I think it's good UI design over a hardware flaw. It's a black area that is unusable on the screen, but why not just fill it with UI that would have dark space in it anyway. Pretty smart.
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How the iPhone 14 Pro's New 'Dynamic Island' Works
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It’s still a notch. Therefore, it’s still a flaw, not a feature.
I honestly don't know anyone who watches movies on their phone.
No sir, I don't like it. I'm going to call it the Suppository.
No Thunderbolt port, same processor as last year and the fanboys still lap it up. What a joke. I won't be buying one.
No Thunderbolt port, same processor as last year and the fanboys still lap it up. What a joke. I won't be buying one.
This means the pill is going to be with us for a minimum of 2 phones. Probably 3 and maybe 4. 4 would be really disappointing, but 3 seems about right. So picking up this phone or next years seems a good bet if you're not an every year upgrader or can't wait until under the screen cameras.
It's a great display of merging hardware and software development to hide a hardware limitation. Other than that, it's a trick, nothing more. A great trick but let's not take it out of context.
No offense but this question is kind of wild. It’s an entire hardware change that made this possible, which you had to have noticed.
I do. I know others who do. Plenty of people have different use cases for their tech. When you're travelling, on a break at work, waiting between jobs at a site, sitting in a cafe etc. There are plenty of times you're not at home. The Max is big enough to watch something comfortably. Of course it can't compare to watching at the cinema, at home on a TV or even on an iPad, but for the sake of convenience it can't be beat.
I didn’t bother watching the advert I mean show as I found it very boring and very predictable and I can’t stand the whole way it’s done now .
I can understand they did all this pre recorded video stuff when the pandemic was in full swing , now it’s over why can’t they go back to live shows ?
We have been swiping down touching the notch area for years now.
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Not like I sat through it either. They have this thing called chapters. Went to iPhone one. Did some forwarding. Wasted a few mins.
My only thing is that apps will need updated. It’ll happen but I’m also good with waiting for iPhone 15 and not go through it.
I have to wonder, with the resources that went into creating the Dynamic Island (which I think looks so fun and engaging) will they really ditch it in favor of a full-screen design with a hold punch camera or under-display True Depth camera system any time soon? My thought is, no. The DI is here to stay for a few years at least, while other aspects of the phone change instead (mesh speakers, round volume buttons, flush cameras with periscope lenses, etc.).
I remember Apple initially had a name for the notch on iPhone X. The Ears. That wasn't really for the notch but for the 2 sides of it.
I call both very minor or at leas for myself irrelevant. I already have a clock widget on the main screen and never once I look at the signal bars since they are never a good reflection of the reception strength. Have had poor quality calls with full reception bars and excellent quality calls with one to none bars. I personally do not look at them to determine the call quality.
"Do not disturb" does what you want as far as notifications. The volume level indicator auto hides always. So I think get what you want with "Do not disturb".
I don't see any reason it wouldn't work with the notch just as well, and it seams to me that the notch is higer on the display
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