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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* (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