iPhone 14 Pro Max Rumored to Feature 20% Thinner Display Bezels

The iPhone 14 Pro Max will feature 20 percent smaller bezels around the display, according to newly shared CAD renders.

iphone 14 pro max bezels render
The CAD renders, shared by the Twitter account "ShrimpApplePro," show a design for the ‌iPhone‌ 14 Pro Max that is broadly in line with other illustrations and measurements from 91Mobiles and Max Weinbach. Much like these previous renders, the most noticeable changes include a centered pill and hole-punch shaped front-facing TrueDepth camera array in place of the notch and a larger rear camera bump, but otherwise the design seems to be very similar to the ‌iPhone‌ 12 Pro and ‌iPhone‌ 13 Pro. The renders are accompanied by a range of specific measurements for different aspects of the device.

The ‌iPhone‌ 14 Pro Max's bezels will reportedly be 1.95mm thick, a moderate reduction compared to the ‌iPhone‌ 13 Pro Max's 2.42mm bezels. One reason for the reduced bezels could be to make more space between the top bezel of the device and the top of the new pill and hole-punch cutouts. With these reduced bezels, the top of the cutouts will purportedly sit 2.29mm below the top bezel of the display.

The extent to which the reduced bezels will have a noticeable effect on the front of the device is questionable. Last year, users debated whether there was a difference between the sizes of the ‌iPhone‌ 12 and ‌iPhone‌ 13's bezels, and it seems plausible that Apple could slightly change the thickness of its bezels even on devices that ostensibly have the same display sizes.

Nevertheless, a 20 percent reduction on the ‌iPhone‌ 14 Pro Max is likely to be more noticeable than any change between the ‌iPhone‌ 12 and ‌iPhone‌ 13 models, but it is worth noting that these measurements do not include the 1.15mm thickness of the stainless steel frame that sits around the display, which could make the change look less drastic. The reduced bezels are likely also too small to change Apple's marketed 6.7-inch screen size, even if the actual display area is larger in reality.


Update: This article originally referred to a tweet from Quinn Nelson that suggested the ‌iPhone‌ 13's bezels were slightly larger than those of the ‌iPhone‌ 12. It compared an iPhone 12 mini to an ‌iPhone‌ 13 Pro and was not a like-for-like comparison, so was corrected by Nelson at the time, and the erroneous reference to it has been removed.

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wanha Avatar
43 months ago

20% easier to crack your screen - so 20% more money earned through phone drops.
Somebody give this guy a hug
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zilchfox Avatar
43 months ago
I’m sure folks won’t like me saying this, but I don’t think they should be thinner. They’re already thin enough, otherwise I feel like I’m gonna erroneously and accidentally press things even more on the display than I already do.
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43 months ago
Hope ios16 to take advantage of that top space to bring some additional icons for DND, alarm and so on...Apple please take advantage of your new cut design and dont let it be empty/dead space there
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azentropy Avatar
43 months ago
Can't wait for the iPhone 14 mini! ;) ?
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43 months ago
Yes! This is the news I want to hear. I also can't wait to read the comment section of people who are bummed about this.
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iBreatheApple Avatar
43 months ago
Funny because 20% of an already small bezel seems like virtually nothing but I bet after 6 months of use our iPhone 13 screens will appear clunky and outdated with its fat bezels lol.
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