Because of the rest of my comment. It works if there’s another option, but at this point with phones it’s either ugly notch, ugly bezel, or ugly forehead and chin. You have to pick what you like best
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Front Camera Lens on Future iPhones Could Be Hidden With Special 'Pure Black' Coating
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Because of the rest of my comment. It works if there’s another option, but at this point with phones it’s either ugly notch, ugly bezel, or ugly forehead and chin. You have to pick what you like best
The first iPhone combined what had been 2 or 3 separate items into one single device. A phone, an internet browser and (sort of) an iPod. I say sort of with the music player because other phones could store and play music and there were services like Napster to download music but Apple could store a lot more songs and iTunes was a legal place to buy and download music, whereas other services either didn’t have much selection or they were risky because music companies were actively trying to shut them down.
No one had successfully designed a phone like this-although a few companies like IBM’s Simon beat the iPhone by more than a decade- but their screen was small and their cost both in terms of the device itself and the cost of the fax and email services it required was very high.
It's an aesthetic consideration, and I wouldn't expect anything else from Jony Ive.
That said, it will go a long way to making a FaceTime camera on an Apple Watch aesthetically acceptable.
Who cares? And by that I mean care more than just enough to post here to express that they don't care...
Not that this is an overly compelling feature... but what does it hurt if they introduce this? It's not like this would be a flagship feature that they would brag about. Out of curiosity what are 5+ major things that you would consider more important to add?
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If they do try to hide it, it will just look like they wasted a bunch of space in the top for no reason. The camera being visible makes it look at least somewhat justified. Plus I think the camera lens gives the front a bit of character, where the design is ultra-sterile otherwise.
cool idea! couldn't they just use the technology that Samsung already uses that uses the screen EM-waves to form a picture? They used it last year on ESPN: https://yournewswire.com/espn-spying-public-tv/
I’m sure Ive would love to have all eight sensors/transducers in the notch area require zero bezel.
Not sure how the courage meme plays into that though; I don’t think there would be widespread customer whining for removing what’s left of the top bezel.
One of these days we'll have a notchless iphone—the notch is clearly designing forfeiting to engineering. In a few years time they'll be able to fit all of those notch components within the width of the bezel alone. Or at least I hope
Curious to see how will this work without affecting the performance of the camera. I imagine this would be like adding an ND filter to it, necessitating an increase in shutter speed or ISO to compensate.
In real life, you enjoy eye contact because it instinctively makes the conversation more intense.
A camera in the middle of the device behind the display would be the solution. Then, during Facetime conversations, one would look directly into the other person's eyes instead of staring at the upper edge of the iPhone. With the big Zeitgeist-iPhones one avoids the direct visual contact by a changed viewing angle of approx. 12 degrees.
Unfortunately, a technical solution is hardly to be expected in the next few years.
A camera in the middle of the device behind the display would be the solution. Then, during Facetime conversations, one would look directly into the other person's eyes instead of staring at the upper edge of the iPhone. With the big Zeitgeist-iPhones one avoids the direct visual contact by a changed viewing angle of approx. 12 degrees.
Unfortunately, a technical solution is hardly to be expected in the next few years.
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My shiny new space gray 256 GB XS max is home waiting for me
Coming from every + edition iPhone, last years Galaxy Note 8.... I want ALL my screen real estate
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Hey, Largan Precision! Do you want to do a rip down on Apple by 'reinvent' something everybody gets at the roadside?!
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Thank you for reading the article for me.
It doesn't hurt anything. But it's an absolutely insignificant "improvement" to the iPhones. Some worthwhile significant upgrades to Apple's iPhones would be: a battery that lasts more than just a couple days, material that's durable yet indestructible (Apple's glass is terrible), reducing the weight of their phones without compromising the strength (Apple's new iPhones are heavy, the heaviest iPhones to date), smaller sized phones (goodbye SE), and cheaper prices (they keep getting more expensive).
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Battery technology is what it is. It's essentially the same across the industry.
An indestructible material... Really?
I guess a somewhat lighter phone would be nice, but really is the weight harming the usability?
A smaller sized phone would be nice for the vocal minority that is interested in it.
Yeah a cheaper phone would be nice, but thats not really a technological feature.
Your thoughts are great, but you need to be realistic too.
Can we just get that stupid camera protrusion removed on the back. An additional 1mm thicker case would not be noticed, and think of the additional battery life that could be packed into that space.
Well, then you have to buy two iPhones. The standard version will have invisible camera, the max version with have better camera! And people say Apple doesn't give you choices!
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Does that mean cat and dog will look hairless?
Your message got me thinking. Could be something Apple uses on the AR glasses down the road (maybe to prevent other users from seeing what you are seeing?)
Good thought, thanks! Right, I hadn't even thought about the problem yet. And this cannot really be done with conventional coatings known from optics. Physics gets in the way.
