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Apple introduces iPad mini built for Apple Intelligence

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317 points diwank | 5 comments | 15 Oct 24 14:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.665s | source
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hnburnsy ◴[15 Oct 24 16:39 UTC] No.41850392[source]▶
Ugh, that bezel.

Will full coverage screens with a software driven, virtual bezel every be a thing?

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alpaca128 ◴[15 Oct 24 17:15 UTC] No.41850746[source]▶
I don't get why some people get so worked up about bezels. I like being able to hold my devices without accidental inputs, and to me they look better anyway.

I wouldn't mind 3cm wide bezels and accordingly larger batteries.

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hnburnsy ◴[15 Oct 24 18:34 UTC] No.41851643[source]▶
Virtual bezels and let the user choosing.
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1. alpaca128 ◴[15 Oct 24 20:50 UTC] No.41852957[source]▶
And pay for a screen size I won't use? No, thanks.
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2. hnburnsy ◴[15 Oct 24 21:50 UTC] No.41853476[source]▶
Could be dynamic, example, watching a movie, no bezels. Remove the bezels from the top and/or bottom, that changes on the device orientation. Placed in a stand remove the bezels, add them back when picked up.
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3. lucb1e ◴[15 Oct 24 22:17 UTC] No.41853677[source]▶
That sounds awesome actually. Makes me wonder how hard it would be on a rooted phone to just have it tell the software the screen is a few pixels smaller so you can touch chose sides safely, and remove the restriction again when you're in movie mode

Never heard of anyone making that but this would honestly sound like the first innovation in several years, not incremental like "GPS now finds a solution 2 seconds faster" and "the mobile data now uses 7% less energy" but something that is now possible that wasn't a feature before

4. jojobas ◴[16 Oct 24 04:24 UTC] No.41855591[source]▶
Imagining that with Apple you're paying for the screen size is a bit rich.
5. alpaca128 ◴[16 Oct 24 09:59 UTC] No.41857335[source]▶
So what mechanism would you suggest to reliably detect when I want to pick it up so it adds the bezels before I'm able to cause any accidental input?