I think that's why they're doing it - they're late. Samsung, LG, Xiomi etc all beat Apple to a bezeless design.
This is the only way they can make the iPhone look different.
I just dread the day they start doing it to iPads and Macs.
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I think that's why they're doing it - they're late. Samsung, LG, Xiomi etc all beat Apple to a bezeless design.
This is the only way they can make the iPhone look different.
I just dread the day they start doing it to iPads and Macs.
Totally agree. The worst thing ever designed by humans. Absolutely disaster! I can't even look at this thing for more then few seconds because my eyes will start to hurt so bad! I think only few th people are gonna buy this ugliest ever phone. Maybe 6 if Apple is lucky.
Jokes aside... Apple should really pay a visit to this site and start hiring some genius people from here, before it's too late.
If the notch bothers you that much, just put a damn wallpaper where the top part is black. Should solve it since it is an OLED display and has TrueBlack technology.
How about a V-shaped phone?
Just Ask Painters. They should have put a notch in their paintings, it looks so much better.
If the notch bothers you that much, just put a damn wallpaper where the top part is black. Should solve it since it is an OLED display and has TrueBlack technology.
Great solution!
(Until you actually use your phone rather than just stare at your home screen)
Exactly. And the red dot on the iWatch. They look so distinctive. Distinctively ugly. I can't believe Apple has done something this hideous. They started making absurd choices years ago but at least the design was great. Now not even that. Ah, but there are animated emojis.
I dont like how you used His name like that. But I couldn't agree more with the first part of your comment.
To be fair he just mentioned his name. Didn't take it in vain or anything else that you suppose he did. And using a capitalized "His", I mean come on everyone knows you mean "Jesus" but for some reason you can't say it.
Whatever is said pro or anti the notch/chin
One thing I would stake my life savings on.
If this was from Samsung, and they had cut a section out of the screen like this.
Most people here would be ripping the hell out of the design for the chunk out of the screen.
100% sure that would be happening.
One thing I would stake my life savings on.
If this was from Samsung, and they had cut a section out of the screen like this.
Most people here would be ripping the hell out of the design for the chunk out of the screen.
100% sure that would be happening.
No one asked for allot of thing from Apple.. We just get.
If Apple really wanted to, they could just do away with these guidelines totally, and force restrictions if your developing for iPhone X only, to allow free space underneath this so you can put anything under to hide... any apps or icons must lay either side.. and if u choose to ignore this, they would be scaled to these positions for iPhone X because of this
Do it right Apple.
To those who are asking why Apple didn’t mask the notch with a pixel bar (or perhaps even two) there are a number of possibilities. One is that Apple’s thousands of highly paid engineers and UX experts who’ve been working on this for several years just weren’t as sharp as the armchair commenters on MacRumours. In which case folks, take a bow, bring your profound insight to Apple and land yourself a job!
The other possibility is that Apple deliberately embraced the notch.
I think it’s the latter. That’s because it’s consistent with Apple’s philosophy of honesty in design. That idea takes a bit of explaining. It goes back to the design guru Dieter Rams. An example of dishonest design is a light that pretends to be a candle. Think of those kitch lights from the 70s with fake melting wax molded from plastic. Another similar design ‘lie’ is where you buy a metallic utensil that turns out to be plastic painted silver. Apple started moving away from this with the first of the iMacs — remember that temporary period of semi-transparent bondi blue housings and cases: this was a way of showing that a computer was a computer, circuits, transistors, wires and all. Apple’s designs evolved from there to centering on the honesty of purpose: a focus on the simplicity of ‘this is what it does’: the click wheel iPod is perhaps the best example. Pick it up, and you’ll intuitively know how it works.
So with the new iPhone, the notch could be masked with black or white pixels so that it blends into the frame, or it could be honestly embraced and utlised for what it is.
I’m pretty sure that if Apple eventually works out a way to submerge the various cameras, mics, etc. under the screen, the notch is something that will disappear over time. It’s pretty clear that Apple’s quest is for an iPhone that is 100% screen, nothing else. But for now it’s an expression of the principle that every pixel counts. Some may not think it’s pretty. Some here are even ‘offended’ — that must take some effort! But this is what honest design looks like.
The other possibility is that Apple deliberately embraced the notch.
I think it’s the latter. That’s because it’s consistent with Apple’s philosophy of honesty in design. That idea takes a bit of explaining. It goes back to the design guru Dieter Rams. An example of dishonest design is a light that pretends to be a candle. Think of those kitch lights from the 70s with fake melting wax molded from plastic. Another similar design ‘lie’ is where you buy a metallic utensil that turns out to be plastic painted silver. Apple started moving away from this with the first of the iMacs — remember that temporary period of semi-transparent bondi blue housings and cases: this was a way of showing that a computer was a computer, circuits, transistors, wires and all. Apple’s designs evolved from there to centering on the honesty of purpose: a focus on the simplicity of ‘this is what it does’: the click wheel iPod is perhaps the best example. Pick it up, and you’ll intuitively know how it works.
So with the new iPhone, the notch could be masked with black or white pixels so that it blends into the frame, or it could be honestly embraced and utlised for what it is.
I’m pretty sure that if Apple eventually works out a way to submerge the various cameras, mics, etc. under the screen, the notch is something that will disappear over time. It’s pretty clear that Apple’s quest is for an iPhone that is 100% screen, nothing else. But for now it’s an expression of the principle that every pixel counts. Some may not think it’s pretty. Some here are even ‘offended’ — that must take some effort! But this is what honest design looks like.
Video / photo playback shouldn't be affected by this notch.
I've noticed in demo videos that video wraps around the noth,resulting a weird and un-natural display form with parts of the video missing where the noth is.
That's not good and I really hope there is an option to stop video/photo getting wrapped around it.
I've noticed in demo videos that video wraps around the noth,resulting a weird and un-natural display form with parts of the video missing where the noth is.
That's not good and I really hope there is an option to stop video/photo getting wrapped around it.
im almost 100% sure, this has something to do with marketing. The iPhone silhouette has always been the bezels plus the circular home button.
If it they didn't embrace the notch, it would just look like a samsung, LG, or whatever - and not recognizable at all.
I think we have to get used to this look, this is what it will look for the many years to come.
If it they didn't embrace the notch, it would just look like a samsung, LG, or whatever - and not recognizable at all.
I think we have to get used to this look, this is what it will look for the many years to come.
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How about balancing it out a bit? You could have extra notches on the left, right and bottom or else move the notch to the middle of the screen. Good to see Apple giving their designers some time off and letting their accountants help with the latest design.
I don’t hate the notch and possibly even like it. At least the phone has some personality unlike the swathes of Android clones.
What I am concerned about are the new UI gestures and Face ID security and reliability.
Will UI navigation be as quick and comfortable as previously?
I think Apple needs to implement more gestures to access things like Control Centre from the bottom or side rather than the top.
What I am concerned about are the new UI gestures and Face ID security and reliability.
Will UI navigation be as quick and comfortable as previously?
I think Apple needs to implement more gestures to access things like Control Centre from the bottom or side rather than the top.