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Re:Introducing Android 9 Pie by userbinator on Monday August 06, 2018 @08:54PM (#17703068)
the progression towards bezelless phones

I hope not. The bezel has a very real purpose: a place to hold it without your fingers interfering with the screen, whether by activating a touch or just plain blocking the view. I have an older Android with ~5mm of bezel on all the sides and ~8mm of thickness, and trying to get a good grip while not activating or blocking the screen is hard enough. I remember being handed an iPhone 6, and trying not to drop it was the most difficult part. Holding something that thin is just not comfortable, as is trying to pick it up off a flat surface.

Re:Introducing Android 9 Pie by SkyPuncher on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @12:56AM (#17703968)
I use to agree, but I would except most devices to account for this. I'd except a virtual bezel or software controlled dead space around the edge of the phone.

You'd basically push buttons and the status bar into the bezel, then use the sides much like the Galaxy Edge does.

Re:Introducing Android 9 Pie by dannyw on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @02:23AM (#17704240)
I've never had, or heard of this been a problem with the iPhone X, and I know plenty of people who use it with a case or without a case.