Starting to remind me of this. By the time Apple removes the notch, at this rate, it will be 2036.
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iPhone 13 Models Feature 20% Smaller Notch That's Just a Tiny Bit Taller
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Yeah made me think of these 'boxier' Android notches also, think arguably it looked better (better being a relative term here?) before, more streamlined.
Would be nice if they actually used the extra space for something, like showing the actual battery %.
They'll milk the curent design at least another year, book it.
I don't hate the notch that much. Well, at least not on paper. But when I saw that the notch hides the numbers from the battery percentage icon in the upper right corner (Status Bar) of the screen I opted out.
That's definitely a step back and not forward.
Okay. I get that they don't want you to resize the status bar or its font size. But why on Earth can't you let us switch the battery percentage icon to showing just the percentage number instead?
And for anyone wondering, no, the 20% reduction in notch size was not enough to give us back the percentage numbers.
So it's another year of waiting till they kill the notch.
I've been using iPhones with a notch since the X and honestly don't even notice it or think about it as I'm using the phone. Clearly many, many people disagree with you based on sales. And, no, that doesn't mean they're stupid or don't have proper taste, so don't even go there. Obviously many agree with you too, but I wonder if they've actually used the phone as their daily driver over an extended period of time in an unbiased manner.
@dcdandan Come on, now, turn that frown upside down! I was hoping you'd reply with your own experience, since you obviously disagree with something I said. How much day to day experience have you had with a phone with a "notch"? How has that notch affected your use of the phone in real life? Look, obviously the ideal thing would be no notch, but I'm just saying it's not this atrocious thing that people are making it out to be.
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Yes, doing the same design for just two years would be very atypical for Apple. I mean, even the 11 Pros were really just iterations of the Xs and X designs.
I only see Apple doing a new design next year if iPhone 13 sales disappoint(they won't).
We're all doing a lot of assuming here just based on a supposed leak.
Apple wants to do a lot of things with the iPhone. But above all, these things have to be feasible and I'm not sure a notch-less iPhone with Face ID is feasible yet.
It's narrower but nothing has changed in the indicators area? And now you have less vertical height for content because of the increased height of the safe area. 🤣
The battery icon doesn't give you adequate info? A quick swipe down brings up the control center that displays the percentage numerically.
I can't grasp why I can't tap a switch in Settings and just get the numbers instead of the icon. And this won't even be a feature in the iPhones 13 despite the smaller notch.
Completely irrelevant if they haven't utilized the extra space. Look, I am an iPhone user and will continue to be when I upgrade, but Apple are just flat out lazy and are riding their reputation this year. This years lineup is grossly underwhelming.
I missed/haven't read all the news of today yet.. I saw this article first.
This is a joke right? I'm laughing
This is a joke right? I'm laughing
They could donate all the money cost from developing the new notch as is time wasted 💯
Who cares about 2mm shorter, the notch is a huge pain, few mm shorter wont make any difference
Who cares about 2mm shorter, the notch is a huge pain, few mm shorter wont make any difference
Getting rid of the notch would be a selling point. They needn't have bothered with this.
True dat. A notch is a notch. It’s like saying you’re second daughter is 20% less ugly than your first daughter…
This really is a worthless upgrade. Heavier, bulkier and a longer notch.
I’ll stick to my 12 Pro.
I’ll stick to my 12 Pro.
WhatTF does this mean? iPhone 13 are incredible devices packed with the latest technologies. Greedy? What do expect? A paper-light, completely transparent iPhone that can read your mind? Gah, complaints like this annoy me... just appreciate the fact that Apple is giving us stellar technology that the industry chases. It's largely irrelevant that Samsung was first to 120GHz, when the entire modern Samsung phone family was inspired by iPhone to begin with.
Speaker grill isn’t at the top like rumoured and the notch is barely smaller. Would’ve been better if it was shallower than thinner but hey ho, gives me a good reason not to upgrade this year.
Apple's new iPhone 13 models that were released today feature an updated TrueDepth camera and a new design for the notch, which has been slimmed down.
Apple said on stage that the notch is now 20 percent less wide than the notch used in prior models, but comparisons between the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 confirm that the new notch design is just a tad bit taller.
In the overlay above, you can see the size difference in action. The notch is indeed a good bit smaller, and the tiny increase in height is barely noticeable.
The new notch design is in line with rumors that we heard during the beta testing period, which pointed to a design that was more compact and just a tiny bit taller.
Next year, Apple may do away with the notch entirely. Rumors suggest that at least some models will have no notch with a design that instead incorporates a hole-punch cutout for the front-facing camera, with Apple to adopt under-display Face ID.
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Who cares how wide it is. Depth is the issue. It didn't even come in bronze. Crappy light blue color for the Pros. 4/10 release for mine.
The increased height is like what, the width of a hair? Maybe two hairs?