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The iPhone 16 Professional may sport the world’s slimmest bezels on a smartphone. Its borders will apparently measure simply 1.2mm, with the iPhone 16 Professional Max having even slimmer bezels at 1.15mm.
The slimmer bezels ought to assist offset the dimensions improve as a result of Apple utilizing bigger shows on its 2024 iPhones.
iPhone 16 Professional may function an virtually bezel-less show
Rumors recommend the iPhone 16 Professional lineup will use shows 0.2 inches greater than their predecessors. So, the iPhone 16 Professional may sport a 6.3-inch display, whereas the iPhone 16 Professional Max may swap to a huge 6.9-inch panel. Slimmer bezels will assist Apple match the larger shows with out growing the telephone’s dimension by the identical proportions. Smaller bezels can even assist give the telephone a extra futuristic look.
Apple has been progressively lowering the display borders on its Professional iPhones for the previous couple of generations.
In line with leaker Setsuna Digital, the iPhone 16 Professional’s borders will measure 1.2mm. For comparability, the iPhone 15 Professional’s bezels measure 1.71mm, whereas that of the iPhone 14 Professional measures 2.15mm.
Leaker Ice Universe corroborated the declare, saying the upcoming iPhone will surpass the Galaxy S24 “to become the world’s narrowest bezel mobile phone.”
Apple may use a posh tech to scale back iPhone 16 Professional’s display borders
A report from The Elec in April of this 12 months indicated that Apple would use Border Discount Construction (BRS) tech to slender down the iPhone 16 Professional’s bezels. Whereas difficult, the tech permits for slimmer bezels with out negatively affecting efficiency. Nevertheless, this has brought on complications for Apple’s suppliers as they’re struggling to fulfill the excessive requirements.
Given the value distinction, the non-Professional iPhones are unlikely to ship with such slim bezels. They need to nonetheless see a slight discount of their display borders, although.
The iPhone 16 dummy models have already given us an concept of the potential dimension improve as a result of greater shows. However we should await real-life images to see how the slim bezels will look.