Apple iPad bezels to get slimmer with LIPO technology

Apple is planning to reduce bezels not only on the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, as reported, but on future iPad models, as well. Thinner bezels – and ultimately, Apple’s long-haul dream: a truly bezel-less device – are possible with the help of LIPO technology (not to be confused with Li-Po battery tech).

A Bloomberg piece hints at LIPO technology for the iPad, but it’s not mentioned which sub-models of the popular tablet are to benefit from this hardware liposuction. The question of ‘when’ is also not addressed, but given the fact that we’re about to see LIPO technology in the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, we’re surely not too far away from an (almost) bezel-less iPad.

LIPO is not LiPo

LIPO is short for ‘low-injection pressure overmolding’, something it was used on the Apple Watch Series 7, which trimmed borders down and allowed for a larger display. Here’s what Gurman’s piece reads:



Although LIPO and LiPo consist of the same letters, upper case makes the difference. LiPo (abbreviated as Li-Po as well) is short for ‘lithium polymer battery’ (a rechargeable battery of lithium-ion technology using a polymer electrolyte).

How to trim down 0.0275591 inches

Trustworthy Mark Gurman noted that the current 2.2mm bezel on the iPhone would be shrunk down to 1.5mm. In terms of Imperial measurements, the reduction is a total of 0.0275591 inches (from 0.086 inches to 0.059 inches).

0.027 inches might not be listed as an overwhelming change in your book, but remember – technology deals in nanometers (one inch is equal to 25,400,000 nanometers), so every atom of free space counts.