You and the YouTubers who have to give everything Apple glowing reviews are the only people who think the dynamic island is very useful. Everyone else sees it as a bigger notch that wastes more screen space for no reason.
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iPhone 16 Rumored to Feature Even Thinner Bezels
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You and the YouTubers who have to give everything Apple glowing reviews are the only people who think the dynamic island is very useful. Everyone else sees it as a bigger notch that wastes more screen space for no reason.
I hated it, before I bought my 15 PM. Kinda like it now. Much better than the notch, and at least it got Apple to stick some useful info up on the screen rather than hiding it in menus.
I'd rather them get rid of the pill. I actually prefer the notch because it doesn't leave that area between the pill and the bezel which is completely useless and actually wastes more space on the screen than the notch.
It's mad that they managed to waste the sliver of screen above the DI as opposed to just sticking with a notch. All the animations etc used by the DI could all be implemented with the notch too. Remarkable.
I feel like its going to look similar until iPhone 20
Bendgate 3.0?
All that people want is a normal, durable device that does not lag.
And what do we get? Large slates that look like showels.
I miss the days of iPhone 5, this was a perfect phone size, thinness and weight. Modern iPhones feel too heavy to hold in one hand. Screens are uselessly huge in all model range. I get some people like it and replace their iPads with iPhones but why not make a smaller option?
All that people want is a normal, durable device that does not lag.
And what do we get? Large slates that look like showels.
I miss the days of iPhone 5, this was a perfect phone size, thinness and weight. Modern iPhones feel too heavy to hold in one hand. Screens are uselessly huge in all model range. I get some people like it and replace their iPads with iPhones but why not make a smaller option?
Ooohhh I had s10+ and I HATED this. It only looks cool, but it was impossible to even type a message on this phone.
What I do not understand… if Samsung can have bezel-less phones… with curved edges so it looks like no bezels at all… why can't Apple's iPhone? What is this such a "groundbreaking" new feature?
Apple also can‘t put 120Hz in a non pro iPhone but Xiaomi and others can do that in a 200$ phone 😅 I also wish that one day the next Albert Einstein will develop the official calculator app for iPadOS.
Well, sure, because Samsung has never been known for their "precise and advanced manufacturing techniques"
Nice to hear someone speaking some sense on this forum! Years of research and refinement to achieve what is among the very best designs of any consumer product available, yet the kids think it should be all jettisoned because they want the new model to look totally different -- jeez! Maybe Apple should focus all their resources on annual, radical iPhone design change-for-the-sake-of-change and forget silicon design or iOS advance or new product development, etc.
How about a new 5.4" mini with such thin bezels?
I've never experienced that on my 15 Pro Max. Software is supposed to detect if it's your palm pressing the edge, and that seems to work flawlessly for me. When in a case (as >99% of iPhones sensibly are when outside the owner's home), you can see there's still extra bezel that could be removed.
We want....the future! Now!
Sadly our imaginations are ahead of what technology can do.
Exactly. If anyone here has seen the Expanse series on Prime Video, everyone uses the same phone - a clear rectangular piece of glass. The phones are such a commodity product that they're handed out for free to refugees. Everyone just grabs one from the box. Phones are pretty dang similar now. Pick the rectangle that works the way you like and enjoy.
I hope the edge of the display isn't too thin (and also the bezels) otherwise it will be difficult with nice screen protectors
Nice vision!
Some do's and dont's at Apple. Let user:
- replace the battery: FIRED
- upgrade RAM: FIRED
- add more storage: FIRED
- replace whatever you want inside: FIRED again, for Job's sake! This is not Framework here
What? I’d say the folks that diligently upgrade to the latest thing every year (or 2, at worst) very much are the target market. They’re Apple’s bread and butter!
It really is peak bezel. Unapologetically all screen.
me too, sick and tired of the screen, every time I touch something or the icons jiggle