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iPhone 8 Concepts Explore How Apple Could Hide or 'Embrace' the Display's Sensor Notch
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EMBRACE THE NOTCH
It will be quite interesting how Apple will handle this. Blacking out the top and bottom areas will look cleaner and will have usability advantages as the white text on OLED black UI elements will/would look super crisp and eminently glanceable. On the other hand, not blacking those areas out makes the screen look much bigger and is a more "spectacular" design. Also, the visible notch gives the display a specific visiual identity vs. a normal/bland rectangular display with a small black bezel; it adds "character".
It will be quite interesting how Apple will handle this. Blacking out the top and bottom areas will look cleaner and will have usability advantages as the white text on OLED black UI elements will/would look super crisp and eminently glanceable. On the other hand, not blacking those areas out makes the screen look much bigger and is a more "spectacular" design. Also, the visible notch gives the display a specific visiual identity vs. a normal/bland rectangular display with a small black bezel; it adds "character".
Except all these concepts are removing info like the clock and room for status icons. Nothing is being gained.
I don't know why you'd make that assertion without citing a source. Even if you're right, it's just a guess.
I can just respond with the equally vapid:
That's not how it will be, so I don't need to get used to it.
It adds the character of looking like a 10 year old designed it.
I would be absolutely astounded if Apple used that area outside of a black Touchbar type background.
I personally do not like the white bezels, notch or otherwise.
But, I wouldn't say it is obvious that Apple is not including white bezels, or anything else with the new iPhone.
With all the recent conflicting rumors, I wouldn't say anything is obvious at this point. Or maybe you have some inside info?
I assume it would be like the S8. If that part of the screen gets a hard press/3D Touch, it will act like a home button even when the graphic is not on screen.
The only inside info I have is logic. We all know apple will have a black bar at the top and a symmetrical one at the bottom.
Nothing has been announced! How do you know it wont have touch ID!!!!!!!
It's just logic. Look at it from a critical thinking, engineering and design perspective
That's just it. I think people aren't taking into account some of the most obvious types of media shown on a mobile phone screen. Virtually all content is formatted to be 16:9 in rectangular form with 90 degree corners. It just makes sense the notch would be masked as a black bar.
I think we'll end up with something akin to mockup #4 (2nd picture, right side), but with simulated 90 degree corners along the top (similar to #2), not rounded.
I don't use Apple Pay since I am in India but can I not pay using my screen password rather than Touch ID. If that is the case then the interface doesn't matter. The agreement might be about the secure token implantation rather than the interface. I am not an expert on this but just a thought.
Rumor: Apple will preview the new Iphone on Sept 22 at midnight in........Dixville NOTCH, New Hampshire.
Hey your username is fitting because you're virtually the only one living in reality
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Well.....some of us
I think they meant to leak that stuff to hold us over, and then boom at the event
Nobody just leaks a whole lot of stuff like that on accident
Back up the claim you made with logic, critical thinking, an engineering/design perspective, etc. or your claim will be dismissed.
I see a lot of speculation on what indicators are going to be in the black bar.
If space is a more limited factor now because of the notch, why not just let the user choose what to show up there?
If I want the time up there, I'll put the time up there. Same goes with bluetooth, rotation lock, timer, etc. Maybe carrier names won't be displayed anymore? I mean, doesn't everyone know who their carrier is anyway? Maybe it's a branding thing...
There's also nifty ways they could re-purpose indicators. Maybe instead of a battery icon, we'll have a 'charge ring' around the home button. Who knows?
If space is a more limited factor now because of the notch, why not just let the user choose what to show up there?
If I want the time up there, I'll put the time up there. Same goes with bluetooth, rotation lock, timer, etc. Maybe carrier names won't be displayed anymore? I mean, doesn't everyone know who their carrier is anyway? Maybe it's a branding thing...
There's also nifty ways they could re-purpose indicators. Maybe instead of a battery icon, we'll have a 'charge ring' around the home button. Who knows?
You mean guess, not know. I doubt very few to none of the posters in this thread know what Apple has planned with the new iPhone. But, we have plenty of guesses. And yes, some of them are an educated guess, but guesses nonetheless.
The iPhone seems to be inching closer and closer to being android......interesting.