Re: The Bezel
Yea the nexus 5 did have the bottom spaced out bezel that was way out there
Yea the nexus 5 did have the bottom spaced out bezel that was way out there
HTC One (M8): The Bezel
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Re: The Bezel
If the bezel serves a purpose for the consumer (e.g., needed for internal workings, or perhaps it provides some end benefit that we aren't yet aware of), then it's fine.
If the only purpose of the bezel is to provide a place for HTC to advertise itself, then I agree with those who are turned off by it.
I'm holding off judgment until the m8 is released and it is determined why the bezel is there.
If the bezel serves a purpose for the consumer (e.g., needed for internal workings, or perhaps it provides some end benefit that we aren't yet aware of), then it's fine.
If the only purpose of the bezel is to provide a place for HTC to advertise itself, then I agree with those who are turned off by it.
I'm holding off judgment until the m8 is released and it is determined why the bezel is there.
Raptor007
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Re: The Bezel
Well I had the HTC One last year and I never had a problem with the buttons being where they were. I also had the GS3, GS4, GN2, GN3 and never hit the buttons in error.
Re: The Bezel
Personally, I don't care about that bezel as long as it keeps me from getting a tacky-*** S5 lol
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Personally, I don't care about that bezel as long as it keeps me from getting a tacky-*** S5 lol
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Re: The Bezel
I want the biggest screen in the smallest phone along with good specs. I have an S4 and have already decided against the S5 since they have not reduced the bezel and went to on screen buttons. IMO the current LG G2 is a better option and if rumors or correct the G3 should be out in May. The HTC One 2 is a runner up if they maximize the screen/minimize the phone size otherwise I'd still prefer the G2 and the G3 will certainly be better yet. I hope the rumors/leaks about the HTC One 2 are wrong as otherwise it's a nice phone...
I want the biggest screen in the smallest phone along with good specs. I have an S4 and have already decided against the S5 since they have not reduced the bezel and went to on screen buttons. IMO the current LG G2 is a better option and if rumors or correct the G3 should be out in May. The HTC One 2 is a runner up if they maximize the screen/minimize the phone size otherwise I'd still prefer the G2 and the G3 will certainly be better yet. I hope the rumors/leaks about the HTC One 2 are wrong as otherwise it's a nice phone...
zizu101
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Re: The Bezel
The placement is okay but not optimum. It was way easier with a nexus 4 which I used for some time.
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The placement is okay but not optimum. It was way easier with a nexus 4 which I used for some time.
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ffejjj
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Re: HTC One 2: The Bezel
I actually like the 2 button format on my One
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I actually like the 2 button format on my One
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Re: The Bezel
2900mAh is a wimpy battery for this phone. I thought the battery on the S5 was a wimp but 2900mAh would be a deal breaker on this phone for me 3300mAh would be a good place for them to start on a new flagship phone. That bezel at the bottom with no home button just a dumb logo is not what anyone wants to see and is inexcusable even in a photo they LET slip out. As far as the buttons go I don't care what they do there, I can get use to what ever they come up with on that.
Re: The Bezel
I have never had a problem the a home button at the bottom as the SIII and S4 but with the home button as the Nexus 10 has I very often have hit that totally by accident. The Nexus 10 does not have the physical home button.
erwaso
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Re: HTC One 2: The Bezel
I dunno. Looking at all the leaked pics, that bottom section below the actual screen is pretty large amount of wasted space.
I dunno. Looking at all the leaked pics, that bottom section below the actual screen is pretty large amount of wasted space.
Re: HTC One 2: The Bezel
I just don't think it will make that much of a difference in day to day use. But, we'll have to wait for the reviews to see if that is indeed the case.
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I just don't think it will make that much of a difference in day to day use. But, we'll have to wait for the reviews to see if that is indeed the case.
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Re: HTC One 2: The Bezel
I personally do not see a big deal with it.
I think the leaks look great. I find it extremely petty to be outraged over a little bezel.
But people have their preferences. So to each their own...
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I personally do not see a big deal with it.
I think the leaks look great. I find it extremely petty to be outraged over a little bezel.
But people have their preferences. So to each their own...
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ffejjj
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Re: HTC One 2: The Bezel
THen my coin is double-tailed Its gross and stupid. Bezel wastes space, and now on screen buttons to waste screen space as well. Great freakin job. Choose one or the other, how hard is it really.
THen my coin is double-tailed Its gross and stupid. Bezel wastes space, and now on screen buttons to waste screen space as well. Great freakin job. Choose one or the other, how hard is it really.
erwaso
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Re: HTC One 2: The Bezel
I'm sure you're right. But im used to hardly any bezel on my LG Optimus G (becuase the back, home and menu lit keys are built into it)
I'm sure you're right. But im used to hardly any bezel on my LG Optimus G (becuase the back, home and menu lit keys are built into it)
iN8ter
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Re: The Bezel
The Nexus 5 is, no offense, lackluster compared to other flagships so the fact that it had a huge bezel did nothing but push it further out of my radar than it would have been if it was a full edge-to-edge device...
Lackluster Camera, Only a Decent Battery, no Micro-SD Card Slot, little to no useful value-add software or hardware innovations, etc.
Nexus devices aren't mainstream, flagship OEM devices that carriers subsidize *are*. That's why hardly anyone complained about the Nexus. The only people who bothered to talk about it were the target market for the device, and it's a small target market compared to something like the HTC One, Galaxy S4, iPhone 5S, LG G2, New Xperias, etc.
On screen buttons are a waste of screen real-estate and the OS does not handle them gracefully. If they went off screen while in an app and could be bought up with a swipe (similar to the Connection Status and other stuff on Windows Phone) then I wouldn't mind them *at all*. But that space is useless while you're in an app and basically downgrades your effective screen space and screen resolution.
The huge bezels are simply unsightly and make literally no sense to have there. HTC had the most retarded button setup on the One/One Maxx and it's the main reason why I got a Note 3 over a One. The device had an iconic design and they ruined it to put a Logo on the bottom when they could have just pulled a Samsung or Apple and put the Logo on the back of the device. It also makes the devicelook badly proportioned. With On Screen Buttons that Bezel makes the whole front of the phone look out of proportion, which is unsightly. When Capacitive Buttons this doesn't happen, but without them there it is very noticeable. This is all part of design. Having a screen placed that way on a phone is like reading text with that is not properly centered, vertically. It's very noticeable and some people just can't shake it.
The Nexus 5 does have larger bezels, but the screen is not embedded on the device out of proportion - at least not to the extent that we've seen in pictures of this phone (alleged, of course).
The Nexus 5 is, no offense, lackluster compared to other flagships so the fact that it had a huge bezel did nothing but push it further out of my radar than it would have been if it was a full edge-to-edge device...
Lackluster Camera, Only a Decent Battery, no Micro-SD Card Slot, little to no useful value-add software or hardware innovations, etc.
Nexus devices aren't mainstream, flagship OEM devices that carriers subsidize *are*. That's why hardly anyone complained about the Nexus. The only people who bothered to talk about it were the target market for the device, and it's a small target market compared to something like the HTC One, Galaxy S4, iPhone 5S, LG G2, New Xperias, etc.
On screen buttons are a waste of screen real-estate and the OS does not handle them gracefully. If they went off screen while in an app and could be bought up with a swipe (similar to the Connection Status and other stuff on Windows Phone) then I wouldn't mind them *at all*. But that space is useless while you're in an app and basically downgrades your effective screen space and screen resolution.
The huge bezels are simply unsightly and make literally no sense to have there. HTC had the most retarded button setup on the One/One Maxx and it's the main reason why I got a Note 3 over a One. The device had an iconic design and they ruined it to put a Logo on the bottom when they could have just pulled a Samsung or Apple and put the Logo on the back of the device. It also makes the devicelook badly proportioned. With On Screen Buttons that Bezel makes the whole front of the phone look out of proportion, which is unsightly. When Capacitive Buttons this doesn't happen, but without them there it is very noticeable. This is all part of design. Having a screen placed that way on a phone is like reading text with that is not properly centered, vertically. It's very noticeable and some people just can't shake it.
The Nexus 5 does have larger bezels, but the screen is not embedded on the device out of proportion - at least not to the extent that we've seen in pictures of this phone (alleged, of course).
iN8ter
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Re: The Bezel
Most people are right handed, and tend to hold the phone in their left hand. They will navigate the phone with their left thumb, but for more complex things (pecking around the keyboard, dragging and dropping stuff, etc.) they will use their dominant hand while holding it in their left hand.
This means that most people are more likely to hit the left capacitive buttons on a device by mistake in the way you are saying. The Galaxy S3 has Menu - Home (HW) - Back. Menu will not destroy your progress in a an app or browser when touched accidentally. The GS5 replaced Menu with Multi-Tasking, but did not rearrange the buttons beyond that and the reason I stated was probably a factor.
Putting the Back Button far-left has always struck me as sort of stupid for that reason.
Secondly, the Bezels on the GS3 were larger than the 4/Note 3 so it is kind of hard to constantly be hitting capacitive buttons on that device. I just upgraded my GS3, so I was using it a week ago. I never had issues with that. The GS4 and Note 3 have much smaller bezels since Samsung didn't want to significantly bloat up the size of the devices, and are much more of a concern than the Galaxy S3 was as far as hitting the capacitive buttons when you want to hit the bottom of the screen. Even then, I just upgraded to a Note III (after trying an iPhone 5S for 10 days) and I haven't accidentally hit a capacitive button - yet.
People also seem to have forgotten the Black Bar issues that were the result of HTC's ridiculous button setup on the One.
The Bar is fine if you put capacitive buttons there. A big bar there with On-Screen Buttons (which cut into your screen real-estate) and nothing but an HTC Logo under the screen? Do they put any value or have any trust in their own iconic design language?
Additionally, and something some people don't seem to be factoring in:
The bezel being there is not the issue. The bezel being there and serving literally not purpose and throwing the visual proportions of the device out of whack (never mind potentially making the device larger than it needs to be) *is* an issue.
Most people are right handed, and tend to hold the phone in their left hand. They will navigate the phone with their left thumb, but for more complex things (pecking around the keyboard, dragging and dropping stuff, etc.) they will use their dominant hand while holding it in their left hand.
This means that most people are more likely to hit the left capacitive buttons on a device by mistake in the way you are saying. The Galaxy S3 has Menu - Home (HW) - Back. Menu will not destroy your progress in a an app or browser when touched accidentally. The GS5 replaced Menu with Multi-Tasking, but did not rearrange the buttons beyond that and the reason I stated was probably a factor.
Putting the Back Button far-left has always struck me as sort of stupid for that reason.
Secondly, the Bezels on the GS3 were larger than the 4/Note 3 so it is kind of hard to constantly be hitting capacitive buttons on that device. I just upgraded my GS3, so I was using it a week ago. I never had issues with that. The GS4 and Note 3 have much smaller bezels since Samsung didn't want to significantly bloat up the size of the devices, and are much more of a concern than the Galaxy S3 was as far as hitting the capacitive buttons when you want to hit the bottom of the screen. Even then, I just upgraded to a Note III (after trying an iPhone 5S for 10 days) and I haven't accidentally hit a capacitive button - yet.
People also seem to have forgotten the Black Bar issues that were the result of HTC's ridiculous button setup on the One.
The Bar is fine if you put capacitive buttons there. A big bar there with On-Screen Buttons (which cut into your screen real-estate) and nothing but an HTC Logo under the screen? Do they put any value or have any trust in their own iconic design language?
Additionally, and something some people don't seem to be factoring in:
The bezel being there is not the issue. The bezel being there and serving literally not purpose and throwing the visual proportions of the device out of whack (never mind potentially making the device larger than it needs to be) *is* an issue.
Re: HTC One 2: The Bezel
I really want this phone, I do but if it indeed has that large a bezel, I'm gonna be out. I love what LG did with the g2, I'm gonna see what they have to offer with the g3
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I really want this phone, I do but if it indeed has that large a bezel, I'm gonna be out. I love what LG did with the g2, I'm gonna see what they have to offer with the g3
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Re: HTC One 2: The Bezel
yeah I saw the videos, I'm just hoping that's not the final product, but I'm thinking it's wishful thinking
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yeah I saw the videos, I'm just hoping that's not the final product, but I'm thinking it's wishful thinking
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