Weekly poll: where to go after the notch?
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- Anonymous
- m5N
- 22 Jul 2018
I think full screen Virutally no bezel looks ugly, the phone suddenly has no character. i wouldnt want to go back to chucky sony bezels but a small bezel top and bottom give your handset character.
Future wise id like a phone that had a small bezel top and bottom but the phone didnt have a top or bottom you could use it either way around. with both ear pieces doubling as speakers. this would be really handy if you cracked your screen and it was causing trouble one way just use it the other.
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- Anonymous
- 043
- 22 Jul 2018
kevinmcmurtrie, 22 Jul 2018Too bad we've already had camera, speaker, and DROP PROTECT... moreI never understood how a bezel, apart from being a steel frame like on the HTC One M7/M8/M9, should protect anything. I mean, the display and the bezel are both covered under the same sheet of glass. The bezel-part of the glass doesn‘t stop the crack from entering the screen-part of the glass
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- Anonymous
- 043
- 22 Jul 2018
There is only one reasonable answer, the one with the absolute majority
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- Gauri
- gN@
- 22 Jul 2018
Symmetrically designed 16:9 ratio phones like Meizu 15, Nokia 8 sirocco have thin and proportionate bezels & at same time 18:9 ratio phones like Sony XZ2 compact, Honor 9 lite have aesthetically pleasing proportions that are loved by one & all.
Even bigger behemoths like Huwei Mate 10 pro, Pixel 2 XL, Samsung S8+ & note 8 showcase perfect use of lower bezel by either implementing fingerprint scanner or stereo speaker in it.
These phone manufacturers should bring back backlit capacitive keys in lower bezel ! It's a nifty feature all companies skip just for saving few bucks.
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- Rob
- mE0
- 22 Jul 2018
Whackcar, 22 Jul 2018We already have fingerprint readers under display. Putting ... moreEven an in display fingerprint scanner sits on top of the display, the problem with putting the camera behind a display is that even on an OLED there is a fine matrix of transistors driving the screen, they are not transparent, and the camera would be visible through the screen when dark content is displayed, sadly I don't think that technology if feasable yet.
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- Anonymous
- D0b
- 22 Jul 2018
Notch is out-dated now :p
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- Anonymous
- 7Ac
- 22 Jul 2018
#makebezelsgreatagain
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- H-1
- 3y{
- 22 Jul 2018
I don't mind side bezels up to 2 mm, as one of them holds the cover/case in place and the other makes it easier for my finger to reach the edge of the display without hitting the cover.
A chin is a good ergonomic choice until we see how good Google's gesture implementation is.
- Whackcar
- y@W
- 22 Jul 2018
For the moment, I think the best option is to use small bezels like how Samsung does it. 2nd best option would be to use displays on the back. 3rd best option would be slide-out cameras (but only if they find a way to make it IP67/IP68 certifiable). 4th best option would be a notch or hole in the screen. That's what i think.
- Whackcar
- y@W
- 22 Jul 2018
Anonymous, 22 Jul 2018Are you real people????Camera under the display?Maybe for 1... moreWe already have fingerprint readers under display. Putting cameras under display won't take that long. We'll see them in Chinese phones by 2020 (with imperfections) & mainstream phones by 2022 (with refinements). Wait & watch!
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- Oppaii
- sxs
- 22 Jul 2018
Anonymous, 22 Jul 2018Are you real people????Camera under the display?Maybe for 1... moreThe progress in our technology is so fast... Very fast. Imagine were about to get humans on Mars just a couple of centuries after the Industrial Revolution.
It might sound that its a long period of time but its not actually thats too fast.
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- Oppaii
- sxs
- 22 Jul 2018
I always wanted a camera under the display since 2013 when i heard it the first time.
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- AnonD-771260
- Ixv
- 22 Jul 2018
Anonymous, 22 Jul 2018Are you real people????Camera under the display?Maybe for 1... moreYou'll see in next 3-4 years already first examples.
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- bloop
- xGB
- 22 Jul 2018
Hole in the screen is actually not that impractical, it's just like the Essential notch but not connected to the upper edge. I'd expect it would have the same hidable status bar style as all the notch displays now, but it would probably be the smallest possible piece out of the display.
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- Anonymous
- pp}
- 22 Jul 2018
Are you real people????Camera under the display?Maybe for 10 years or in matrix you live.
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- Anonymous
- 63t
- 22 Jul 2018
Honestly, I don't think this poll has any sense. We all know under display camera is the best option, since it really is the only one without a downside while being the most esthetically appealing. It would have been a lot more meaningful to ask the best alternative to the notch, PROVIDED we will NOT have under display cameras (with image quality comparable to the ones we have now) before a few years in the future
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- Anonymous
- pp}
- 22 Jul 2018
Notch will stay for years with us.....not problem for average Joe....
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- kevinmcmurtrie
- qSw
- 22 Jul 2018
Too bad we've already had camera, speaker, and DROP PROTECTION in a small bezel and we can never go back to having it again.
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- Anonymous
- XS5
- 22 Jul 2018
screen on the back is a good option for people loves taking selfies or groupies. is it really possible to have a camera underneath the display without a hole? that is interesting.
