to hold the tablet.
The main complaints are the large
bezels on the front, no 3.5 mm headphone jack, and its
lack of two front - facing speakers.
It also means that the iMac's drawbacks live
on, like the
lack of height adjustment and the wide black
bezel that surrounds the display.
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.