Yeah same here.. Most of the time I forget it's even there... I really thought they were going to move all notifications to the DI... especially native app notifications.
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iPhone 14 Pro Is the Dynamic Island really annoying?
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This is how the DI is in the frame. As there is a little space between the DI and the edge of the screen, the DI appears to be "in" the movie. The notch appears more as part of the edge, to my brain anyway. I forgot about the notch in minutes. The DI keeps bugging me still.
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The above image is a "fill screen" video zoom mode. In my video player I can also select "original" video zoom mode, see image below. It's a waste of screen real estate but it's more pleasing to my eye to discard the DI.
Maybe in a few weeks I don't notice the DI anymore and switch back to fill screen, who knows.
I’m a month and a half in and having gone back and forth on the issue - I like it and want it to stay. The phone actually letter boxed videos in the beginning for viewing movies but now I just watch it with the Island there in the screen. Actually I wouldn’t mind to see all sorts of notifications (but just in the island and not expanded) in the island as I watched movies…
Small things like for screen recordings I had to swipe down and the same to turn it off but the island shows it is recording and a long press shows the control to stop it. Things like that.
You get used to it and as more features get added it will just become another part of the experience.
Small things like for screen recordings I had to swipe down and the same to turn it off but the island shows it is recording and a long press shows the control to stop it. Things like that.
You get used to it and as more features get added it will just become another part of the experience.
Yeah, I've heard of that also the aspect ratio that cuts into it slightly more, below. I think it depends on the aspect ratio though of course of what's viewed. Like in the one you showed it would be unaffected.
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I'd pay Apple $25/year for an "off" switch for Dynamic Island.
Maybe that could be an innovative new business model for companies...provide obnoxious and annoying features that are "on" by default, and charge customers a monthly fee for the ability to turn them off.
Maybe that could be an innovative new business model for companies...provide obnoxious and annoying features that are "on" by default, and charge customers a monthly fee for the ability to turn them off.
Not sure why it was even necessary to rearrange the notch downwards. So we got rid of the notch and now we have it in the screen. What's the point? Okay if it were invisible like sub surface Touch ID or something that could be called progress. But now we get the same cutout, but more noticeable in the viewing perimeter and in the way of apps.
I never understood all the complaining about the notch to begin with. They gave you more screen. The alternative is to cut the screen off below the notch, giving you less screen.
Honestly...it's such a stupid thing to complain about. Sure as hell beats a moving hole in the screen. The lit space above the hole is totally unusable. Why even have a screen there?
Honestly...it's such a stupid thing to complain about. Sure as hell beats a moving hole in the screen. The lit space above the hole is totally unusable. Why even have a screen there?
Agree. I think it’s simply an apple decision for identification as apple devices. We had the home button then the notch and now the “island”.
I think it will stay for a while.
I returned 14 Pro and kept my 13 Pro mainly bc I didn’t like the way DI sits lower on screen and is more obtrusive when scrolling in Safari. Takes up a lot more screen space when compared side by side with 13P - seemed like it took 10-15% more screen space blacked out at top of screen when web-surfing (which I do a lot). I’m sorta shocked this doesn’t seem to be a big deterrent for others. I dont watch many movies on my phone so that wasn’t as big an issue for me as scrolling. Maybe not as important if you’re interested in the Pro Max iteration.
Had my 14 Pro for a week or so before returning it and going back to a 13 mini.
DI is a novelty/gimmick really.
It was interesting to start with but quickly forgettable. I like the check animation the DI performs when using Face ID, but apart from that DI was rarely utilised.
There's just not enough use for it at the moment. Apple's own apps barely make use of it in any imaginative way.
Watching full screen videos is irritating with the pill cutout, it just sits there as a hole in the picture. This is where the notch edges it.
It's the iPhone equivalent of the short-lived Touch Bar on MacBook Pro IMO - we'll have it on iPhone for the next couple of years and then it'll be gone.
Just surprised that the refreshed MacBook Pro kept the notch and didn't go with Dynamic Island, maybe that'll come.
DI is a novelty/gimmick really.
It was interesting to start with but quickly forgettable. I like the check animation the DI performs when using Face ID, but apart from that DI was rarely utilised.
There's just not enough use for it at the moment. Apple's own apps barely make use of it in any imaginative way.
Watching full screen videos is irritating with the pill cutout, it just sits there as a hole in the picture. This is where the notch edges it.
It's the iPhone equivalent of the short-lived Touch Bar on MacBook Pro IMO - we'll have it on iPhone for the next couple of years and then it'll be gone.
Just surprised that the refreshed MacBook Pro kept the notch and didn't go with Dynamic Island, maybe that'll come.
I love the Dynamic Island. The animations look sleek, it's practical and useful, and like reviewers mentioned it's a great way of turning something that can't be hidden into a cool feature.
The only annoyances I have with it are:
1) not enough developers have utilized it (yet)
2) the pill shape does get in the way and is noticeable when watching videos and you zoom in to fill the screen (which I do often)
The only annoyances I have with it are:
1) not enough developers have utilized it (yet)
2) the pill shape does get in the way and is noticeable when watching videos and you zoom in to fill the screen (which I do often)
It’s still new, and being that it’s software once apps and more so Apple develop software linked to it there’s a lot it could be used for.
Personally I prefer it to the notch in that it actually does something other than hold hardware, but does it annoy me? Nope I don’t even notice it now.
Personally I prefer it to the notch in that it actually does something other than hold hardware, but does it annoy me? Nope I don’t even notice it now.
I can tell you what I don't like about push button start. On my cars I have these ignition key "fobs" that behave like ignition keys, and they have three positions, similar to ignition keys: off, electronics on, engine on.
With the button, you get "off" or "engine on". Every time I get a replacement car that has a button I don't know how to get into the situation where I can sit in the car with the engine off but keep the music playing for as long as I want, e.g. when I'm waiting for someone.
If you have an ignition key or this equivalent system, it's easy.
Now back to the topic. I'd say this screen cutout would annoy me, especially when browsing the web. On the home screen I use a wallpaper that fades to black on top, so it hides it (example attached).
When watching videos just avoid zoom-to-fill and give up some screen real estate. But for browsing and email, which are my main uses, the cutout will be there. I think the notch was better.
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Try pressing the start button with out your foot on the break. That should start the electronics with out the car starting.
Works in my car, so I’m assuming it should work in most others.
It really depends on the car. For Toyotas, for example, what you described is the normal procedure for starting the car. If you don't press the brake but press the on/off button, you get told off and nothing else happens 😂
I don't have this problem because like I said, my cars have a fixed key-like thing with an intermediate position.
There should be a feature where you can hide it. When I’m viewing a close up of some photography I just took with the iPhone 14 pro new lenses, the dynamic Island gets in the way he been watching videos on Vimeo, if you want a close up and being in landscape mode, the DI is in the way.
Bugs me too. That's why I have a Tesla.
To OP:
I think the dynamic island is pretty amazing. Still surprised when it does something new.
I really enjoy dynamic island since launch. It's never distracting for me and is pretty useful for things that I do on my phone. Plus it just feels futuristic if that makes sense lol.
The dynamic island has nothing but good in my mind. I’ve had no issues I’ve enjoyed it. Photos videos etc. the absence of the screen doesn’t bother me at all. I’m used to it than iPhone X.
