Nah. I like how Apple makes it.
Of course you do.
A lot of people were expecting smaller bezels, current ones are huge. I'm sure it'll be a feature of the iPhone 7
Nah. I like how Apple makes it.
Of course you do.
A lot of people were expecting smaller bezels, current ones are huge. I'm sure it'll be a feature of the iPhone 7![]()
For iconic, read dated. They got away with the big bezels and hardware home button when the screens were so tiny but now they've released supersized screens the Android variants look both more modern and, crucially, smaller.
The three pointed star on the bonnets of Mercedes cars was iconic. See them now? Nope. History is littered with iconic designs which have fallen by the wayside and I'll promise you this, as soon as Apple ditch the home button and bezels all the apologists will love it.
iPhone 7: Smaller bezels, 4k recording.
They need to do something about the big physical home button. The new non-Samsung Android devices look sleek and modern with their on-screen buttons, plus it allows for massively slimmed down bezels. Even Samsung can achieve a large degree of bezel reduction thanks to their original choice of home button shape. That lozenge-shaped button can be put into a much smaller bezel than Apple's 'iconic' round button. Basically Apple need a design rethink because their phones are not only too big now, but they look dated. Throw in 2012 hardware and iPhones are becoming a bit of a dinosaur, both internally and visually.
The moto X was an iPhone 6 with a shorter bezel? Wow I must have missed that...It is possible. The Moto X did it last year.
You did. Pics above. It's thicker, but Moto hasn't made skinny a priority. Besides Apple is the one that self-proclaims 'innovation' and 'most advanced.'The moto X was an iPhone 6 with a shorter bezel? Wow I must have missed that...
Android phones are all ugly compared to the iPhone. The iPhone is an iconic piece of hardware design which is perfectly weighted. And I am sure they will 'ditch' the home button when they have a reason to, and when they have a better solution for incorporating touch ID.
iPhone 7: Smaller bezels, 4k recording.
And now you know why they didn't do that.
The iPhone's shape is iconic. It is it's branding. It would be like changing the shape of a Coke bottle.
If they did that the phone would look like every other phone out there and not like an iPhone.
And now you know why they didn't do that.
The iPhone's shape is iconic. It is it's branding. It would be like changing the shape of a Coke bottle.
If they did that the phone would look like every other phone out there and not like an iPhone.
I think the Note 4 took a huge step forward in looks and materials but iPhone took a step back with a huge body (for a 5.5" phone), ugly lines on the back instead of glass, camera hump and the lost of chamfered body. I even prefer the buttons of the iPhone 5/5s. Can anyone here honestly say that iPhone 6/6 plus looks better than the iPhone 5?
So someone posted a link to a 3D rendering on another thread and it looks like Apple actually DID reduce the bezel quite a bit even though visually it is not that apparent...?
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I don't know when that will be accomplished, but I suspect Apple will try to be the first to achieve such a thing. Until then, the bezels are a part of the design DNA of the iPhone.