Still, we can see a phone that has a much
smaller bottom bezel and no bezel on the other three sides.
In fact, companies like Samsung, OnePlus and HTC all made the change last year to a rear - facing fingerprint sensor in order to achieve
a smaller bottom bezel.
The Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 + look similar to S8 and S8 +, with Infinity displays that make use of the entire screen, but these smartphones have
a smaller bottom bezel and a repositioned fingerprint sensor on the rear panel.
One ramification of
the small bottom bezel is that the fingerprint sensor sits on the back of the handset.
The small bottom bezel has no visible function, while the indicator light, speaker, FFC, and the iris scanner reside on the top bezel.
Not exact matches
It is also expected that the LCD model can feature a
small bezel at the
bottom, the use of adding a chin is unclear though.
The
bezels on the sides of the tablet have also gotten
smaller in this year's model, intensifying the look of the larger top and
bottom bezels, and giving the entire tablet an elongated look and feel.
Unlike tablets and smartphones that have light emitting from behind the screen, most e-readers have five
small LED lights on the
bottom of the
bezel that project light evenly access the screen.
Instead of the light emitting from behind the screen, like a tablet, the light stems from
small LED lights on the
bottom of the
bezel that shine upwards.
It features a high resolution e-Ink display and
small LED lights built into the
bottom of the
bezel.
There are 5
small LED lights on the
bottom of the
bezel and project light upwards.
Frontlight has 5
small LED lights at the
bottom of the
bezel that project light upwards, not into your eyes.
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The average e-reader does not have a built in lighting system, but the ones that do normally have five
small LED lights built into the
bottom of the
bezel and project light evenly across the screen.
The
bezel's still sizable, containing a
small dark gray Kobo logo at the
bottom and a barely visible light sensor at top.
The
bezel is simple and clean, like the iPad 2's, with just the hardware features you need: well - positioned power and volume controls at the top, front and rear cameras placed unobtrusively (and they have much better image resolution and quality than the iPad 2's), an audio jack at the top,
small speaker notches on the sides, and charging / syncing connector at the
bottom.
If you're running an app, swiping up from the
bottom bezel minimises the app into a
smaller window, where you can swipe to switch between open apps, and shows you the dock of app icons (more on that later).
This new display takes up 83.6 - percent of the front of the phone and goes edge - to - edge, right - to - left, with very
small bezels on the top and
bottom.
The
bezel is quite
small along the sides and top, so I find it feels most natural to hold it from the
bottom, using a thumbswipe to turn pages.
Along the
bottom bezel is a
small, tasteful Kobo logo in black on a black background — no doubt a response to customer complaints that bright white on black proved a bit distracting.
Then, the top and
bottom bezels will be
smaller as well thanks to the removal of Samsung's customary oblong home button.
The curved Super AMOLED display occupies a much larger portion of the face of the phone, with
smaller bezels on top and on the
bottom.
The Note 8 was certainly worth the wait as it received their largest Infinity Display, lost its physical home button to on - screen buttons, and received the
smallest top and
bottom bezels you have ever seen — it's a shame that Samsung did not include a
bottom, front - facing speaker in an area where there is a blank spot.
We have to admit, this is a crazy attractive prospective design, no side or
bottom screen
bezels, with a
small centered «sensor bar» at the top apparently incorporating «dual» front - facing cameras, a proximity sensor, ambient light sensor and earpiece.
Because something has to drive the backlight under the screen, going with LCD also means there needs to still be a
small «chin»
bezel on the
bottom of the phone.
Bottom - line: You won't find another 5» phone with such high - end specs and
small bezels, and it's made even better with Android 8.0 Oreo on board.
Credit to Google keeping the side
bezels small... but the top and
bottom bezels are quite massive.
The Essential Phone certainly stands out, thanks to its edge - to - edge display that surrounds the front - facing camera and extends virtually all the way to the
bottom, leaving a
small bezel.
The phone will have hardly any
bezels surrounding said notch (save for a
small chin at the
bottom), and the back will be made out of glass and feature a fingerprint sensor and dual - camera setup.
While several leaked renders have suggested that the larger of the two devices — codenamed Taimen — will include
smaller top and
bottom bezels than its predecessor (the Pixel XL), a photo of this year's Pixel successor shared with VentureBeat indicates that it won't also be adopting this increasingly common design element.
The screen takes up almost the entire front side of the device, with just two
small bezels at the top and
bottom.
There is a
small bezel at the
bottom of the phone, so it's not fully symmetrical.
However, the outline doesn't look quite like the S8, since the
bottom bezel is
smaller than the top.
Unlike the Galaxy S8 or Note 8 devices, the
bottom bezel on this device looks to be
smaller in length.
This is the other side of the Moto 360 coin: Motorola's smartwatch has negligible
bezels but achieves that by leaving a
small chunk of disused screen space at the
bottom, which is where it fits the same components compelling LG to go bigger.
The Apex has miniscule 1.8 mm
bezels on three sides of the device — the
smallest in the industry, according to the company — with the
bottom bar at 4.3 mm.
Our biggest problem with the
smaller Google Pixel 2 is the inexcusably large
bezels at the top and
bottom of the screen.
The rumor is that Samsung would be all but getting rid of the top and
bottom bezels, with the side
bezels already being quite
small.
Instead of leaving very
small bezels on the top and
bottom, like we have seen on the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Note 8 along with the LG G6 and V30, the iPhone X uses a very noticeable notch on top of the display, which houses the front - facing camera and its Face ID sensors.
The minimalist
bezel sports a
small, mirrored Dell logo at the
bottom and a built - in webcam at the top.
The latter does have fractionally
smaller top and
bottom bezels so you get a slightly higher screen - to - body ratio but — like the tiny difference in resolution density — there's there's no obvious winner here other than the 0.2 - inches.
The Sony Xperia XZ2 and the XZ2 Compact both make a move from a 16:9 aspect ratio to an 18:9 aspect ratio display, resulting in
smaller bezels at the top and
bottom of the screen.
And as expected, the device will come with a design similar to that of the Galaxy S8 line, complete with a curved screen and
small bezels at the top and
bottom.
This new display goes edge - to - edge, with very
small top and
bottom bezels.
The teaser that Honor sent out is an invitation for an event that'll be held in London in December, and along with the text «Max your view», there's also an outline of a smartphone with very
small bezels on the sides, top, and
bottom.
The Galaxy S8 has very
small top and
bottom bezels so they moved the fingerprint sensor to the back near the camera lens.
The S9 is prettier still, in a familiar way: while it's hardly a radical redesign the top and
bottom bezels have been made significantly
smaller, the fingerprint sensor has been moved slightly, and there's a new colour Samsung claims will be the colour of the year: Lilac Purple, alongside the familiar Midnight Black and Coral Blue.
The screen stayed the same size, but bumped up to a fantastic 1920x1200 resolution, with
small bezels on the sides to keep total size down but with larger
bezels on the top and
bottom for holding in landscape mode for video.
We have seen various types of displays like complete 3 side
bezel less displays like the Mi MIX 2, displays with narrow
bezels on top and
bottom with curved edges like the infinity display of Samsung Note 8,
bezel less display with a section on top like the Apple iPhone X display and other displays with
small modifications.
That's thanks in no
small part to the slim top and
bottom bezels and of course the minuscule
bezels along the side.