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Has Anyone Else Seen This iPhone Rendering Before?
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Yeah, I don't get what would be the point of a side screen, other than to show that they could do it.
I do. I'm a human being, not a spider with four pairs of eyes. So, icons that are effectively hidden for me most of the time would serve no useful purpose.
It's a funny pic, though. I imagine that the 'monolith' from 2001 A Space Odyssey could display something like that if it felt so inclined.
Never understood the appeal of this one. The back looks nice but that home button looks like it's ready to fall off.
Ok apologies I joined the forums not too long ago and hadn't seen this picture before.
Looks similar to this actual Samsung prototype:
Samsung says they'll be producing a phone like this soon.
I think the idea is to be able to display side notifications when you have a closed book-like case, although I have no idea why you'd be looking at the side. Unless perhaps you set it that way on a table at a meeting so only you can see what's going on.
Now, a display on the TOP of a shirt pocket held phone, that could be useful, as you could just glance down at your pocket to see who's calling.
Edit: Okay, well let's say you were using the entire front to watch a movie, but still wanted to be able to see controls and/or notifications. Then, yeah, a side display could be handy.
Samsung says they'll be producing a phone like this soon.
I think the idea is to be able to display side notifications when you have a closed book-like case, although I have no idea why you'd be looking at the side. Unless perhaps you set it that way on a table at a meeting so only you can see what's going on.
Now, a display on the TOP of a shirt pocket held phone, that could be useful, as you could just glance down at your pocket to see who's calling.
Edit: Okay, well let's say you were using the entire front to watch a movie, but still wanted to be able to see controls and/or notifications. Then, yeah, a side display could be handy.
Agreed on the home button, but the appeal is primary because there's no wasted space which is still present on the current generation iPhone.
I think side screens are a brilliant idea. I lay my phone down on the bedside table and need to lift it up to check it. If I could just look over at the table and see the side screen and check it that would be sweet. Of course it perpetuates my idea of the lazy American but I never said I wasn't a hypocrite. This includes any time it's laying on a table.... of course you would have to pay attention how you lay it down but that's not a problem, I'm a bit anal.