yes, so that you can tap on a camera or face id cutout and still use DIAre the pixels in between the cut outs functional?
I meant like in a future update where you can have them on with then rest of the screen while dynamic island is not being used. So we get a bit of extra screen real estate when viewing content. It's not much but would be a nice feature.yes, so that you can tap on a camera or face id cutout and still use DI
If you check the tech specs for the new phones, the screen is around 20px taller to compensate for the slightly lower DI. The result is about the same amount of safe area under the DI as under the notch.
It seems to me that, from a functional standpoint, Dynamic Island-like behavior could just as easily have been implemented with the traditional notch (although a smaller notch would have made it a bit easier).
Agreed, I think this is the most likely answer, vs. they chose to use dynamic island last minute. You don't get such polished UI, and make it a key talking point in your keynote, from a last minute addition.I think Apple intentionally kept everyone in the dark on dynamic island, including hardware and support groups. Hardware is perennially leaked so it was critical that a new, hyped feature not be described or illustrated on any of the pictures or pre-production documents.
It also seems unlikely that one of the core interaction points of iOS was a “late addition”. Apple succeeded in keeping a secret, which is pretty impressive considering the size of their company and supply chain.
I take that bet.$10 the pill will be option available in iOS 16.2
The notch is an icon, I love itJust finished setting up my 14 Pro and i've got to say, after having the notch on the X, 11 Pro, 12 Pro and 13 Pro - this is the first one i've actually noticed. It's feels a bit obtrusive, it feels a bit low down compared to the notch (it is) so screen real estate is less...the content starts further down on the phone.
I'll get used to it but considering all the moans the notch never once bothered me in 4 years of using it - and this, initially has.
Lack Lustre ? 😳 The new camera system is hardly lack lustre on top of everything else new on it, like the properly implemented and true always on display, 4k vastly improved Cinematic mode, the only thing missing on it is a 10x telephoto lens and a USB C (which majority of Apple users don't care about).....I would call that a substantial upgrade, even though I'm staying with my 13 proAlmost every review I’ve seen has singled it out as the coolest and most innovative part of a mostly lackluster release….
This is pretty much precisely what I was thinking as well except I think it happened pretty early on in the creation process and had a team dedicated to it immediately after the idea came upI suspect originally this i design was going to play into their marketing with iPhone being written on the screen in images to depict the i as the first letter.
But later on when they came up with the Dynamic Island (as a software UI thing) they realised it looks better when passive to have a pill shape and not two disjointed cutouts.
And this may be why some of their marketing imagery is using the earlier design but I'm just theorising.
What tight secrecy? We know almost everything Apple announce months before. Only a gimmicky little feature called Dynamic Island we don't know. So that's now secrecy.Maybe they got it from the leakers. Apple's secrecy is very tight... at least within the company, that is.
This is probably right“ It seems most likely that due to the siloed nature of Apple's internal structure, employees responsible for web design, developer resources, and support documents were unaware of the Dynamic Island until directly before the Apple event.”
That does seem the most likely reason. Obviously the dynamic island software wouldn’t be ready for anyone outside the team to use until pretty late in the dev cycle.
My first though was that Dynamic Island was a late addition to the software.
My first though was that Dynamic Island was a late addition to the software.