Huawei’s MateBook X Pro is a thin and light laptop with a high-res touchscreen display, slim bezels, and an… unusual camera design. The webcam’s not above the display, where you’ll find it on most notebooks. And it’s not below the screen, as it is on Dell’s XPS 13 lineup. Instead, it’s tucked into the keyboard, […]
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ZTE Iceberg has 2 notches (top and bottom for front-facing stereo speakers)
Notches may be the controversial smartphone design trend of the year. But it looks like ZTE is thinking about going all-in on an upcoming phone by including not just a notch at the top of the screen, but a second one at the bottom. The Chinese device maker has submitted pictures of an unreleased phone […]
Doogee Mix 4 prototype hides the camera with a sliding display rather than bezels (or a notch)
How do you make a phone with slim borders around the display, but still leave room for the earpiece, camera, and ambient light sensor? Apple, Essential, and a bunch of other companies have opted for display cut-outs, which has the screen wrap around the camera and sensor. Samsung and Google have just opted to make […]
OnePlus defends the notch (and will have one in its next phone)
Over the past few years phone with slim bezels have become all the rage. But the latest solution for slimming the top bezel has been causing a lot of rage: some folks see notches as an ingenious way to give you more screen space by moving the notifications up. Others see it as an intrusion that […]
Xiaomi launches Mi Mix 2S with dual cameras, slim bezels, flagship specs
These days nearly every phone maker has a flagship model with bezels so slim that it seems like the front of the phone is nearly all-screen. But Xiaomi’s Mi Mix was one of the first when it launched in 2016… and it still has an eye-catching design thanks to its ceramic body and slim top bezel. […]
Maze Alpha is a big, slim-bezel, dual-camera smartphone
Smartphones with slim bezels are all the rage these days. The Samsung Galaxy S8 grabs a lot of the bezel-free headlines these days, but the LG G6 also has pretty slim bezels. Xiaomi’s got a virtually bezel-free phone. And Chinese phone maker Elephone has a similar model on the way. I guess what I’m saying is that […]
Lenovo’s ZUK Edge is a Chinese phone with super-slim bezels
The war on screen bezels continues, and Lenovo’s new entry comes in the form of a phone with an 86.4 percent screen-to-body ratio. Lenovo sub-brand ZUK has launched a 5.5 inch Android phone for China called the ZUK Edge, and it has super-thin bezels on the left and right sides of the screen, as well […]
Meizu Pro 7 smartphone leaks/rumors: Bezel-free and powerful
Smartphones with super-slim bezels have been around for a few years, but they’re not exactly common… yet. Xiaomi recently launched the Mi Mix smartphone with a ceramic body and a 6.4 inch screen which covered almost all of the phone’s front, except for a small strip along the bottom. Now there’s a rumor making the […]
Xiaomi’s Mi Mix is a crazy 6.4 inch smartphone for bezel-haters
Some folks seem to wish the front of a smartphone was nothing but screen, seeing bezels as wasted space. We’re not quite there yet… but Xiaomi’s upcoming Mi Mix smartphone comes pretty close. The phone has a 6.4 inch display and 91.3 percent screen-to-body ratio. That’s thanks to ultra-slim bezels around the top and sides, […]
JDI’s new display could lead to phones that are nearly all screen
Japan Display Inc is taking the war on screen bezels to new heights. While we’ve seen a number of phones with super-slim side bezels over the past few years, there are usually pretty thick chunks of plastic or metal above or below the screen: because that’s where you hide the circuitry, speakers, and other gear. […]