iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max Bezels Get Compared To iPhone X; A 30 Percent Decrease Over A Period Of Six Years

Apple is reportedly using a process called ‘LIPO,’ or ‘low-injection pressure over-molding, allowing the company to manufacture displays with thinner bezels for both the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. However, as much as everyone appreciates changing up the design of upcoming flagship phones, one comparison reveals that the iPhone X, Apple’s first full-screen iPhone, only has 30 percent larger bezels.

Side-by-side image comparison of iPhone X bezels with the upcoming iPhone 15 Pro models does greater justice in showing the massive difference

The bezels on the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max are said to measure 1.55mm, with both flagships expected to surpass the Xiaomi 13 Pro’s record, a smartphone holding a bezel measurement of 1.81mm. Increasing the screen-to-body ratio by even a millimeter beyond a certain threshold is a Herculean task, so the 30 percent reduction might not do justice in describing the aesthetic change.

Instead, 9to5Mac has included an image showing how the bezels would differ when the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone X are placed next to one another. As you would expect, the difference is night and day, with the 6-year-old iPhone X looking dated in design, even though it still looks pleasing to this day. Current-generation iPhones’ display bezels measure 2.2mm, so going down to 1.55mm might not appear as a major difference on paper, but inspecting them through a side-by-side comparison provides a better context.

However, as mentioned above, Apple’s adoption of the LIPO process might have been the only way that this design change would be possible. The iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max should be on display in the coming weeks, giving multiple media outlets a closer look at those bezels, but that feat is only the tip of the iceberg of what is to come in the future. ChinaStar, a display manufacturer, is rumored to start mass production of panels sporting a bezel measurement of only 1mm, making it 64 percent thinner than the bezels of the upcoming ‘Pro’ models.

9to5Mac notes that the biggest visual difference can be seen between the iPhone 15 Pro and the iPhone 11 Pro, which may encourage 5-year-old iPhone owners to upgrade later this year. Ultimately, Apple’s goal is to deliver that full-screen experience to users, and it has reportedly requested its supply chain partners Samsung and LG to provide it with samples. That goal will likely take years to reach fruition, so for now, we will check out the progress made with the upcoming flagship models.

Written by Omar Sohail