What the hell is the obsession with thin bezels? No one wants inch wide bezels of course. But the phone's nowadays have bezels that are thin enough. Now, it's becoming counter-productive.
My Note 3 has decent sized bezels and they are not super thin by any means. But when using it one hand, it's next to impossible to browse the web.
The sides of my hand keep touching the screen because of the thin bezels. So scrolling becomes basically impossible.
Frickin stupid obsession with thinness.
It's not an obsession... yet. One thing to keep in mind is that phone makers need to gin up reasons for people to be dissatisfied with their current phone so that they can buy a new one.
The last battle was pixel density. PPI was the most reported on spec. People bought into it. Displays that were wonderful clear and colorful suddenly became terrible and horrible and blurry (because their PPI was less than 300)
It's looking like bezel size will be the next one. Watch people start to lose their minds and claim that any phone with a bezel greater than 1/100th an inch to be a clunky chunky mess.
I've been using a Sharp Aquos Crystal for about a week now. It is virtually bezel-less on 3 sides. I have had no problems with accidentally triggering actions because of the lack of bezels.
The practical benefit to the lack of a bezel is being able to have a larger screen in a smaller footprint. Having a 5" display on a device that is no bigger than a Galaxy SII Skyrocket (4.5" display) is very nice.
