98 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 66
OPINION
Oppounveiledits‘waterfall’screen,featuringan
88 ‑degree fold that practically wraps the display
around the side of the phone, all in the name of
eliminating unsightly bezels once and for all.
And I’m done with all of it. I’ll admit that Infinity
Displays and Dewdrop screens make for gorgeous
renders—you need look no further than the Note10
shots to see that. But when you get past the
prettiness, the only thing that thin bezels do is make
our phones harder to use and easier to break.Less bezel, more problems
Thedream,ofcourse,is tomaketheworld’sfirst
completelybezel‑lessphone.Severalcompanies
haveshownoffpie‑in‑the‑sky concepts that shift
componentsandbuttonsawayfromthescreen,or
underit—Oppohasalreadydevelopedanin‑screen
selfie camera. Barely‑there bezels are already a signSamsung dramatically
reduced the bezels on
the Galaxy S10+ (right)
as compared to the S9