While the View 10's 6 - inch LCD panel isn't the sharpest or most vibrant we've seen on the market, the handset's
slim bezels make it easier to use one - handed than most of its competitors.
At 5.9 - inches there's plenty of real estate, but as I mentioned
the slim bezels make that display very manageable.
Not exact matches
I want Kobo to
make a new ereader that takes the existing (and frankly, already as perfect as can be managed by mere mortals) tiny
slim and light flush - screen - and -
bezel chassis of the 6 inch Aura combined with the super awesome 300ppi screen from the Glo HD.
I found that the
slimmer profiles, and the resulting narrow
bezel which measures about a half inch,
made the eReader Touch Edition very natural to hold.
The large
bezel makes it appear to be wider than it is — the screen is a 16:10, 10.1 - inch, 1280 - by - 800 LCD, just like you'd find on the
slimmer Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 ($ 499.99, 3.5 stars) or Motorola Xoom ($ 599, 3.5 stars).
Bezels are generally considered useful when it comes to physically holding a tablet, but there is no denying the
slim -
bezel renders that have appeared certainly do
make for a more striking design.
Reaching the fingerprint sensor on the lower
bezel is quite easy with the
slim design and ergonomic curves that
make up the Nokia 8.
The
bezels at the top and bottom of the iPhone are overlarge, and
slimming them down would
make the phone far more manageable.
Designed with elegance in mind, the ultra-slim Aspire S24 is all - in - one desktop has a display with a side profile of only 5.97 mm —
making it Acer's
slimmest ever — a 178 - degree Full HD IPS screen, and an ultra-narrow 2.7 mm
bezel that provides a 90 % screen - to - body ratio for more screen to see.
You can rotate the 15.6 - inch display around to tablet, tent, or stand modes, and the
slim bezel really
makes the screen pop out at you.
The
slim top
bezel of the P20 features a 24 - megapixel camera whose exact specifications are yet to be disclosed, though it likely relies on an f / 2.0 lens, much like all recent Huawei -
made flagships.
The device continues to be a 5 - inch Full HD affair, but those
slimmed down
bezels along with slightly curved back,
makes it a delight to hold in hands.
It's
slimmer bezels and higher screen - to - body - ratio
makes it looks leaner.
The
bezel, while beautifully
slim,
makes it hard to hold in tablet mode.
Snug between the curved,
slim bezels is an LG -
made pOLED display that pushes a QHD + 2,880 x 1,440 resolution with the aforementioned 18:9 display.
The Mate 9's
slim profile and equally svelte horizontal
bezels combine to
make for a 5.9 - inch phone that doesn't feel particularly huge.
The combination of the 4.5 - inch screen, relatively thin
bezels and overall
slim profile help
make the Galaxy A3 an extremely compact device.
The phone is
made out of Zinc - Aluminium alloy
bezel and is considerably
slim at 7.7 mm.
An alleged iPhone 8 prototype with a significantly larger display and
slimmer bezels has
made its way into the wild.
The
bezels around the screen are much
slimmer than before, helping to
make this the best - looking display yet on a Moto.
However, they managed to
make it easy to use by keeping the
bezels slim and the phone much longer than increasing the width.
Apple is widely expected to launch an iPhone with a 5.8 - inch edge - to - edge OLED display later this year,
made possible by
slimmer bezels and no Home button.
Its
slim bezels give it an 81.2 percent screen - to - body ratio,
making it competitive with smartphones like the Samsung Galaxy S8 +, Note 8, Apple iPhone X and the Essential Phone.
While it is ever so slightly larger than the G3 in all directions, the use of
slim bezels, rear - mounted buttons and a curved, ergonomic back
makes the G4 more friendly to hands and pockets than many 5.5 - inch rivals.
According to the leaked photographs, the Nokia 9 sports a near
bezel less display and looks very thin,
making it one of the
slimmest and compact phones to hit the market.
The phones also have the infinity display that completely removes the
bezels and
makes it look
slim, sleek while being futuristic at the same time.
Slim bezels on the sides also
make it that much easier to handle.
The lack of a home button does mean that Apple could further
slim down the
bezels on the iPad Pros thereby
making them slightly more compact.
Many manufacturers are attempting to
make bigger phones smaller by
slimming down
bezels, but Sony simply
made a smaller phone.
The ZenFone 5 has a smaller notch and even
slimmer bezels than the iPhone X. Its display takes up 90 percent of the space on the front of the device — compared to 86 percent on the iPhone X — which
makes for a very attractive design.
At 149.8 x 78 x 9.2 mm, the Moto X Force is a little shorter and
slimmer than the Moto X Style, although chunky screen
bezels make it a little wider.
I was hoping Samsung will just
make the top and the bottom
bezels slimmer in the Galaxy S9 series, but it seems they have other plans.
So it would appear that if you want
slim bezels and a curved OLED display, your options are limited to just the larger LG -
made Pixel, with its 18:9 aspect ratio and svelte proportions.
It's not super
slim, but it's
made from aluminum and the screen has thin
bezels.
While the 6 ″ screen may be bigger than every other flagship smartphones on the market right now, the
slim bezels on the Huawei Mate 8 does
make it a lot more manageable.
Will never understand not just, you know, having
slim bezels when the S9 has a better screen to body ratio than the iPhone X,
making the whole purpose of the notch (to have a better screen to body ratio) a moot point because it doesn't even accomplish that feat.
Using an AMOLED display has enabled OnePlus to
slim down the thickness of the OnePlus 3's body, and reduce the size of the
bezels either side of the screen,
making for a more compact device, which is always nice.
There's a pretty
slim bezel on the G330 too,
making it feel like modest little thing despite its 4 - inch screen.
The left and right
bezels beside the display are
slim — and important design choice that
makes this large display easier to use — while the
bezels above and below are somewhat larger.
The large screen is
made much more manageable by Samsung's Infinity Display, bringing curved edges and
slim bezels to the Note for the first time.
Yet another set of schematics for iPhone 8 have surfaced ahead of its official debut, again hinting at
slimmer bezels that
make room for a larger display, and the removal of the Home button.
Bezels are generally considered useful when it comes to physically holding a tablet, but there is no denying the
slim -
bezel renders that have appeared certainly do
make for a more striking design.
The reasons are many because in order to
make phones
slimmer,
bezel less and most importantly easy to use leads to a lot of traditional features being removed.
The regular Mate 10's sharper 16:9 screen
makes for an unusually proportioned device, albeit one that'll probably work well for YouTube and other casual video watching — it feels very wide in the hand, but the combination of a huge, standard aspect ratio screen with
slim bezels lends a distinctive heft.
The front of the device looks great, with
slim bezels and a small but equally sized head and chin, which
makes everything look symmetrical and nice.
The phone has the same edge - to - edge Infinity Display that
made the Galaxy S8 such a head - turner, with the
bezels looking, if anything, even
slimmer.
Even with a 5.7 - inch display, the
slim bezels and increased height
make for a very comfortable phone.
A very thin
bezel adorns the phones on all sides
making it one of the
slimmest phones released by Motorola so far.
The
slim bezels coupled with a new aspect ratio will presumably reduce the overall physical footprint of the upcoming device to a significant degree and
make the Huawei Nova 3 more compact than traditional phablets.
The Taimen, believed to be manufactured by LG, will feature a similar but different design with
slimmer bezels, a back
made out of glass and metal, but with a smaller «window» for cellular communication, and a 5.99 - inch OLED display.