The screen's spread towards the sides of the phone means
a much narrower bezel, and the effect is certainly impressive.
While the 5 - inch Pixel 2 sports a design very similar to last year's phones, the 6 - inch Pixel 2 XL features an edge - to - edge curved display with
much narrower bezels all around.
Not exact matches
Those large
bezels above and below the display remain, resulting in a device that feels
much wider and bulkier than other devices in the market, like the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 +, both of which have larger displays but
narrower bodies than the XZ Premium.
The smartphone's top and bottom
bezels are
much narrower than the Galaxy S8 / S8 +'s.
The Pixel 2 sports a 5 - inch Full HD panel and fairly large
bezels, whereas the Pixel 2 XL has a 6 - inch QHD display with
narrow bezels,
much like the Galaxy S8 and the LG G6.
The
bezels are pretty
narrow, but they're obviously still there, with overall dimensions pretty
much matching the 5.5 - inch R11's measurements.