It has a particularly
wide bezel in comparison with other, sexier devices on the market.
Not exact matches
The pearl is set
in sterling silver with ornate details on the
bezel and the
wide
At the front, the 2018 Audi RS 5 Coupe sports a much
wider and flatter Singleframe featuring the quattro logo along the bottom, massive air inlets with RS honeycomb structure, additional lateral air intakes and outlets next to the Matrix LED headlights with tinted
bezels and RS bumper with a blade
in contrasting colour.
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.
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 a substantial
bezel surrounding its 1280x800 screen, so the Kindle is a bit
wider than its competition, but not so much to prevent it from fitting comfortably
in your hand.
The screen is relatively deeply inset, thanks to the optical touch recognition (the same tech, and the same inset, is present on the Nook Simple Touch), and the surrounding gray
bezel is just
wide enough to be comfortably braced by a thumb when
in the Standard Reading Position.
And my current PW1 is
wider in landscape than the Oasis is
in portrait, and I think I'd be stuck with portrait because of the
bezels.
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.
It comes only
in a matte white plastic
bezel, with a dark gray back and is about as
wide as a paperback and slightly taller.
The
wide bezel at the bottom also rested easier
in my palms.
In design terms, the new Kindle Oasis follows the same slightly square - ish design path that its predecessor took — instead of uniform
bezels on all four sides, there are relatively slim
bezels on three sides and one extremely
wide and thick side, with two buttons on it for turning pages — by default the key above moves the book a page ahead and the one below takes you to the previous page, but these can be reversed.
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.
That 14 - inch display has
wider bezels than the laptop version (it's a thing you'll hold
in your hands, some
bezels are good for that), and
in addition to the FHD and WQHD IPS options, there's a gorgeous WQHD OLED option.
The practical upshot is that the G Watch R has a more refined look, but
in a smaller display with a
wider bezel.
Those large
bezels above and below the display remain, resulting
in a device that feels much
wider and bulkier than other devices
in the market, like the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 +, both of which have larger displays but narrower bodies than the XZ Premium.
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.
Especially given the narrow side
bezels, the Honor 7X fits
in the hand quite nicely, whereas a 5.93 - inch 16:9 display would be
wider, and would have a greater surface area.
But with such thin
bezels and such a
wide screen for it to get lost
in, doesn't it make sense for laptop makers to go with The Notch?
- Could have been a much more compact smartwatch if the
bezels were smaller -
Wide strap traps water and sweat, causing discomfort - Display does not look good at all when backlit - No automatic Do Not Disturb mode - Emojis
in notifications are not displayed
The
wide bezel at the bottom also rested easier
in my palms.
Smartphones with
wider bezels typically display visuals
in a 16:9 aspect ratio, but handsets with slimmer
bezels offer a
wider screen space.
The blue backing runs seamlessly up the edges of the tablet, where it meets the outer edges of fairly
wide black
bezels surrounding the display, both of which are covered
in glass.
It would be nice if the
bezel in front blended seamlessly with the screen, though we do like that it's
wide enough give fingers a place to rest when not tapping.
Apple is reportedly making efforts to make an iPhone with an on - screen fingerprint reader, which would help it
in ditching
wide bezels.
The two handsets have the same rounded corners
in common, and the same thick
bezels above and below the 5 - inch, 1080p (1920 x 1080 pixels)
wide - color gamut, 24 - bit P - OLED screen that can display 16.7 million colors.
Like the R11s, it's got a Full HD AMOLED display with small top and bottom
bezels, but it lacks that phone's 18:9 aspect ratio, making the phone much
wider in the hand.
The Pixel 2 XL,
in particular, is sturdy
in the hand, not slippery and easy to hold even while having slightly larger
bezels than competitor devices with
wide - screen displays.
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.
That seems to indicate the arrival of the second - gen iPad Pro, as well as a high - end version of the iPad Air 3 (KGI noted that it'll have a narrow
bezel); the smallest model (the same size as the smaller current - gen iPad Pro) will likely pack lower - end hardware so as to come
in a cheaper price point so as to appeal to a
wider audience.
As to the
wider mobile industry, we've gone from Samsung and LG being the exception with their vanishingly thin
bezels in 2017 to now being the norm.
The only reasonable excuse I can come up with for maintaining the navigation bar as it currently exists is if you literally have no space on the
bezels due to stereo speakers (as
in the Nexus 6, but the Nexus 6P's
bezels are still
wide enough to fit capacitive buttons).
The black matte
bezel is thin, at about a half inch, and the stand is only 20 inches
wide, which should make the X900E easy to set up
in any entertainment center.
With the
bezels being a bit
wider, it means that when the Chromebook is dropped, even
in tablet mode, if the corner of the screen hits the ground, the actual display will stay intact.