Not exact matches
Instead of trying to design its way
around the
notch — which could have been done by distributing the iPhone X sensors more widely in a slimmer, full - width top
bezel — Apple chose to have it there.
Aside from a slim
bezel that wraps
around the edges of the device and a front
notch that houses the front - facing camera, speaker, and sensors, display is all you see when looking at the iPhone X.
While it's all but been confirmed that Samsung is sticking with a similar slim -
bezel design for the upcoming Galaxy S9, late - in - the - year flagships could turn to the camera
notch to build a bit of buzz
around their releases.
Apart from the «
notch» where Apple houses the iPhone X's ear speaker, TrueDepth camera array, and other sensors, the
bezel is remarkably thin all the way
around the screen which every other phone we've looked at has a huge
bezel on the bottom.
While the design trend this year is clearly revolving
around displays with
notches and smaller
bezels, Vivo is ditching the
notch, the buttons and the external fingerprint readers, and putting everything into the display of the phone.
Of course,
bezels have been minimised as much as possible on this device — there's even a
notch around the front camera and speaker — á la iPhone X.
That
notch is, however, a necessary evil in Apple's quest to not only remove all physical buttons from the face of the iPhone but to also make the
bezels around an iPhone's screen as small as possible.
The LCD - based 2018 iPhone would reportedly share the
notch - based design, but its display would feature Full Active LCD technology, which allows for less
bezel, so it wouldn't look outdated compared to devices from Samsung and others that have chipped away at the
bezel around the display.
For one thing, the point of Apple's
notch is to keep the
bezel surrounding the phone's display the exact same size all the way
around the screen, aside from the
notch.
A
notched bezel goes
around the outside of the circular AMOLED display, which is mercifully free of the flat - tire effect that plagued older Android Wear watches.
What is hilarious is Apple made the
notch to «reduce
bezels» yet they have the largest side
bezels around.
For one, the Galaxy S9's screen is slightly curved while the iPhone X's is flat, but the iPhone X has less
bezel around its display, relying instead on a
notch to house the front - facing camera and sensors.
Instead of an iconic
notch, each iPad model here incorporates all forward - facing sensors into the standard
bezel around its display.
According to the source the name «
notch» is also referenced within the system build, heavily suggesting Huawei will be opting for this method to be able to shrink down the
bezels around the screen.
Shared by Slashleaks, you can see in one of the images that the
bezels above and
around the P20's screen are slim, with a small
notch at the top housing the front - facing camera, and a larger
bezel at the bottom housing the home button and likely a fingerprint scanner.