"Large bezels" refers to the thick borders or frames around the screen of a device, such as a phone or a computer monitor.
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The device looks to follow in the footsteps of the current Pixel,
with large bezels above and below the display.
There are still rather
large bezels above and below the display with side bezels also present.
The display is flanked by two
rather large bezels on both the top and bottom, but these allow for what appears to be dual front - facing speakers.
There is an iconic glass panel at the top of the back panel, with fairly
large bezels surrounding the screen on the front.
The screen is surrounded
by large bezels on top and bottom giving it a clunky rectangular look.
The leaked photos of the Pixel 2 appear to confirm the presence
of large bezels on the upcoming flagship.
While talking about the front part, it has
relatively large bezels, which makes it quite wide for a smartphone with a 5.4 - inch display.
It also shows that a front facing camera isn't an excuse
for large bezels at the top of any smartphone.
However, since the phone has
pretty large bezels on the top and bottom, it was much easier holding the phone in landscape mode for things like watching movies of playing games.
On the front of the device we do
see larger bezels than we're used to seeing from flagship smartphones this year, but they do serve a purpose.
It still seems a little odd to have the
really large bezel on the one side but its a plus to have the buttons.
But a one weird thing about the front of the device that affects both colors is the square fingerprint sensor and
how large the bezel surrounding it is.
Large bezels often make the monitors look too big than what they really are but the thinner bezels create a more compact footprint.
On the smaller Pixel 2, however,
large bezels remain on the top and bottom edges — just like on the original Pixel.
It does have a rather
large bezel at the top and bottom (commonly referred to as the chin and forehead), but they aren't that large, to be honest.
But
with large bezels by today's standards and that brightness issue, it's not a screen as formidable as its spec suggests.
The phone has
large bezels around the screen, making it look a bit dated when compared to its competition.
The front of the phone houses a 5 inch 720p display flanked
by large bezels on top and bottom.
It doesn't look contemporary, because it has
large bezels above and below the 5.5 - inch screen.
So despite having a 18:9 aspect ratio display, there are still some
pretty large bezels, especially at the bottom.
Overall it certainly looks visually more like a phone from 2014 or 2015, but it feels excellent in the hand nonetheless, and really looks great in general despite some
fairly large bezels.
The front panel on both the G5 and G5 Plus is largely the same as the Moto G4, so we're still
seeing large bezels.
The front of the phone, despite having some
rather large bezels, is actually pretty clean as well.
These renders give us a closer look at the front of the phone, and most importantly give us a pretty good idea about
how large the bezels will be.
Unlike the Pixel 2 XL, the Pixel 2 eschews the edge - to - edge display that we have seen many flagship phones adopt this year and it means that the Pixel 2's
large bezels look a little dated.
Our only issues with the Blaze is that it doesn't feel as premium as it's rivals, there's no waterproofing, and that
large bezel makes it look dated.
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 Envy x2 also sports relatively
large bezels along the sides of its 12.3 - inch display, and its detachable keyboard supports multiple typing angles and provides full - body protection.
The Nokia 8's display has very slim bezels on the sides, but
quite large bezels at the top and bottom.
The design of these two devices shows the aging of the Google Pixel XL that has a more straightforward mobile phone look with
larger bezels all around.
Both feature the signature Xperia design features,
including large bezels at the top and bottom of the display, a side power button and a rear camera lens in the top left corner.
In the end, I
think large bezels are probably a sacrifice Google had to make, rather than a design choice it was really keen to employ.
The Samsung Galaxy S7 may look fairly old, with it's somewhat
large bezels compared to what has been released in 2017, but it's still a great device.
The design itself is reminiscent of the iPhone 7 Plus from the back, and features
large bezels up front.
It sports a 4 - inch FWVGA (854 x 480 pixels) display and includes
very large bezels on all the four sides.
«In the end, Sony was held back by a design with an uncompetitively
large bezel which was out of step with rival products.»
The screen is still encased with the same
large bezels from all other iPads, but with less down the horizontal sides (when you're holding the mini 4 in portrait orientation) to make things look a little sleeker.
Even
though large bezels may be out of style, Sony managed to make it work with the XZ Premium.
Unusually for a new phone nowadays, the fingerprint sensor is on the front of the P20 Pro, just like it is with the P10 Plus, but the older phone has
much larger bezels above and below the screen.
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