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Is thin bezels a thing that anyone, outside handset reviewers, actually care about?

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The people tasked with making them smaller care. To the extent that it impacts their paycheck anyway.

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I happen to like having the edges of my fingers or hand touch the screen inadvertently every time I pick up my phone. Bonus points if it’s unlocked and something unintended happens as a result.

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As a small phone enjoyer, I do! The thinner the bezels, the better the screen to body ratio is. It also looks better imo

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2 points

Marketers gotta market something, I guess.

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2 points

If it makes the phone smaller like it did with the iPhone then I’m all for it.

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When has a new model iphone been smaller than the previous one? SE models are not what I am talking about.

They didn’t make the phone smaller, they made the screen larger.

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The iPhone 15 is smaller than the 14 series with the same size screen.

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33 points

I’ve got to ask, who the fuck cares? How is this even news?

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31 points

cool, but what about removable batteries

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And bigger batteries, and headphone jacks, and SD card slots, and front facing speakers, and the magnetic stripe thing for Samsung pay. I miss all that shit, and even the ir blaster for that matter. Phones used to be so cool, like I seriously don’t care if my phone is a few nanometers thicker if it actually makes use of the space

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Samsung: no we cant hear you.

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That’s seriously my top contender for my next phone right now, and it’s a model more than a year old. But it’s the only 1 of 2 available phones on the market with 5g, a removable battery, and an SD card slot. Fucking baffles me.

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No one is going to make them with a removable battery. They will however make them easily replaceable, which they already are.

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They are not permanently glued in anymore? When did they make the change?

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1 point

Isopropyl alcohol and heat removes them just fine. Watch some of the jerryrigeverything teardowns.

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Gasp! Thinner you say! **STOP THE PRESSES! **

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6 points

And…the camera will be hyped up as super amazing!

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And this processor will be better than last year… The best one yet

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But the battery cannot be replaced without huge effort and they will stop updates after two years…so it will be e-waste in 24 months anyway.

Just in time to buy the S26.

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Honestly speaking, I don’t want a thinner phone with a thinner bezel. My current Note 10 is unusable without a case, because it’s like a stick of butter. It is so incredibly difficult to hold, and the curved display really is not helping it at all

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