Exactly and they’ve shown their commitment to the notch by rolling it out on their MacBooks.
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iPhone 14 Pro Models to Feature Hole-Punch Display
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Perfect. I should be almost ready to upgrade from my iPhone Xs Max in the next year or two and have been waiting for them to finally get rid of that damn notch
Just make the glass transparent to special wavelengths of light that the camera will use with its own illuminator, and use a combination of hardware and software to shift the image into the normal vision wavelengths. No need for notches, punches, slots etc. ! Of course goes for FaceId also.
I’m looking to upgrade my XS Max this coming year, but I really can’t stand hole punch displays. It’s infinitely more distracting and annoying than a notch. I hope this rumour is either incorrect or that Apple have found a way to properly hide/disguise the hole punch.
They probably do know this but Marketing gave in to the torch-bearing pitchfork-waving Anti Bezel Society thugs.
When booking a repairman, you can have it cheap, quick, or with quality — pick any two.
When asking for an iPhone screen, you can have zero bezels and a notch, zero bezels and a hole punch, or slight bezels and no notch or hole punch, pick one of the three.
Ha! Thank you for pointing this out. If this rumour comes true then they can’t use that silly go-to argument anymore when every other Android phone has hole punches.
You’ll probably see a lot of: “Wow! Yeah that actually looks a lot better. Even though I have said multiple times that a hole punch is terrible and far worse than a notch at least Apple’s hole punch looks better than all those other hole punches out there. Pre ordered!” though.
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The trade in value of phones this year were quite good. No reason to think that trading in the 13 Pro for 14 Pro won't be a good deal.
When they do, they and everyone else will lie to themselves they were the first to do it.
I would (and will) take this with a grain of salt. Apple is using the notch as a brand identifier (e.g. 14/16 MacBook Pros). I don't expect them to get rid of it until at least 2024-2025 when the next major MacBook Pro refresh comes. Until then I think the notch is here to stay.
I could actually see the reverse happening with the Pro models retaining a notch and the lower end models loosing the notch and relying on (only) Touch ID--in this scenario the Pros would have both--and the refreshed MacBook Air also having a lower quality 720p webcam with either a hole punch or built into a slim bezel. Maybe a notch could be a pro vs consumer differentiator for Apple.
I could actually see the reverse happening with the Pro models retaining a notch and the lower end models loosing the notch and relying on (only) Touch ID--in this scenario the Pros would have both--and the refreshed MacBook Air also having a lower quality 720p webcam with either a hole punch or built into a slim bezel. Maybe a notch could be a pro vs consumer differentiator for Apple.
I’ll never go back to a large phone, I’m so happy with the 13 mini. I’d go back to a flip phone again before getting anything larger
While I agree, they'll eventually need to get rid of that design abomination. Hopefully sooner than later.
They are probably going to come up with some other iconic design element to make up for this.
Just for the pro model: this could be a full-glass & all-black design, with cameras not clearly visible through the back glass that goes over the flush cameras, and no charging port, so that the device looks like a sleek black pebble.
SE does not stand for "Small Enough", but "Special Edition". Its Apple's designation for "oh look at what we were able to build for cheap, by cramming existing parts into a case!". That's why SE updates are so unpredictable.
It might be possible they recycle the current iPhone Mini designs into a SE, but there's no guarantee. The next SE could based on the 12 Pro Max size for all we know.
I suppose the best answer is I can but there is more to it than that. First, my year old phone usually fetches 80% of its value. Second, my work depends on my cell phone, it is my office so it needs to be working well all the time, good battery etc. Lastly, I am in IT so my clients expect me to know all the details of the new tech.
You mean they haven't released anything with under-the-display tech so far. That doesn't mean they couldn't be working on it right now. This is a trillion-dollar company, you've got to assume they're doing a little R&D we don't know about, yeah?