Plus I don't understand. Most of the popups take up a lot of horizontal room. Just don't tap where the cameras are.
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How the iPhone 14 Pro's New 'Dynamic Island' Works
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That also, yes. I don't know why you'd be touching the camera
Who else has decided to wait for iPhone 15 non pro to receive this island gimmick without the premium for pro range?
Nice feature. I like the way they unified all the disparate notifications and app controls into a single space. Horrible name.... Dynamic Island ? Are you kidding me. They should have called it the Eye. It houses the camera and face recognition and is the place you are meant to look for notifications.
Well it makes sense for Droids to be salty about, they have had pills and punch hole camera modules for years now and none of the OEMs ever thought of turning this huge downside to such a great feature. The most they could get was a circular battery ring around it.
It's a genius move IMO. For me, since the 14pro is taller than my 11pro I'll still have more "regular" screen real estate. And if it cuts down on those pretty large and annoying notification banners, it's a win-win.
Maybe now we call The Notch "Plebeian Peninsula"? Eew! Those lesser-class non-Pros! 
My iPhone 12 got mysteriously laggy after iPhone 14 presentation
It's neat, but I see a couple things that could be improved...
The time is now hidden when a new call comes in. Can't quickly see the time to decide if you want to take the call before your next meeting, or maybe you're expecting another call soon.
The signal bars are now hidden during a call. Can't see if poor reception could be affecting the call at a quick glance.
The time is now hidden when a new call comes in. Can't quickly see the time to decide if you want to take the call before your next meeting, or maybe you're expecting another call soon.
The signal bars are now hidden during a call. Can't see if poor reception could be affecting the call at a quick glance.
Valid points, and seem like easy fixes too.
If the phrase "Dynamic Island" got leaked, people would have said it's the name of Apple's metaverse that they're creating their VR/AR headset for. 🤣
Very cool feature! I’m glad it wasn’t leaked and could be a big surprise.
That's what the Apple Watch is for.
Do you expect it to work differently than the notch for movies? I expect it to work exactly the same.
By default a movie does not reach past the bottom of the notch/island.
If you manually zoom in, then the movie will extend into the notch area. Note that when you zoom like that, parts of the top and bottom of the movie are cropped/offscreen. It's not the best way to watch a movie.
This all seems like exactly the behavior you would expect.
But what does it look like when playing full screen video? That's what I want to see.
It's under the screen glass so all it takes is a quick wipe to clear it.
We can only guess it works the same way as the current phones where you can have the video only play in a "safe area" or you can go full screen with it and now you'd have the pill around where the notch previously was blocking content.
I suspect that they will keep the concept once they can put those camera and faceid elements under screen. the only difference would be that the island would not always be visible then.
There might be people criticizing Apple for this, but it is undeniable how Apple can be a creative company when they put their mind into. That is the great legacy Steve Jobs left. And the ones that don’t work for Apple, should learn and be creative in our work. As technology gets democratized and ubiquitous, the difference in this world will be make by the creative ones.
I think it's so clever and can't wait to try it. The notch never bothered me and this seems like such a nice evolution.
