Say hello to the notch pill, if Young’s rumours hold up I will be hanging onto to my iPhone 12 Pro Max until the release of the iPhone 16 Pro Max.
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iPhone 14 Pro's Large Pill-Shaped Cutout Will Display Camera and Microphone Privacy Indicators
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So every single pixel on the screen of the iPhone has to be taken up by something?
If Apple cared about one-handed use, they wouldn’t have ditched the iPhone mini.
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You realize it's still pill + hole right, not a long pill? In the camera mode, the space in between is utilized by the display to show those indicators.
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I think when the indicators are not being used the pill+hole will turn into a long pill for a symmetrical look.
I don't think it will be blacked out when you are watching video for example
I wish they'd bring back notification LEDs
I would like to have some kind of „new notifications“ indicator like that red dot on the Apple Watch. Especially when you use a focus mode, it would be nice to see if there are new notifications. Will be interesting to see how notifications work with the always-on display.I wish they'd bring back notification LEDs
The single pill makes more sense than the sideways exclamation point. Easier for our brains to fill in.
This is smart, though to be honest, I would have liked hardware (LED) indicators even better, and they could potentially be “always on” even without AOD.
I guess 3rd party apps are going to have to recode their apps to deaden the pixels there... or not.
For movie viewing apps/games etc I think I'd prefer to have the pixels in-between blacked out. It may be off putting otherwise. Not that I play games on an iPhone, but I do watch movies/TV shows on mine when out and about in transit, waiting places etc.
For movie viewing apps/games etc I think I'd prefer to have the pixels in-between blacked out. It may be off putting otherwise. Not that I play games on an iPhone, but I do watch movies/TV shows on mine when out and about in transit, waiting places etc.
Will Apple or won’t Apple literally put the i into the iPhone 14 Pro & Pro Max? So excited to see what happens! 🥹
What a waste of time. Fix the underlying OS performance issues and bugs. I could careless. We had a slit and a dot back when we had a hard frame over the entire top. Did everyone whine then? ‘‘Oh what a waste of space! Why can't they give me back that space!'' -> ‘‘Oh looks so much better. So smart!''
End result, it isn't usable screen space. Looking forward to people whining that once its embedded in the display people won't be able to know if someone is spying on them or not.
End result, it isn't usable screen space. Looking forward to people whining that once its embedded in the display people won't be able to know if someone is spying on them or not.
"I think your camera and microphone are on, Dave"
~ H.A.L. 2022
~ H.A.L. 2022
What’s the point in this? The phone will still be listening to you as has been proven, look at the scandal when it was found out that company in Ireland was listening to all those recordings people didn’t ever know we’re being taken by their iPhones.
How often are you taking pictures in portrait orientation? I take nearly %100 in landscape, especially video, so having things at the top/left shouldn’t be an issue
Wait the higher resolution wide sensor + rumored 3:2 aspect ratio + redesigned camera app = replacing 1x, 3x zoom buttons with focal length equivalent buttons? High res sensor means Apple can crop the wide sensor to a 35mm (and 50mm?) lens mode without dropping below 12mp standard iPhone resolution
That’s a lot more useful than the vague “3x” buttons.
That’s a lot more useful than the vague “3x” buttons.