It certainly seems to he symmetrical to me. More symmetrical, at the very least. Bezel symmetry isn't nearly as important on a device with curved sides as the angles make the symmetry seem like an illusion unless the device is held directly front and center. Even in that situation, depending on the curvature of the glass, you'd actually find that the bezels would be required to be slightly amorphous in shape in order to "seem" symmetrical when held in the aforementioned position.

With flat displays, I'm a huge stickler on uniformity and symmetry. I personally think Apple has gotten it right by widening bezels in favor of symmetry with the thickest bezel. From a functionality standpoint, it actually is fairly pointless of a difference. There are trivial arguments about the tiny percentage change in usable space, slightly different power requirements along with the ergonomic factor of the various button/gesture UIs out there; still though, the visual tranquility that the bezels on devices like the S22/S22+, Pixel 5, and all iPhones since the X create (in my opinion) trounce those arguments entirely.

Just make them thicker and more uniform if the display is flat, it'd probably further accentuate the tiny bezels on the devices equipped with the curved displays that more or less started this trend in the first place. That's my opinion, at least on the bezels.

If I'm to be honest, this article seems to epitomize the stagnation that had occurred a few years ago before the iPhone X (and, in a way, the Galaxy S8 a few months earlier) kicked off with the ultra premium segment. We may see another trend of experimental designs that that era was known for. I think something like moto mods could well become a thing for the Android side of things. A universal standard similar to magsafe would allow manufacturers to create ecosystems for their devices that could transcend the device itself, thus making customers more likely to shell out for a more expensive accessory.

LG had their secondary display that turned out to be a dud, yet technology now shows that was actually just the early forms of what would become edge to edge displays that are now ubiquitous. Motorola had some interesting moto-mods for a little while but their inability to keep the standard going resulted in the idea getting scrapped. Doing something like that for the entire industry would be ideal, like incorporating the standard as an advanced form of Qi wireless charging. Essentially, they could just standardize a specific magnet array (a la magsafe), NFC placement, and some form of data transfer standard (like WiFi direct) for devices to adhere to.

Slap on a full on mirrorless camera with a ~micro 4/3 sensor that is the size of kit lens, all powered via reverse wireless charging. Maybe try any of the countless magsafe ideas already out there, like wallets or stands. Something like a speaker could be added, with or without a battery pack (one would wireless charge and the other would use reverse wireless power sharing). All wireless chargers would have a single magnet design to adhere to. It'd be awesome!

My question is whether they could skirt by adding it to the Qi standard without infringement on Apple's magsafe pattents. Magnets are magnets and it'd actually be kinda counterproductive to force a company to heavily differentiate simply to not resemble a magsafe magnet arrangement.

I have no idea what they mean by the S22 having non-symmetrical bezel? It appears symmetrical to me. And as for the curved edges... I think they're great.  What they need to bring back is something that differentiated them from any other... MST. There are still too many places that don't use NFC.

It might be a good move by Samsung

They should drop the curved edges worst feature of this phone..