Since the display is still 9.7 - inches, that means
a slightly narrower bezel as well, though the difference is minor.
Not exact matches
The main differences are a
narrower bezel, hardware buttons for home, back and menu, a new 1.3 - megapixel front camera and a
slightly faster dual - core processor, at 1.2 GHz instead of 1.0 GHz.
By keeping the amount of
bezel around the screen to a minimum, LG has managed to create a phone that is both
slightly shorter and
narrower than either the One X or the S3.
The Galaxy S9 + has a bit smaller
bezels, and its curved display makes it a tad
narrower, but the Pixel 2 XL's
slightly smaller screen averages things out, so both phones have a very similar footprint.
Yes, it has the smallest display of the three — a 5.65 ″ one — but it is similarly endowed in resolution terms (2160 x 1080px) and comes with the 18:9 aspect ratio that seems set to become a trend, with
narrow bezels on the sides and
slightly wider ones on the top and base.
But the S9 and S9 + are shorter than the S8 and S8 +, and that's because Samsung has ever so
slightly made the
bezels above and below the display
narrower.
The
slightly curved rear means it sits nicely in the hand, and while it has the same screen size as the iPhone 6S Plus, Huawei's kept
bezels to a minimum meaning it's shorter and
narrower at 149.8 x 75.3 mm.