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Apple confirms iPhone X video playback does not show notch
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OMG, thanks for your link Technarchy.
I always thought iPhone X's screen is slightly wider than iPhone 8's. So it actually says both have the same width on their screens, just that X's is significantly taller. Apple tech spec also says the width of iPhone X body is 70.9mm (2.79") while the width of iPhone 8 is 67.3mm (2.65"), that means iPhone X actually has bigger bezels on both sides than iPhone 8
Smart designing right? Jony Ive knows how to mess with your mind!
OMG, thanks for your link Technarchy.
I always thought iPhone X's screen is slightly wider than iPhone 8's. So it actually says both have the same width on their screens, just that X's is significantly taller. Apple tech spec also says the width of iPhone X body is 70.9mm (2.79") while the width of iPhone 8 is 67.3mm (2.65"), that means iPhone X actually has bigger bezels on both sides than iPhone 8
I don't think it means that at all. "Points" ≠ "Pixels" ≠ "Inches/MM" just because the X has the same number of points in width as the 6/7/8 does not mean it measures that same physical dimensions. The iOS UI has a scale factor to account for that.
https://www.paintcodeapp.com/news/ultimate-guide-to-iphone-resolutions
https://www.paintcodeapp.com/news/iphone-x-screen-demystified
so the ratio of points to inches is different (@3x) on the X than it is on the 6/7/8 (2x). Someone smarter than me can use all that to do the math.
There is an option for the video to crop to fit. Saw it on a 9to5 Mac demo.
My question is, even when the video is not cropped, there's still usable space on the bottom of the phone. They've could've made it a bit bigger and left only the top notch out. It's as if apple wanted the video to be "centered" on the phone. Sadly, that results in a smaller image.
My question is, even when the video is not cropped, there's still usable space on the bottom of the phone. They've could've made it a bit bigger and left only the top notch out. It's as if apple wanted the video to be "centered" on the phone. Sadly, that results in a smaller image.
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It's to maintain the aspect ratio. Most movies are 16:9 but some use different ratios. If you want to fill every pixel you will distort the film by stretching or compressing it. Everything will look distorted. Ever see an old TV show recoded in 4:3 fill a 16:9 TV? It looks terrible. The alternative is to add pillar bars or letter boxing.
I think he means something like this, where the video would not be fullscreen but would still fill a larger area without any cropping by having asymmetric left and right borders.
We now know that you don't have to 'zoom in'. That's the default. If you want to change it, you zoom out, and why would you do that? Forget the notch, the aspect ratio would be all wrong.
The width of the X (2.79") is wider than that of the 8 (2.65").
I think the quote you keep posting relates to the visible display in portrait mode: https://developer.apple.com/ios/human-interface-guidelines/images/OV_47_Cropped.svg
The blue represents the visible area in portrait mode when cropped for aspect ratio. Vertically, the pinkish areas will be seen as well. The majority of extra space on the screen is vertical, yes, but they have added a fraction to the width as well.
Yeah, that's exactly what I meant! Had a small typo on my previous post. My bad.
This would've been much better! The image won't be centered, but it'll be bigger! That's a plus!
Because the notch is hiding (!) content of the video (or a photo), which to me is unacceptable.
But content is being hidden when viewed full screen anyway - I think that was the point. If "MY CONTENT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART" really is the most important part, why are you zooming the content to full screen knowing it's cropping your video lol.
I agree with you when i play YouTube videos on s8+ then there are 2 black bars on left and right which makes me feel its not the full use of the screen but then when i crop the video both left and right bar goes away and then the real beautiful edge to edge can be seen. When i play some YouTube videos it adjust to the s8+ screen size automatically and the message appears on the screen "automatically adjusted to fit screen" this adjustment is not cropping its actually the full use of the screen i guess implemented by google specially for s8+. Check this video in YouTube and play it on s8+ then you will know what i am talking about:
You can also crop or use original size video on this adjusted screen.
I've posted this in another thread as well, but I guess a re-posting is in order. Playing with the numbers on these two pages, I've created an illustration of the different display sizes. I must admit that I find this a bit confusing, but if I understand this correctly, the iPhone 8 Plus has a larger display area than the X, both when measured in square cm/square inches and in "square points". However, the pixel count is greater for the X than for the 8 Plus, and I assume that means that the X will show more detailed photos?
Note that these numbers are for full-screen, not for the safe areas – I've not subtracted the status bar or the home bar area of the X. Taking these areas into account, the numbers for the X would all be worse.
EDIT: updated illustration due to typo in iPhone X points
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For the majority of the movies out there the notch is a non issue. Assuming you are watching a movie recorded in a 16:9 ratio. Another way of defining 16:9 is the HD resolution of 1920x1080 (or 1080p) (1080i, 720p and even 4k exist but for the majority of films this is the resolution.) This just happens to be the same resolution of the iPhone Plus series. The only Phone in Apples lineup that you can watch a video edge to edge without getting some distortion or loss in video resolution.
Here you can see the screen of the iPhone 8 Plus (1920 x 1080 or 1080p) in comparison to the higher resolution iPhone X. At 1125 pixels. The iPhone X has a few pixels to spare across the top and bottom. Probably just enough to eliminate any edge distortion caused by the curvature of the glass screen along the edge.
Forcing a movie to fill the screen can only be accomplished by two methods.
Here you can see the screen of the iPhone 8 Plus (1920 x 1080 or 1080p) in comparison to the higher resolution iPhone X. At 1125 pixels. The iPhone X has a few pixels to spare across the top and bottom. Probably just enough to eliminate any edge distortion caused by the curvature of the glass screen along the edge.
Forcing a movie to fill the screen can only be accomplished by two methods.
- Stretch the video to fill the screen horizontally. This can be done another of ways but all of them require smearing the left and right edge causing it to look distorted similar to stretched out silly putty
- Zoom the video so the left and right edge of the film meet the left and right edges of the display (with or without the notch.
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Yes, but in the case of the iPhone X you will also see a black notch overlapping a part of the video. It's far more distracting than black borders. It concerns me even more when it comes to viewing photos in which case there will always be the notch overlapping a part of a carefully framed photograph afaik. Same goes for games and apps. And having white bars on Safari to left and right in landscape is a horrible UI experience and it also limits the viewing area. Also, when zooming out on a video, the actual area becomes even smaller than on the 8 Plus! Same goes for the horrible line at the bottom indicating the home swipe. When looking at webpages in portrait mode, the black bar is overlapping the content. Not very pleasing to the eye. Also, I can't even imagine how often it will happen by accident that you get send to homescreen when all you wanted to do is to scroll down the webpage by swiping up from the bottom.You're hiding much more of a video anyway if you go full screen!
[doublepost=1505730106][/doublepost]Re how photos will look on iPhone X, check out this article on 9to5Mac: https://www.google.at/amp/s/9to5mac.com/2017/09/14/iphone-x-notch-photos-video/amp/
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That's quite a bold statement in a thread with subject "Apple confirms iPhone X video playback does not show notch"...
If you watch a 1920x1080 movie on the iPhone X without zooming in, the notch will not show.
Also take a look at this illustration: https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...ne-8-plus-screen.2068501/page-3#post-25052174
EDIT: sorry, I see now that I took your claim out of context.
Different zoom options? There is only one option besides the default notchless but reduced view area, which is the option to zoom in and than have a notch covering a part of the fullscreen video that also gets cut to the left and right. Lovely.
[doublepost=1505755081][/doublepost]I just ordered an iPhone 8 Plus, can't get over the notch (and I am also not sure about that FaceID)...a shame as I was ready to pay the extra for the X.
Yes, by default, you don’t see the notch unless you double tap to fill the screen. Same as it is now.
Even when not zoomed the iPhone X has a larger screen for viewing videos than the standard iPhone. it falls in the middle between the 8 / 8 Plus at 5" on the diagonal vs 4.7" / 5.5" for the standard and plus respectively.