Apparently, the Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 will go for
much thinner bezels as compared to the current version.
The most noticeable changes are the relocation of the fingerprint sensor from the front of the phone to the rear, in turn allowing for
much thinner bezels on the display side and an almost edge - to - edge screen.
Samsung ultraportables have for instance
much thinner bezels around the screen.
A few days ago, details about the Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 started emerging, with claims that the company is looking at debuting a phone with
much thinner bezels and a larger screen - to - body ratio compared to the original model.
The perfect iPhone should come with
much thinner bezels or edge - to - edge screen, which will make the device much smaller, and make it more comfortable to hold.
Moreover, the Honor 9 Lite has
much thinner bezels compared to its competitor.
The Pixel 2 XL looks far nicer, though, because it has
much thinner bezels.
Also, initial rumors point out the smaller iPad will sport
a much thinner bezel along the sides, which will ensure the device maintains compact dimensions even when packing in a bigger display.
Paperwhite ditches the chip - prone silver paint of the previous Kindle generation for a black finish, a soft - touch - painted back panel, and its new capacitive touch sensor lets it slim down, with
a much thinner bezel.
Now, photos of the slate's digitizer and screen have been published by Australian repair shop MacFixit and they support earlier reports of a new design with
a much thinner bezel around the iPad's display.
The 10.5 model features
a much thinner bezel than the standard iPad and that means it's only a few millimetres taller and 10 mm wider even though you get a much bigger screen.
Not exact matches
These buttons now look to be touch sensitive, and the shifter
bezel itself is now
much thinner than before.
For the most part, Apple's iPads have largely kept the same form factor for several generations now, save for the 10.5 - inch iPad Pro which was launched earlier this year with slight design changes where its
bezels were slightly
thinner, but otherwise it still looks and feels very
much like an iPad.
The image of the DROID 3 was provided a la carte with no details, but we can see that the device appears to have a
much thinner screen wrapped in an attractive chrome
bezel along with a front - facing camera.
There isn't room for
much more, as the
bezel is less than a quarter inch thick, which ASUS claims is the
thinnest in the world.
Well, no duh, the Air is super
thin and made from aluminum; the
bezels will scratch if you so
much as look at them in the wrong way.
The dimensions, however, are unchanged, as Microsoft has significantly
thinned the
bezels on the device, allowing it to squeeze a
much larger display in the same form factor.
Because of those
thin bezels, watching videos or playing games on this smartphone creates a
much more immersive experience.
And despite having a 4.7 - inch screen, its
thin bezel gives it an overall footprint of a
much smaller phone.
Its important to note that the newer MacBook is
much thinner and tigher in profile, despite having the screen «retina display», which is mainly due to the loss of the disk drive, as well as having a smaller
bezel around the screen.
The bottom
bezel is also
much thinner now, and carries the Samsung logo on it.
One aspect of the Mate S that some people won't like is that the designers have elected to use a very
thin bezel, so
much so that there is a black border around the display where the active pixels stop and the display material continues towards the edge.
They have
thinner bezels and look a lot more modern, although they arguably don't stand out of the crowd
much — taking a bit too
much inspiration from HTC.
Thanks to its moderate 5.2 - inch display and slightly
thinner bezels, the Galaxy J5 (2017) is
much nicer to handle than its predecessor.
The XL doesn't display as
much screen real estate as some of the nearly edge - to - edge phones on the market, but the screen - to - body ratio of 80 - 85 percent does give the XL a
thin bezel look.
The image claimed to be of a OnePlus 6 prototype showed off a notch on the front and
thin bezels at the bottom pretty
much what we saw in the Oppo R15 teaser.
First of all, the LG G6 has super
thin bezels on all sides, allowing that 5.7 - inch display to fit into the footprint of a phone with a
much smaller display.
The device is expected to adopt a new form factor
much like the iPad mini's, with
thinner bezels and a smaller frame — and Apple will have to make a number of changes to its internals to enable that.
The limiting factor, as the company described it, wasn't so
much the screen tech (which delivers the improvements we're discussing today), but physical constraints of the handset as a whole — specifically, how a
thinner G3
bezel would have necessitated covering the panel with thicker glass, as well as impacted the phone's ability to stand up to accidental drops.
Mike Wehner of BGR was one of the few people disappointed with the phone's white color because it made the
thin bezels of the phone
much more noticeable.
We also like that where the Michele watch has larger
bezels, Skagen's watch face has
much thinner ones.
The Nubia Z17s,
much like a number of other flagships out there, sports really
thin bezels.
Xiaomi retained the razor -
thin bezels, but tweaked the overall design aesthetic to make the Mi Mix 2
much more conducive for everyday usage.
While
thinner bezels and two rear cameras are already anticipated for Sony's next - generation Android phones, not
much details about the new design are available as of now.
At the same time, the 6.1 - inch model with LCD will be far more affordable, being something like a hardware refresh of the iPhone 7 line, rather than the iPhone 8, although its
bezels around the screen could be
much thinner.
It's improved over the first Pebble: it's
thinner, with a
much smaller
bezel and an added microphone.
There is really nothing
much to see, and there is certainly no earth - shaking revelation either, but it does reveal a device that resembles a number of previously leaked Galaxy S8 photos particularly with respect to the
thin bezels.
It's good how Lenovo has managed to keep the device compact for the 5 - inch display, as not
much space is wasted around the display, and
bezels as well are
thin.
Featuring an all metallic body, the ZenPad 3S 10 claims to offer the world's
thinnest bezel at 5.3 mm, along with a «class - leading» screen - to - body ratio at 78 per cent and the result is a lovely looking device that is feels
much lighter than it's finish would suggest.
Notable improvements include a front - facing flash module and
much thinner side
bezel.
The large screen with very
thin bezels along with the
thin aluminum body make it look and feel like a
much more expensive phone.
The Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus may sport
thinner bottom
bezel, compared to Samsung's 2018 flagships, but they may also arrive with slightly larger displays, so the general footprint won't change
much, at least according to a recent leak.
The iPhone 8 concept also features very
thin bezels on the sides and a
much smaller
bezel at the top.
Dr. Soneira pointed out that OLEDs have many advantages over LCD, including being
much thinner and lighter with a
much smaller
bezel, providing a near rimless design, and they can be made flexible and into curved screens.
Much like earlier snaps, the pics show the device's missing home button as well as its impressively
thin bezels.