iPhone 16 Rumored to Feature Even Thinner Bezels

[MacRumors]

Some iPhone 16 models will feature thinner bezels thanks to Border Reduction Structure (BRS) technology, The Elec reports.

BRS technology allows for a more compact and efficient layout of the screen's underlying circuitry, enabling slimmer bezels without compromising on the display's performance or the device's overall form factor. This requires precise and advanced manufacturing techniques, given the complexity of tighter circuit placement and the need for bending some wiring downwards beneath the bezel.

Display Driver ICs (DDIs), the components at the center of this manufacturing challenge, control the activation and illumination of pixels on the OLED panel. To meet Apple's requirements, LG Display is apparently diversifying its DDI supply chain, bringing on board Novatech from Taiwan alongside its existing supplier, LX Semicon. This move is designed to increase quality control while reducing costs.

It is not clear whether the slimmer bezel technology is destined for the standard iPhone 16 models, the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max, or both. It may be more likely to appear singularly in the iPhone 16 Pro models since these devices are expected to see display size increases from 6.1- to 6.3-inches and 6.7- to 6.9-inches, without a substantial increase in overall size. It is also worth noting that Apple reduced the bezels of the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max last year significantly more than the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus. Last month, a report coming out of Korea suggested that BIS technology will come to the entire iPhone 16 lineup.

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[Havalo]

And they say Apple can't innovate?! That's definitely going to convince me to upgrade from 15Pro.

 

[billnye97]

Like cool and all but come on. Something needs to change with the design. It is stale.

 

[MuppetGate]

And they say Apple can't innovate?! That's definitely going to convince me to upgrade from 15Pro.

If you have a 15Pro then you’re not the target market.

 

[roncron]

If the bezels get much slimmer, it will be hard for me to hold the phone without triggering an accidental screen touch around the edge. That already happens sometimes, when my 15PM is not in a case.

 

[klasma]

Samsung in 2014:

 

[oldwatery]

Wow! Just Wow! Apple are so lost!

 

[whateverest]

Yeah, I was thinking on this as well. Now Apple could bend on all sides and place virtual buttons there. Or real buttons in display cut-outs like the island.

 

[MayaUser]

Again, this is about iphone 16 and not the PRO
So maybe close to Pro series bezels

 

[MayaUser]

Samsung in 2014:

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and samsung in 2024 back to flat displays as Apple

 

[MayaUser]

If the bezels get much slimmer, it will be hard for me to hold the phone without triggering an accidental screen touch around the edge. That already happens sometimes, when my 15PM is not in a case.

because you have the Pro model...here is about the normal iphones that are behind, so probably will have same bezels as the 14 pro models

 

[madmin]

Apple comes up Trump's with Border Reduction Structure 🙃

 

[nfl46]

Lol. Jesus, Apple. We’re tired!!!! That’s the iPhone 11 Pro through iPhone 15 Pro.

Add the iPhone 16 Pro to it.

 

[JCCL]

Thinner bezels and more buttons. What a time to be alive!

 

[ric22]

Like cool and all but come on. Something needs to change with the design. It is stale.

What do you want, a circular phone?

 

[MayaUser]

View attachment 2365449 Lol. Jesus, Apple. We’re tired!!!! That’s the iPhone 11 Pro through iPhone 15 Pro.

Add the iPhone 16 Pro to it.

the 16 pro will probably be the same

 

[oofio2461]

Reduce that dynamic island at the top, please. I feel like it's been the same size for 7 years now.

 

[MayaUser]

What do you want, a circular phone?

Agree, even Samsung came back to norma, flat displays

 

[MayaUser]

Reduce that dynamic island at the top, please.

Next year , it is rumoured

 

[HackMacDaddy]

Guys, you gotta see the iPhone as the Porsche 911 of phones. Only incremental changes, refinements and improvements here and there but the designlanguage stays the same. Many are complaining but can you imagine the sarcasm and sh*%storm if Apple radically changed the iPhones design? I bet everyone would hate it because it doesn‘t look like an iPhone anymore.

 

[SAIRUS]

Guys, you gotta see the iPhone as the Porsche 911 of phones. Only incremental changes, refinements and improvements here and there but the designlanguage stays the same. Many are complaining but can you imagine the sarcasm and sh*%storm if Apple radically changed the iPhones design? I bet everyone would hate it because it doesn‘t look like an iPhone anymore.

Apple has a great track record with cars…

 

[contacos]

View attachment 2365449 Lol. Jesus, Apple. We’re tired!!!! That’s the iPhone 11 Pro through iPhone 15 Pro.

Add the iPhone 16 Pro to it.

Here I thought the golden one was actually the XS Max lol

 

[IllegitimateValor]

Just don’t sacrifice durability for thinness.. Dropped my XSmax on the gravel three time and now with a couple small knicks there’s a ghost in the machine, sometimes allowing no touches, sometimes touching of its own accord, and sometimes functioning normally.

 

[Rogifan]

I remember Apple’s marketing for the X:

 

[spillled typos]

I miss being able to hold my phone without touching the screen