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<\/a><\/p>\nThe screen runs from edge to edge, with no visible inactive area.<\/p>\n
At the right angle you can see the tiniest black line in the corners, but that\u2019s about it.<\/p>\n The frame, however, is a bit thicker than on some other phones.<\/p>\n It\u2019s still a decent OLED display, with a 144Hz refresh rate and 1.5K resolution.<\/p>\n The company sent me a prototype of the Bezelless ahead of its unveiling at the IFA trade show in Berlin, so I could see it in action for myself. There is truly no black border at all around the 144Hz, 1.5K, 6.78-inch screen, except for the tiniest hint of a fraction of a black line I can see just under the frame when I look at the phone at an angle. Looking head-on, the screen ends, then the frame begins, and that\u2019s that.<\/p>\n There is still an inactive edge to the OLED panel, but Tecno has hidden it beneath the frame. The key to the design is the use of two layers of cover glass: The top layer goes up to the edge of the frame, while the lower glass layer and the OLED panel itself both extend underneath it. Designing the phone this way had knock-on effects. It meant building the phone backwards, mounting the display from the phone\u2019s rear rather than its front, which in turn requires securing the screen from the front, with a custom adhesive that sits between the frame and the lower piece of glass.<\/p>\n Tecno redesigned the whole display to be mounted from the rear, not the front. Image: Tecno<\/p>\n And while I might cynically point out that the frame here is probably a hair thicker than on most other modern smartphones, it\u2019s a fractional thing. Stand the Bezelless side by side with this year\u2019s flagship Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus<\/a>, and there\u2019s clearly a little less material wrapping around the screen \u2014 though there\u2019s not much in it.<\/p>\n Tecno bullishly claims that the Bezelless \u201credefines how users will interact with their phones in the AI era,\u201d which feels a bit much. Manufacturers stopped shrinking the bezel because it got small enough that most people stopped caring. Removing a strip of black from the screen doesn\u2019t make this phone feel dramatically more impressive or useful than any other I\u2019ve tested this year. A functional upgrade, this is not.<\/p>\n Still, it does look good. Helped by the light silver frame, the display feels more expansive without a black bar enclosing it. The Android interface now stretches right to the edge, and photos and videos have no border at all (well, at least on two edges \u2014 removing the bezel isn\u2019t enough to solve letterboxing). It also allows a fractionally larger display, or a fractionally smaller phone, depending on how you look at it. It\u2019s welcome, but not a game changer \u2014 eliminating the front-facing edge of the frame entirely would feel more dramatic, but that\u2019s another ask entirely.<\/p>\n Compared to the Galaxy S26 Plus (left) the screen feels a little more expansive without a black border.<\/p>\n The Tecno\u2019s frame is thicker, but the overall border is still thinner.<\/p>\n As a concept device, the specs of the Bezelless don\u2019t matter too much. But for the curious, it\u2019s powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 7400e chipset, bolstered by 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. There\u2019s a big 6,000mAh battery, though the phone itself is fairly slim and light; I suspect silicon-carbon might be involved. What appear to be three rear cameras are actually two \u2014 a 50-megapixel main shooter and 8-megapixel ultrawide \u2014 with a single 32-megapixel selfie camera on the front. I\u2019m a little surprised Tecno didn\u2019t go all in and use an under-display selfie camera to complete the all-screen effect.<\/p>\n The rear of the phone is fun too, with a red notification LED and a butterfly design created with a 3D effect, so that the wings appear to rise out of the phone as you move it in the light. It brings to mind Tecno\u2019s other concept devices from MWC this year<\/a>, which included a phone with a color-changing E Ink rear, and another with neon built in. Most exciting of that set was a magnetic, modular concept<\/a> with a range of compatible accessories.<\/p>\n It\u2019s hard to capture in a photo, but the holographic rear design does appear 3D at the right angle.<\/p>\n None of those concepts have yet become real products, and I doubt the Bezelless will either, and certainly no time soon. But it does prove that it\u2019s possible, which raises the prospect of whether another manufacturer will bring the idea to market. Apple has long been rumored to be developing a bezel-less, \u201cedge-to-edge\u201d iPhone<\/a> for the phone\u2019s 20th anniversary next year. 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