Bezel Less Display: Tech Trend of 2017

With the long- rumoured launch of Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+, bezel less display is becoming the new tech trend in the tech world !! 

Bezel-less is becoming all the rage, with almost every manufacturer pushing out bezel-less devices to attract consumers. There are many point to consider if bezel less is becoming the new tech trend of 2017.

While Xiaomi started the trend of bezel-less smartphone with Mi Mix , LG followed soon with their flagship G6 coming up with almost bezel-less design, and now even the galaxy S8 and S8+ has been announced with bezel-less display and it definitely looks amazing.

With almost every other deice boasting about bezel-less display, I think its time to take a deeper look into how bezel less is becoming tech trend of 2017 and a lot of its pros and cons.

Xiaomi surprised the world when they announced the Mi Mix and the phone looks absolutely amazing and if you like it on camera believe me it looks a way better in reality.

Lets talk about some of the pros of bezel less display first. Bezel less display as you'd expect are free to look at and make the phone look futuristic. There is no denying that the phones like Mi Mix do attract lot of attention and admiration. Also with the increase in screen to body ratio, phones can manage to pack a larger screen on smaller size body. However a higher screen to body ratio isn't of a great thing.The Mi Mix for example comes in with highest screen to body ration of 83.6 %. Compare it with LG G6 having screen to body ratio of 78.6%. however i still much rather use lg g6 because small bezel on the sides are actually quite helpful and having the proximity sensors and front facing camera on the right place isn't something i am about to let go for a bezel less design.

 

Since bezel less phone can manage to cram in larger display in a small footprint it also means more easy to handle and use device but that is not the case with mi mix. The aggressive reduction in bezels almost makes it more difficult to use. However the phone like LG G6 and Galaxy S8 and S8+

seem to have hit some sweet spot with bezel less display, managing to cram in a proximity sensor and a front-facing camera in what I would call the right place.

All is not sunny in the bezel-less world though , there are lots of cons to having a phone with bezel less diaplay. For startes the ease with which the display on a bezel less phone might damage on impact is just a lot higher than on phones with bezels. Displays on these devices is realy vulnerable. Another big issue is software optimization. Yeah we are talking about software in a video about hardware. the point is that  bezel less displays are always in contact with the user's hand even  when they are just holding the phone. The software in these devices need to be optimized enough to know when the screen is being touched because the user is holding the phone and when the screen is being touched because the user is using the phone. That is a very important difference to make and it can only be done with good software. Fortunately devices like s7 edge S8, S8+ are extremely good at this.

Another major problem with bezel less display is that there is not enough room for the front cmaera to be properly placed or a front facing finger-print reader. Now a days many people out that I know prefer a rear mounted finger-print sensor but I am not one of them and them. Mi Mix is the classic example of the front-camera problem. The bottom mounted front-facing camera is hassle to use. 

Personally I don't think higher screen to body ratio is what the future of phones will be like.

Bottom line is I don't think bezel less is the future of phone  but less bezels probably is. :P