I like the island, how it works, and how it gives me info on multiple items at once - time counting down and music playing for example. I can see the potential.
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Apple Executives Talk About iPhone 14 Pro's Dynamic Island in New Interview
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They’ll never find a good way to hide the camera underneath the screen.
They’d be correct to complain.
I like Dymamic Island but if I have the option to have the hole cut-outs, i'd take that because it's much more cleaner. Wish there was an option to turn off Dynamic Island though. Also, would like to see Apple make an improvement on the Bezels next year. Feel like the Bezel takes up too much real-estate on the screen. Ideally there would be an All-Screen look to the front.
I rarely even notice the notch on my 11 or 13 (so, I’m now about three years in). It’s a bit weird when watching a video / playing a game in landscape, but I rarely do that.
It’s a bit more annoying on my Mac, where it does cover up a significant portion of the menu bar. They tried to make it clever and tasteful, but especially with lighter desktop backgrounds, it does stand out. (And with pro apps, having some of the menus on the right of it is less than ideal.)
If the 15 or 17 gets the Dynamic Island, I imagine I’ll like that even more than the notch, but really, I can’t complain.
I meant the blacked out pixels in between the face id / front facing camera. I don't mine the cut outs and I thought the "i" looked better than the pill. Those extra pixels while DI is not in use should be turned on.
Like the dynamic island on the new Pro iPhones. Interesting to read more about it.
I like DI. It’s cool. Nice little upgrade. But not life changing or even particularly impactful. Just a nice improvement to the user experience.
I like how Apple is doing these interviews recently. Have they always done them, or is this a relatively new thing they are doing?
I like how Apple is doing these interviews recently. Have they always done them, or is this a relatively new thing they are doing?
Will this Dynamic Island come to the ipad as well? Or imagine a macbook with a dynamic island.
The biggest feature is it does away with a few pop-up boxes in a cleaner, less obnoxious way.
I still can't figure out why they put screens in between the cameras that will never be used unless they decided to make it one large pill at the last second. It might be nice to be able to toggle it off for videos, although that might be more distracting than one big pill.
I still can't figure out why they put screens in between the cameras that will never be used unless they decided to make it one large pill at the last second. It might be nice to be able to toggle it off for videos, although that might be more distracting than one big pill.
Like Android, while not being like Android. 😁
As a 13 yr vs 1 yr Android\iPhone user, notifications are probably my biggest iPhone complaint. Keyboard and speech reco come in a close second though.
Well, will it? I have no in-depth knowledge of how OLED works but here's what already was done: too many pixels get "sown together" into lesser-resolution images but with better colors and light sensitivity. "Virtual zoom" which is a seemless transition between physical cameras with different focal lengths. And for that matter - terrestrial optical telescopes which were so far greately limited by mostly atmospheric density related image skewing/disturbance are now compensated for this and reach levels ever closer to that of orbital telescopes. There is a whole bucket list of things "optically impossible" that are now solved via software and/or some sort of hardware assistance. To assume this task of under-screen camera is not solvable is somewhat akin to under-screen fingerprint sensors, way back in the day.
It doesn't affect videos for me because when the video fills the height there is no video content there. You would see it when scaling video to fit the width, but that crops off the top and bottom of the video so I never watch that way.
I still notice the notch but it really doesn't bother me in the same way that noticing bezels doesn't bother me.
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Of course you can compensate. But at the end of the day, you’re making it worse.
Suppose their current sensor has quality level 1. They could
- use the same sensor, under the screen, and reach level 0.8.
- use a sensor with level 1.25, and reach the same level 1.
- avoid this altogether, use that sensor, and reach level 1.25.
Which are worse than non-under-screen fingerprint sensors, and which notably Apple has so far not used.
No reason for the iPad to get it since the bezels are large enough for the cameras and sensors. But imagine instead of putting the DI in the screen, there were small screens inside the bezel centers.
I wouldn't want it on the MacBook since it would randomly cover clickable menubar items.
How about then I'll make the same statement and I've had every iPhone since the 3G. It's not worth the upgrade for a stupid pill thing and an upgraded camera.
I really don't see the point of implementing something like the Dynamic Island on a Mac environment.
macOS doesn't lack of space to show notifications, widgets and things like that. Even with the notch in the recent MacBooks.
And I sincerely hope Apple thinks the same way. There are features that aren't meant to be adapted to every OS.
I agree.
I believe we are still far away from having an under-the-screen camera and FaceID system, the tech isn't ready yet. But I have no doubts that it will someday be possible.
It is pretty slick but I wasn’t pushed to upgrade from my 11 pro max bought on launch date. Before 11 pro max it was a 7 plus. And every year from the iPhone 4 up to the 7 plus. I never thought I’d get 4 years out of these phones. I’m interacting with my phone fine now and it responds and takes great 4K 60fps video. I watch the past events but nothing says I gotta have it.
I doubt this user wants Android. He wants an *iPhone* without blobs.
Samsung don’t have black blobs on their
Phones, do they? So if they can do it, so can Apple, right?
Reminds me of the Touch Bar for the MPB. The sheer fact of having to look down is a distraction.
No. If the guy/gal is so put off by blobs then simply go with a phone that doesn't have blobs such as Samsung. And move on enjoying happiness. Easy. Whining on a public forum will not change Apple's direction nor make them magically go away with a software update.