Next to this, you'll find a black display bezel that's wider on the top and bottom of the device.
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We discussed the extremely narrow display bezel, striking RGB notification ring around the home button, recessed camera lens and IR blaster (for the QRemote functionality).
In handling the device closely, we couldn't help but notice a slight gap between the 1, 920 x 1, 200 IPS display and neighboring bezel.
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Improving workflow and creative output even further, the Cintiq 22HD touch offers 16 customizable, application-specific ExpressKeys located on each side of the display's bezel.
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While this is meant to be a premium product, the smear-attracting shell, dodgy build quality and bezel-heavy display rough away some of its initial glamour.
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"Such displays are typically the only source of visual content, so that the media experience is bounded by the bezel of the display, " it said.
Between the plastic and the display is a flush black bezel that gets a bit thicker on the top and the bottom, housing the trademark "n" home button -- a signature, the company explains, that helps people orient the device even when the screen is off.
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Of course, you'd be able to privately view messages inside the bezel, but since the display would also be transparent, you could see through it to landmarks or object around you.
Far along in the development process, Steve Jobs famously ordered Ive's designers to change the look of the iPhone, scrapping its aluminum case for a stainless steel bezel that made the touchscreen display more prominent, according to Walter Isaacson's recent biography of the mercurial Apple CEO.
It's a stubby little thing with well-rounded corners and a clearly defined bezel around the 7-inch display.
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The 11.6-inch, 1, 366 x 768 backlit LED display is surrounded with a bulky, 2cm bezel on all four sides -- making the screen itself seem comparatively bijou and cheapening the look of this otherwise-classy design.
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The Vivo X1 may just be available for pre-order now, but the folks at BBK couldn't help but tease the highlights of its next-generation device already: bezel-free design, 1080p display, big battery and 13-megapixel camera.
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But, with a quick swipe across the top of the bezel that app can hop from one display to the other.
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Instead of shining onto a wall, a clear bezel and lights around the corners of the display will match the color on the screen.
The so-called Coverboard attaches to the tablet magnetically, and the grayish magnetic strip that runs along the edge of the cover matches the silver bezel surrounding the 10.1-inch display.
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The outfit just introduced a pair of touch-friendly, Win 8-ready all-in-one desktops, the 23-inch Aspire 5600U and the 27-inch Aspire 7600U. As you can see in the press shots, the design here is fairly minimal, with an edge-to-edge display, a transparent panel at the bottom of the bezel and a thin frame measuring less than 1.4 inches thick.
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The bezel height between the side of the device and the display itself is 77% thinner.
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There are other off-putting details too: if you press the Start button on the lower bezel while the screen is propped up, the entire display moves.
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There is some good news though: that slimline bezel surrounds a full 12.5-inch IPS widescreen display despite the smaller chasis, with a claimed viewing arc of 178-degrees.
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Though it looks like the screen has a bezel, it's actually an edge-to-edge glass display, with a border that matches the white lid.
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