Apple, for many years, has had software solutions that detect whether you're holding onto the side of the device or actually pressing on it for exactly this reason. I've never had issues with this on an Apple device.
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iPhone 16 Pro Could Break Record for Thinnest Bezels on a Smartphone
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Those curved edges were horrible, I remember living through those dark times. Display was distorted at the edges and the hardware bezels were still there just pushed out beyond the curve, but still quite visible, you actually lost screen real estate to the curved part. False touches were worse because you didn't have a straight edge to contact your hand. I applaud Sammie for trying something different, but that was a plate of spaghetti which thankfully didn't stick to the wall. (Disclosure: Samsung fanboy here).
"Squirrel!" moment. Besides distracting you from them increasingly making the device a phablet, there's the hope at Apple that you'll be also distracted from how substandard iOS remains - and why are they trying to replicate it on MacOS?
Yes, but the edge of the phone is not the same as the screen.
The case currently grabs the phone by the edges without covering the screen.
So, it wouldn't change except there wouldn't be a black border.
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Fine bezels may be nice, and may have a better look but as far as I know, the most important thing in a iPhone is the screen and its contents...
It seems that somehow Apple is focused this year on "size reduction" (iPad Pro with reduced thickness and now iPhone on 16 pro with bezels), but is really a big step forward ?
It seems that somehow Apple is focused this year on "size reduction" (iPad Pro with reduced thickness and now iPhone on 16 pro with bezels), but is really a big step forward ?
I'd just take some longer battery life
Apple's new generation device checklist -- "New chip"? Check. "Thinner"? Check. "Compromised something in performance to save Apple a few dollars knowing people won't notice or care"? Check. "They'll love it!". Check. "They'll buy it regardless". Check.
These silly comments from people that really can’t see how good making the screen bigger without making the phone larger, is for consuming content.
What else do you want from a phone? They’ve reached maturity long ago and very little left to improve them that comes organically every year, like battery life and camera improvements.
I suppose they could try for a 144hz screen and better speakers? That wouldn’t make as much of a difference as bezel size.
What's silly is thinking .7mm more screen space is going to allow you to consume more content!! (and that was from iPhone 15 spec). How much thinner are the bezels on the 16 going to be? Come on...really?
Same form factor as the iPhone 15, 14, 13, 12. What’s new is upgraded screens (not developed in house and widely available for competitors), upgraded cameras (not developed in house and widely available for competitors), WiFi 7 (not developed in house and widely available for competitors), … and a lot of marketing blah blah and the famous “you’ll only see this from Apple” and probably a price increase because it’s so “special”.
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I actually wish the iPhone was WIDER.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 had the perfect ratio in my opinion, albeit I've always been a big phone fan.
Still, a smaller iPhone with that ratio would be nice, due to improved real estate when using in landscape.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 had the perfect ratio in my opinion, albeit I've always been a big phone fan.
Still, a smaller iPhone with that ratio would be nice, due to improved real estate when using in landscape.
Can they just move the island into the bezel (back into a notch) until they can figure out the true underscreen cameras?! An island just wastes screen real estate with that sliver of screen at the top that’s completely useless. Horrible design change.
Some of us actually prefer larger bezels:
The bezel-lovers coming out of the closet thread
Bezel-lovers of the world, UNITE! Let's unite under this one thread. It's time for us to come out of the closet and declare our love for bezels. I'll start. I'm ThomasJL, and I'm a bezel-lover. I love how bezels make room for a home button. I love how bezels allow for Touch ID. I love how...
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That’s what we always say and maybe Apple can bring stacked battery tech to both the 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max to make that happen.
I liked my X so much, I kept it and added it to my iPhone museum which includes my 4S and 6S.I still think the X was the best iPhone I ever had
I can tell you that, other than techies and fanboys, no one gives a whit. In fact, I have no fewer than three friends who were all long-time iPhone owners who switched to Android this year. I asked them why and they all said the iPhones just don’t seem to change in a meaningful way year to year… while costing more than ever. Their words, not mine.
Wider? So it's harder to type with one hand? Ridiculous. I like it.
6.1" is already uncomfortable to type one-handed on. If they want to make it bigger, might as well make it wider so the virtual keys have more horizontal area.
So how does a case grip around to the front of the device if there’s literally no bezel I wonder?