They should have made dynamic notch. I much prefer the notch over a floating pill :/
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iPhone 15 Dynamic Island to Include New Integrated Proximity Sensor
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So they won’t have the green and orange dots for video and audio in it anymore I guess?
This year, all iPhone 15 models will include Apple's Dynamic Island that unifies the pill and hole cutouts at the top of the display
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It’s to save cost. Under display sensors are more expensive than under glass sensors.
Can not wait to update from my 14 pro max to the 15 promax-ultra
This sounds really sad to me.
Finally I do not have to put up with the proximity sensor under the notch island like a caveman.
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The wavelength of the proximity sensor is what I've been waiting on to pull the trigger on a new iPhone.
Instant first day buy for me /s
Instant first day buy for me /s
A new proximity sensor? This is definitely going to get me to upgrade from my iPhone 11 now 
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By the time the battery’s toast, the phone itself is usually beat up to the point I’d prefer a replacement. My previous phone (X) managed to get the keyboard burned-in to the OLED display, so re-selling it back to Apple was one of my few choices to offload it.
Unless I read your comment wrong, I believe they meant that the entire 15 lineup will be unified with every model having the DI. I wish they did away with the empty space and turned those pixels on for extra immersion.
I have upgraded every single year with no regrets or remorse lol. there’s really no iPhone I didn’t look forward to.
Exactly this. It actually results in *less* usable screen space than the notch. And the animations could have been done on phones with notches. If you look closely you’ll notice that the animations never touch the notch area.
I’ve upgraded every other year. This would have been my year but I’m still perfectly happy with my 13 Pro that has a WORK SIM in it. So I do actually still “have to deal with a SIM card!” So this year is a no-go for me.
I know the SIM slot isn‘t coming back but maybe by next year the operators will have their **** together and I won’t have to interact with them to use an eSIM.
Spot on. IMO, Apple should have just kept on shrinking the notch further, as much as technically possible, while keeping it at the very top, creating a more gapless effect.
No you read it right, but after reading your comment I think I read the original quote wrong. I interpreted it as they were using the gap between the two as the space for the sensor which is why I thought they were getting rid of the dots since they use that space. But I think you are right the original quote was talking about bringing dynamic island to the lower end phones too
Wow, even the wavelengths get ever slimmer! This will fit nicely with the thinner bezels.
Loved this phone. Changing the color of the trackball to match my wallpaper was cool (stupid but cool).
A. It was meant to be a joke.
B. That's kind of a **** thing to say to someone, but you do you.
Does the "floating" Dock on macOS drive you crazy like it does me? It's not an iPad, I do actually want that strip of screen space at the bottom. Now I turn hiding on when I didn't before because I hate seeing that one tiny strip of wallpaper beneath the Dock being completely wasted. It's not an issue on the iPad because there all apps are fullscreen so the Dock goes away as soon as you launch an app, but it was clearly modeled after it and it's not appropriate for the desktop.
Seems like that strip at the top was modeled after that as well.