Anyone else actually LOVE the notch?

[maflynn]

Don't like it, I think it's a fail on Apple's part to have the notch. More so, if this was intentional to make the iPhone more iconic and less generic. There are other ways to make the design iconic then to introduce a design that actually impacts how it works.

I'm enjoying the iPhone X, its a great phone, and for the most part the notch does fade into the background, until I watch a video landscape, or even in portrait, look at a photo that take the whole screen - then the notch is very noticeable.

 

[Deeds500]

In your opinion of course ! .....

Yea nah, it does.

 

[waquzy]

I love it, doesn’t bother me at all, even when watching videos full screen.

Its iconic

It has the best design since iPhone 5.

 

[aevan]

I got so used to the notch and the rounded corners of the screen that I can't imagine going back.

the notch gives the X a very noticeable profile... when I open an app that doesn't embrace the notch, the phone literally looks like any other phone with an "all screen" design. I love the particular character it gives the phones. Also props to apple for nice using the software to embrace the notch.

Love it. I tried an all black wallpaper which hid the notch and was surprised how less iconic the design looked.

Also, Apple (and several developers too) is doing some smart things in the notch area, it feels good. Like a special, dedicated space for things, similar to Watch complications. Hard to explain it.

So, yea, I love it. Any other alternative (larger bezel, hiding it with a black bar, etc) would be so much worse for me. It’s one of those Apple-specific decisions that make your device feel special and fun.
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How can you possibly love it?

Because it’s a limitation overcame with style and used in a smart way. In a similar way certain scars can actually look cool on a person. I have one over one eyebrow and I always thought it gave me a bit of character. Sure, my eyebrows are not symmetrical, but it looks interesting and my gf likes it.

Same with iPhone X. Sorry you can’t see it, but don’t belittle people that do.

 

[Pips333]

Im not a prolific poster on any forum but I'm gob smacked at this storm in tea cup !

I have absolutely no issue with it what's so ever FWIW.

 

[thedropout]

Im not sure how one can "love it". In landscape mode do you think,"omg this is amazing, the cut out of the video really makes it better. Its a necessary thing at the moment to get something new out . I just hope apple doesnt make this a thing for 3 years. with manufacturers going crazy with new all screen displays apple needs to stay relevant with the times. But if their history has shown us anything, they will push out new colors and sit back and talk about how amazing it is in 2020

 

[x-evil-x]

I dont prefer it no. Actually saying you like it is crap to me. If they had no notch and the same rounded corners the experience would be 100x's better and you know it...
The os needs dark mode for the X the way they have it now. How far they bring down the tabs in apps with the notch makes it not worth the extra screen real estate. I was hoping for safari to not have top bar and to have it transparent even with the clock and other side part. I still think it would look better with the content going all the way up even if the clock and right part are still there. I feel like they can do better with the os to Make it take advantage of that area.
Until then im hoping for a jailbreak that helps this as apple might not have os changes the following year for a better experience.
As far as now I deal with it. Do I prefer it? Hell no

 

[blackdogaudio]

I dont prefer it no. Actually saying you like it is crap to me. If they had no notch and the same rounded corners the experience would be 100x's better and you know it...
The os needs dark mode for the X the way they have it now. How far they bring down the tabs in apps with the notch makes it not worth the extra screen real estate. I was hoping for safari to not have top bar and to have it transparent even with the clock and other side part. I still think it would look better with the content going all the way up even if the clock and right part are still there. I feel like they can do better with the os to Make it take advantage of that area.
Until then im hoping for a jailbreak that helps this as apple might not have os changes the following year for a better experience.
As far as now I deal with it. Do I prefer it? Hell no

Sounds like you might have just bought the wrong phone. I'd consider a Droid if it bothered me that much. That's a lot of money to spend on something you use so frequently and aren't 100% satisfied with.

 

[THE JUICEMAN]

The only time I “love” it is when a developer makes use of the ears. For example Instagram shows the volume bar up there. A few other apps do other things in the notch as well.

 

[I7guy]

Nothing like anthropomorphising "the notch".

 

[iMi]

Sounds like a digital Stockholm syndrome...

I noticed the notch when I played with it in the store, but I will admit that it wasn’t as intrusive or noticeable as I expected after seeing pictures. I think once you start using the device, it kind of blends into the background. With time, one would probably not even notice it’s there.

 

[Steve686]

it ends up blending into my daily usage and is such a non issue unless you are looking for it to be an issue.

 

[DiveKitty]

I would not say love, more like it is a complete non-issue for me. I really don’t pay much attention to it, except in terms of functionality for swipe gestures.

In my experience the only people who really seem to give this much thought to the notch are those really, really into new gadgets, and those looking to bash the X. Not one person I have come across in real life seems to even really care about it one way or the other, or even notice it. It is just part of the new iPhone X, like the forehead/chin/home button were in models prior to the X, and just like other manufacturer phones have their own identifying characteristics.

 

[newellj]

There's a notch? What notch?

 

[eyedoc2020]

The Apple Kool-Aid is very strong in this thread. The notch is a disaster. It looks like crap. Apple could crap in a box and say this is the best after shave cream you can buy. And the Koop Aid drinkers would buy it up.

If it looks like crap, functions like crap (in landscape mode) it must be crap.

 

[newellj]

The Apple Kool-Aid is very strong in this thread. The notch is a disaster. It looks like crap. Apple could crap in a box and say this is the best after shave cream you can buy. And the Koop Aid drinkers would buy it up.

If it looks like crap, functions like crap (in landscape mode) it must be crap.

A disaster, really? A genuine disaster? OMG. Luckily, there's a solution! We can just go back to a black band all the way across the display. That would be much better.

 

[GlenK]

Loving the notch. Only the high end models have the notch. It's a status symbol. Yea!!!



j/k

I think that's called a "Gap"..

As for the notch, I thought it would be a problem, but hardly even notice it any more.

 

[Gameboy70]

And that scares me. Personally I would hate to see Apple go with fashon over function. Thats just my opinion though.

I see retaining the notch as the opposite. Even if Apple can miniaturize the sensors in the TrueDepth array, they're going to augment them over time, just like they did with the camera bump. I've always hated the camera bump, but it's unrealistic for me to expect Apple to ship a more modest camera just because I'd rather have a flush lens.
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How can you possibly love it? It obscures part of the display in games and video. It's not symmetrical.

I don't play games, so I can't say how that's affected. As for video, I'm a purist when it comes to aspect ratio, so I'd rather watch the symmetrical pillarboxed default than zoom into a cropped, asymmetrical version just to fill the screen. Unless you double-tap to zoom, the notch doesn't obscure anything.

When the iPad was introduced, quite a few people complained about letterboxing on widescreen videos, but to me, it's always been obvious that you're getting more picture, not less.

I upgraded from an SE, so videos on the X with black bars on the sides are still larger than fullscreen videos on the SE.
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Sounds like a digital Stockholm syndrome.

True of some aspect of every Apple product in history.

 

[iTom17]

Got my iPhone X since yesterday, and I was pretty sceptical of the notch. I wasn't so sure if I'd actually adapt to it. But it turns out I can. I know and notice that it's there, but not in a way it obstructs anything. It has become part of the iPhone experience for me already!

I don't love the notch, but neither do I hate it. I just like it.

 

[Gameboy70]

In my experience the only people who really seem to give this much thought to the notch are those really, really into new gadgets, and those looking to bash the X. Not one person I have come across in real life seems to even really care about it one way or the other, or even notice it.

This has been 100% my experience as well. I haven't met a single person IRL that's mentioned the notch; they're just anxious to see the phone, and they react positively. Interestingly, I've had several people ask about Portrait Lighting—something I would've though would be an obscure feature—and Animoji, but no questions or mentions of the notch.

 

[Contra1971]

I have had mine for 11 days and NO I don’t love the notch, but after a short time you don’t even notice it

 

[BvizioN]

So for those who love it. Will you be upset if they release the phone next year without the notch?

I really don't think it will!
For one, Apple is not a company that changes things that frequently designiewise. This notch may get thinner over the years and gradually fade in the display.
Second, I think Apple wants to give iPhone some sort of character to differentiate itself from other similar bezeless smartphones. So for few years I think there will be a notch. Now everyone talks about it but It will soon be forgotten, just like antenna bands.

 

[thesaint024]

Again, I am indifferent. But how can people say “there is no way to love the notch” but at the same time say it’s the most repulsive thing they have ever seen? How much data is covered by the notch and the rounded corners that it freaks people out? Like others have said, ton of android phones (and other iphones) out there that look exactly the same and symmetrical if it is so disturbing. I must be drunk on the koolaid.

 

[newellj]

I really don't think it will!
For one, Apple is not a company that changes things that frequently designiewise. This notch may get thinner over the years and gradually fade in the display.
Second, I think Apple wants to give iPhone some sort of character to differentiate itself from other similar bezeless smartphones. So for few years I think there will be a notch. Now everyone talks about it but It will soon be forgotten, just like antenna bands.

Not to mention that if you read up on the design of the phone, it's really not clear where else they can put the hardware required to make FaceID work, other than go to a full-width band, which a lot of people in this thread would seem to prefer.

 

[Bako-MacAddict]

It bugged me at first. But now I don’t even notice it.