It's interesting that even with the smaller size, they copied Apple's full,
wide bezels on all four sides.
Not exact matches
The pearl is set in sterling silver with ornate details
on the
bezel and the
wide
Inside the cabin the DI variant misses out
on additional features available
on the CRDe trim such as new black - beige dashboard, sporty 3 - pod instrument cluster, revamped centre
bezel, revised AC vents, new lockable glove box, floor console with cup holders, new steering wheel, new gear knob,
wider seats, new door trims and windshield demister.
It's also the thickest and
widest, and its deep
bezel casts the most shadows
on the text.
There's a bit of
bezel on the Excite 470q because of the tapering, so it physically looks almost as
wide as the 5.0» Galaxy S4 which admittedly isn't a fair comparison due to its very thin
bezels.
The
bezel is not that
wide on the sides and doesn't take up a major part of the front unlike the S1 Titanium.
Its
bezel remains very
wide, though, compared with the margins
on competing models, such as the 1.1 - pound Sony Xperia Tablet Z, which remains the trimmest and lightest 10.1 - inch Android tablet available, or the 1.12 - pound Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1.
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.
On top of the screen within the inch -
wide bezel sits a 2 - megapixel camera next to a silver Acer logo.
The Fire HD is also
wider than the Nexus 7
on account of its
bezel and is heavier by around 55g.
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.
The rest of the design seems similar, though the
bezel appears a little
wider on the sides than
on the Tab A.
We can only guess the A110 is going to be as aggressively priced as its predecessor, because anyone who buys this will have to make a few compromises
on design: the chassis is fairly chunky, at 11.4 mm thick, and the
bezel is
wide.
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).
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 Nook's
bezel is
wider and has page - buttons built into the sides, the corners are more rounded and the edges tapered, the memory card slot is covered, the back is contoured, and there's a power button
on back.
The 7in display is pin - sharp and has a
wide bezel, neat speakers mounted
on the front edges and a tactile rubberised back.
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.
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.
LG G6 comes with a new 5.7 - inch Full Vision display, which the company says offers a better cinematic viewing experience and support for
wide - angle cameras, though this has narrow
bezels on the side.
It has less glass
on its back than the LG G6, but it also has
wider bezels compared to LG's new flagship.
Ultimately, I judge phones based
on how likely I am to recommend them, and it comes down to this: if you really want an Android phone and are enticed by specific features like minimal
bezels, VR, or a
wide - angle camera, get an S8 or G6.
The front is all screen, with a
wide black
bezel on top and bottom.
The 13.9 inch display has side
bezels that are only 4.4 mm
wide on the top and both sides so there is nothing to distract you from your content.
The Gear Fit 2 builds
on Samsung's earlier fitness wearable with a
wider screen, slimmer
bezels and software closer to that of Samsung's Gear S2 smartwatch.
It has a particularly
wide bezel in comparison with other, sexier devices
on the market.
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.
They do offer sharper screens
on paper, but they miss out
on Mobile HDR as well as the
wider aspect ratio and lovely slim
bezels.
The shape of the tablet and the placement of some buttons indeed looks like the Nexus 10 tablet, as some blogs have noticed, but the device appears to be a bit smaller than the 10 - inch Nexus and the
bezels on the sides of the tablet are nowhere near as
wide as they are
on the Nexus 10.
Apple is reportedly making efforts to make an iPhone with an
on - screen fingerprint reader, which would help it in ditching
wide bezels.
A 1.04 - inch, 208 - by -208-pixel circular monochrome touch screen sits
on the front, surrounded by a rather
wide bezel.
The LG V30 offers a great pairing of cameras with a
wide - angle lens to bring more excitement, while
on the front there's a great display and minimal
bezel.
There's a 2.5 D curved glass design
on top, and thin
bezels on the sides making for a
wider display.
The phone's dimensions take
on that sort of
wide, stretched shape familiar to Galaxy Note and iPhone Plus users, with the 5.7 - inch screen flanked
on the top and bottom by large speaker grilles and small but detectable
bezel to the right and left.
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 screen itself measures 15.6 inches diagonally, sporting
bezels on each side that appear to be thicker than what we saw with the Dell Precision 5520, at half an inch
wide.
It also means that the iMac's drawbacks live
on, like the lack of height adjustment and the
wide black
bezel that surrounds the display.
It sheds that extra bulk,
wider bezels and incorporates a matte finish removable back panel which is far better than that glossy one seen
on Redmi 1S.