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Over the last few years, the various cell phone manufacturers seem to place a large value on reducing the edge space between the active screen and the side of the phone.
They brag how small the sides are, and the Edge phones even designed and manufactured a screen that extends the entire width leaving zero border.
I can see how this has a cosmetic appeal, but I'm definitely a "function over form" guy and am curious if I'm in the minority thinking this is a very minor aspect of what drives me to choose a new phone. I'd much rather they'd spend those development millions for improving the quality of the phone call, or paying for faster CPUs, better batteries, etc.
You mean the bezel. Man, I am right there with you. The 2017 Bezeless craze, I'm tired of it. Ok, Apple you win: no bezels. I hope LG and Sammy don't rush to do the same, and their bezels are skinny enough.
The lack of left and right bezels are literally the only thing I like better on my S7 Edge compared to my wife's S7.
But yea, at a certain point they can only be so thin. Too thin, and you get issues with edge touches (still happens to me daily with the Edge).
11-28-2017, 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Peregrine
You mean the bezel. Man, I am right there with you. The 2017 Bezeless craze, I'm tired of it. Ok, Apple you win: no bezels. I hope LG and Sammy don't rush to do the same, and their bezels are skinny enough.
Bad news. LG and Samsung have been on the no bezel bus for some time.
Apple is somewhat of a late entrant to the anti-bezel craze.
Not a bad phone, just small space and with the worst company ever. IF they would have market this phone with better providers, and more room.. it would be a good contender. I hate zero boarders because one drop and its cracked! even with a case.
I honestly hate the no bezels trend. What is the point? Without bezels what the heck am I supposed to hold on to when I'm using my phone? I have a note 8 and I have trouble with accidental touches that are only prevented by using a case that gives me something to rest my fingers on.
Can I say how much I hate the thinness trend too? I don't know a single person who buys a phone because it's thinner than all the others, it's more of a thing that people just tolerate since every phone is competing to be the most anorexic. I've spent many years in the cellular industry as a front-end rep and also in the development community as a hobbyist, and I've seen firsthand how many people do not give two craps about how thin a phone or its bezels are, they just want a good screen, decent camera, good battery life, and a headphone jack. Phones manufacturers nowadays aren't really innovating anymore, they're just competing to see who can make the thinnest, lightest, most bezel-less phone with no regard to what consumers actually want.
Very good points about thickness. The no-bezel trend is about as useful as the playing-card thin goals.
Both are synthetic marketing tools, neither are really aesthetically worth pursuing, and both directly effect the cost and functionality.
Keep in mind the Samsung "cell-phone and BBQ grille lighter" came from squeezing as much battery as possible in too small a space, and when it got hot it expanded enough to rupture.
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