The half - inch -
wide bezel around the display gives you a place to rest your thumbs that's not glass, which cuts down on fingerprints.
The pad has an inch -
wide bezel around the screen, which is good for people like my dad who have a tendency to accidentally touch the screen with their big fingers.
The tablet measures 275.5 x 178.5 x 14.5 mm, giving a rather
wide bezel around the screen.
Not exact matches
The iPad's glass front continues past the screen, creating a
bezel three - quarters of an inch
wide all the way
around.
The
bezel around the screen is now slightly
wider, while speakers now sit either side of the black
bezel when held in landscape while the proprietary charging port sits at the bottom.
Amazon has kept the
bezel around the display
wide enough to accommodate fingers and thumbs so you never accidentally touch the display when reading.
There's a
wide bezel area all the way
around the 7 - inch display, one that's much larger than seen in the Nexus 7 or iPad mini.
There's an inch -
wide grey
bezel around the sides of the screen surround, acting as a thumb rest intended to supply the most relaxed grip possible.
The
bezel around the 12 - inch IPS panel seems slimmer than the one on the Microsoft Surface 3, but a bit
wider than the Surface Pro 4's.
The Fire HD is also
wider than the Nexus 7 on account of its
bezel and is heavier by
around 55g.
It measures 75.4 mm
wide by 155.7 mm deep by 7.75 mm thick and weighs 177g and is a minimal -
bezel device with a screen to body ratio of
around 83.8 percent.
The width difference is due to the Kobo Touch's tiny
bezel around the screen, which is just 0.4 inches
wide.
But there's also a
bezel around the screen that measures
around 18 mm and some extra metallic panels on the sides of it, making it even
wider than you would expect.
The
bezels around its 6 - inch screen are
wider than most and add extra bulk to the device.
The
bezels around the Fire's screen are so
wide they make the 7 - inch screen appear smaller than it really is.
That problem was exacerbated by how
wide the device feels in your hand, as well as the lack of a significant
bezel around the left and right of the screen in portrait.
The B&N NOOK Simple Touch Reader at about the same height as the base Kindle, but significantly
wider since it has a much larger
bezel around the display.
New age purists will also frown at the relatively large
bezels around the display, which make it a much larger proposition than the XZ1 even though it does have a larger display — at 153 x 72 x 11.1 mm, it is actually larger,
wider and thicker than the Samsung Galaxy S9 which has a larger 5.8 inch display.
The
bezel around the screen is a bit
wide for a laptop of this expense though, especially when compared to a rival such as the venerable Dell XPS 13.
The
bezel around the screen is now slightly
wider, while speakers now sit either side of the black
bezel when held in landscape while the proprietary charging port sits at the bottom.
While the GS65 Stealth Thin features an understated design with slim
bezels around the 144Hz 7ms
wide - view angle display, the GE Raider RGB Edition goes the other way - with a design inspired by «sports cars and the PC Master Race's love for RGB.»
One source also noted that the
bezel around the screen on the 7 - inch model measures about half an inch all
around and the 8.9 - inch model's
bezel is about three - quarters of an inch
wide.
The
bezels around its 6 - inch screen are
wider than most and add extra bulk to the device.
The
bezels around the display are
wide, and there is quite some space wasted below the display area, where the capacitive navigation buttons are located.