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This is pretty common on lower-end devices and I think the answer is it looks more "high end" to they buyer.

Ask HMD, they made some boneheaded design decisions in the last gen, thinking they are Apple to get away with it. Their sales showed otherwise and now they probably need to get rid of components they bough in advance, so here comes a repairable phone.

Because LCD connectors require space. On phones where the bottom bezel is very small, the display is actually bent.