iPhone 14 Pro's New Dynamic Island Features Camera and Microphone Indicators as Rumored

[jmgregory1]

But it feels very short sighted. They’ve been working on trying to get rid of it, only to now double down and build quite a bit of functionality into something that will likely (hopefully) get completely removed.

Even worse, they (and MacRumors) are making this into a main selling point of the 14 (e.g. the only thing that remained a secret).

Like any company, Apple has to make decisions on new products and technologies, not based on some potential future solution, but what is workable at the point they need it. So a year ago, maybe two years, there wasn’t a solution for hiding all cameras and sensors under a display, at least not a solution that would keep consumers happy with the quality of the photos they would get. The current range of under screen cameras, even with tremendous amounts of computational photography, can’t make selfie photos look good. They can definitely hide the camera well, but pulling in enough light around the OLED pixels to produce a clean and crisp photo is impossible.

So Apple is supposed to just keep doing what they’ve been doing until there is a satisfactory solution to hiding everything under the screen? And to be clear, there is no guarantee that there will be a good enough solution in a year, two or ten years. If they did nothing and simply waited, we’d still be using iPhones with foreheads and chins. The notch was one step forward, this dynamic island cutout is another step forward. Who knows what step 3 will be.

 

[Mr. Rod]

I think I’m the only one who dislikes the “dynamic island” more than the notch. Both are awful, but the pill is worse, IMO. My real issue is the size. The pill is too big, and that little bit of screen above it looks like a mistake. That little bit of screen means that the pill won’t “disappear” as easily as the notch does because it looks like someone poked a big hole in the screen. And pasting notifications and other information along with the pill seems like an amateurish way to try and hide it.

That being said, I’ll have to see what the reviews state about it. Perhaps the implementation will be better than I am imagining it at this point. I’m willing to wait and see.

I don't think they are trying to hide it this time, instead, they are fully embracing it and are not shy to play with it. Compare it with, say, the XS series where they clearly tried to hide it with the default wallpapers.

 

[svish]

Dynamic island is great! Camera/Microphone indicators now won't take up additional space.

 

[iceninja]

Whoever came up with Dynamic Island (not the name but the function) should be given Steve Jobs Innovation Award. This was a pure genius.

in contrary, no. Steve jobs always want things perfect. He wants to solve the problems at its core. This not solves the problem, not hide the problem either. It exaggerates the problem. Image you got a bad tattoo and now you want to hid it by draw something funny around it? I bet Steve Jobs will destroy the phone when he see Dynamic Island.