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Why don't more phones have symmetric bezels? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Asymmetric bezels low key bug me. Are there technical reasons why they're hard?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You mean liake top and bottom bezels being different sizes?

Its due to tons of reasons but usually its driven by what is in the phone and where it is placed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Both. Side bezels. Top and bottom. I'd just like consistency and symmetry.

My daily driver is a Pixel 4XL. It has a lot of stuff crammed into the forehead. But with notches and holepunches that doesn't seem like it should be necessary anymore.

[–] SponTen 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It isn't necessary any more, which is why all Pixels since the 4a have had small bezels all the way around. You literally got the last Pixel with a thick forehead.

As to why they're not all perfectly symmetrical on all phones... I've seen a few answers:

Cost; it's expensive to shrink the bezel that the display connector is under
Design style
Shrinking all as much as possible, which typically leads to the side bezels being thinner than the top and bottom

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