I think even Apple knows they messed up with doing the top bezel cut out like this. But they won't admit.
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iPhone X Fullscreen Video = Major FAIL
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jetjaguar
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OneMike
macrumors 603
Looks fine to me. From what I saw too. You can also double tap to scale it back and get s normal rectangle.
The only forgiving aspect about this is that we don't watch full entertainment on phones. Thats more iPad and up territory.
I thought the clips would play in a 16:9 area INSIDE of the notch area. Assuming such a option exists.
But if not...
crazy breach of basic aesthetics principles.
I thought the clips would play in a 16:9 area INSIDE of the notch area. Assuming such a option exists.
But if not...
crazy breach of basic aesthetics principles.
noobinator
macrumors 604
You can double tap to shrink the video content so it's not notched-out. That's no concern of mine.
What I didn't like was seeing that game demo. On screen elements were clearly seen being cut off. That's not cool.
What I didn't like was seeing that game demo. On screen elements were clearly seen being cut off. That's not cool.
Shrinking the video and having a big border on all sides kind of eliminates need for edge to edge display imo.
I don't disagree. Bbut if my choices are to have a notched-out full screen video or a regular rectangle that doesn't fill the whole screen, I'll take the latter.
Jimmy James
macrumors 603
The majority of my viewing is on my iPhone.
TheIgster
macrumors regular
But without the stupid notch, you wouldn't have to compromise at more than a $1000.
anticipate
macrumors 6502a
16:9 does play inside the notch area... see Apple's iPhone X Developer video.
TroyBoy30
macrumors 68030
im sure you could have built it better. maybe you should apply for a position
yeah but such content is not meant to be aesthetically immersive more like youtube clips and such content.
I would want to see how bad it is when the screen is zoomed out to fully fit.
Black borders are pretty bad too. But I guess for 16:9 it would just be bottom and top.
We can think about it like this: Ten years from now when we look back at the iPhone X, are we going to think: "what a brilliant design!" OR "what the #### is that notch doing there, what was they thinking?"
That gives us a good answer wether iPhone X with a notch is a good idea...
That gives us a good answer wether iPhone X with a notch is a good idea...
Dwalls90
macrumors 603
Based on this:
https://developer.apple.com/ios/human-interface-guidelines/overview/iphone-x/
Media should actually not run to the left and right edges of the screen when in portrait or landscape mode. I think Apple just "zoomed in" (double tapped) on the video they showed during the demo.
https://developer.apple.com/ios/human-interface-guidelines/overview/iphone-x/
Media should actually not run to the left and right edges of the screen when in portrait or landscape mode. I think Apple just "zoomed in" (double tapped) on the video they showed during the demo.
kinda shows the schematics
https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/fall2017/801/
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They should not had done that when non-stretched was an option.
Why can't they make the iPhone X slightly taller to get rid of that screen notch? Why didn't Apple make it like that. Idk, I only work at mcdonalds so I don't know the engineering behind it but curious
That would be equally unaesthetic and un-proportional.
Before this it was equal size bezels on top and bottom. that was ok because it has symmetry.
If it only had a slab on top it would lose its balance
Jimmy James
macrumors 603
Then you have a taller phone, still with a notch to house the sensors and equipment.
cableguy84
macrumors 68000
sdwaltz
macrumors 65816
A bit weird, I must admit. I do like the phone, but removing the notch and having just a small bezel at the top would make far more sense. Easier on devs, easier on users.
Dwalls90
macrumors 603
kinda shows the schematics
https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/fall2017/801/
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They should not had done that when non-stretched was an option.
I don't understand why the X has different screen aspect ratios. No one cares that the aspect ratio of the device (NOT screen) is different than the 8 or 8+, but changing screen aspect ratio to allow for less viewing space seems stupid.
cableguy84
macrumors 68000
The time, battery indicator etc look horrible either side of the notch too