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Why bezel on the sides? Mockup.
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Put a phone or tablet in your hand and see how you naturally grip it. Bezels are required for handling the phone without spurious inputs on the screen.
Additionally, a bezel gives you frame of reference of the actionable area and helps your mind perceive boundaries and visual contrast.
They aren't lazy/stupid. It is design.
Additionally, a bezel gives you frame of reference of the actionable area and helps your mind perceive boundaries and visual contrast.
They aren't lazy/stupid. It is design.
I noticed that. But I'm looking at my white 4S and the bezel is about the same if you take into account the plastic lining that is in between the front glass and the outer antenna on the 4S. So it's not any bigger. I wish it looked like the middle though.
Not really a problem for me. IMO, I actually think that that specific design looks a bit awkward with no bezel. They'd have to change the design slightly if they wanted to shrink the bezel.
Myself I'd much prefer no bezel, but you have to face facts, many people are just like gorilla's when holding items.
Like when you lightly hold a old photo by it's edges just held lightly and pass it to some gorilla to look at who holds it like a 3 year old holding a chalk board and puts thumb prints over the photo surface.
Like when you lightly hold a old photo by it's edges just held lightly and pass it to some gorilla to look at who holds it like a 3 year old holding a chalk board and puts thumb prints over the photo surface.
I naturally grip it by the sides, so for me, and I assume for a lot of other people the top and bottom bezels are about 80% larger than is needed.
I must admit that I have no clue what idea you were trying to convey with your second point. The side bezels are more than large enough to provide a visual border between an app and a sidewalk.
Yes! The middle iPhone is the best IMO, it has the best bezel. How many inches would that make the screen? How much more wider would it be from 640?
And don't forget there is still an engineering need for bezels. Bezel-less displays on consumer electronics are virtually non-existent. I suspect Apple made them as small as reasonably possible.
"But having a bezel around a smartphone's display is not only practical. It also makes the display more pleasant to look at. Let us put it this way: have you ever wondered why pictures tend to look better in a frame? The answer to that has a lot to do with the way we perceive images. You see, a frame acts as a border between the picture and the background, against which it is viewed, thus making it look complete and giving it individuality. As a result, the image stands out as it is separated from its surroundings, which makes it easier for our brain to assimilate the visual information. The bezel on your smartphone's display works in a similar way. Without a bezel, it would be harder for our brains to focus on whatever is displayed on the smartphone's screen, or at least that is the theory."
- http://www.phonearena.com/news/Smartphone-displays-need-a-bezel.-Heres-why_id27670
I think it is necessary. If they are too small, you'd find your fingers accidentally pressing the screen...
How will future iPhones look like? I think it will look more like the right mockup, with minimal bezels. Just look at TV's for instance.
It should be possible to create artificial bezels from a software perspective. Disabling input on the edges at the first input if you know what I mean. Also I think many people hold it by the sides and not the edges, especially the phone due to it's small size compared to the tablet.
It should be possible to create artificial bezels from a software perspective. Disabling input on the edges at the first input if you know what I mean. Also I think many people hold it by the sides and not the edges, especially the phone due to it's small size compared to the tablet.