Starting from the iPhone 6, Apple has used a curved bezel made of aluminum alloy, and the bare metal feel has reached its peak. Even if you don't have a shell for a long time, you won't get fingerprints at all when you use it, at most there are some stains, and the wipes will be instantly clean as soon as you wipe them.
However, the iPhone 12 suddenly returned to rectangular bezels, which everyone thought was a tribute to the iPhone 4. The real reason is hard for everyone to think of, one is to enhance durability, and the second is for 5G. Do you remember? The iPhone 12 is the first 5G iPhone!
Let's talk about durability first, the iPhone 12 has improved water resistance and scratch resistance of the screen (super magnetic crystal panel).
This has been confirmed in many drop tests, the screen is indeed more resistant to falls, but the back is broken, and the repair is not cheap at all.
To be honest, the anti-drop is due to the straight screen design of the iPhone 12, with Apple's obsessive-compulsive design style, curved screen with arc, straight screen with rectangular, obviously the straight screen is more resistant to falling, the film is also simpler, and it is not easy to have white edges.
Then there is 5G millimeter wave, because the iPhone 12 began to support 5G, in some areas, such as the American version of the iPhone 12, there is a long flat groove under the right side of the mobile phone bezel, which is 5G millimeter wave, and the curved border cannot do it.
Then again, what is the experience with a rectangular border? As a user who has been updated almost every year since the iPhone 12, the bare metal feels really not as good as the iPhone 11 and before, but the rectangular bezels are not useless.
The feel of the bare metal is really not good, but the iPhone 15 Pro began to make a transition treatment on the back, and the grip feels much better than the 14 Pro, and it will not be obvious that it is awkward, but it is still not as good as the iPhone 11, if you wear the case at the same time, the two feel very close.
In addition, the rectangular border does not require any support and can stand directly on the table, which is something that a curved border can't do.
As a heavy mobile phone user, I personally still prefer curved bezels, not only the feel is better, but the visual multi-angle look is also more refined, but unfortunately the iPhone should not be seen in the future.
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