iPhone X Notch: Everything You Need to Know

[x-evil-x]

Don't attempt to hide the device's rounded corners, sensor housing, or indicator for accessing the Home screen by placing black bars at the top and bottom of the screen

It's unlikely Apple will be able to move camera etc. behind the screen in a future release, so the only reason I can see for those guidelines are so that Apple may add a setting in a future release where you can configure the notch.

If every developer would create their own unnotchifier, it would be a mess and could conflict with the official one.

I see them wanting developers to embrace it for a future black interface possibly next year. It only makes sense to have a dark mode with this notch

 

[Hedwigg]

Not even close whatsoever. This is front and center. This changes content. The bump does none of that. That's why it was forgotten or People got used to it.
This is the biggest design flaw in the history of the iPhone imo

Lawlz. That's the same thing everyone said during antennagate and bendgate and scratchgate and "omg i'm not using my finger on my phone, SO MANY FINGERPRINTS."

I like how everyone's an expert on the UX before anyone's even had a chance to use it. Ugh.

 

[Quu]

I see them wanting developers to embrace it for a future black interface possibly next year. It only makes sense to have a dark mode with this notch

I think that is a possibility especially with the phone being OLED, Black would blend perfectly with the bezel like it does on the Apple Watch.

Also they may be thinking about removing that notch entirely next year or the year after and they'll want a large catalogue of software ready to take full advantage of that display, having developers build in "notch avoidance" now would ruin that later on down the line I suppose.

 

[rGiskard]

FWIW, I think Apple should have built a black bar into the iPhone X software to conceal the notch. They could still use the "ears" for appropriate info (like the time and signal strength) and even open it up to developers to adapt those ears for various app functions. The screen would look more visually appealing that way. I don't understand the thought process behind shoving the notch in our faces. It just looks odd.

That would be one solution, but then this place would be howling about the assymetric top and bottom bezels.

I personally like the notch. It embraces the iPhone X's form instead of fighting it. In a few years those top and bottom bezels on older iPhones will look horribly dated and MacRumors will instead be volcanic over the loss of the USB Lightning port.

 

[Quu]

That would be one solution, but then this place would be howling about the assymetric top and bottom bezels.

I personally like the notch. It embraces the iPhone X's form instead of fighting it. In a few years those top and bottom bezels on older iPhones will look horribly dated and MacRumors will instead be volcanic over the loss of the USB Lightning port.

Personally I think the top and bottom bezels do already look dated. But when put next to a Samsung S8. Not to the iPhone X, the iPhone X just looks unfinished to me, rushed even.

 

[ijimk]

What ever happened to clean lines being in?

 

[pwhitehead]

Glad I'm not a developer. This phone is beautiful, apple can take my money.

 

[x-evil-x]

I keep looking at it, and honestly, it doesn't bother me one bit. I think the one in the Essential phone is much worse, even though it's a lot smaller of a notch.

Why? Oh because it's not apple. Common man seriously?
Smaller the better. I've been a fanboy since 2008. Haven't owned any other phones but this is just bad design choice.

 

[robotsluvblood]

Maybe I'm jaded, but I think the Apple team understands there is less need for people to upgrade yearly (even every other year) as the company has ceased innovating the way they did when Jobs was around. The notch provides the perfect upgrade point in a few years when they can offer a 'notch-less' design. No one will want to be caught dead with their old notched phone anymore.

Apple will embrace the notch as they embrace antenna-gate and all the rest of their gaffs - and then use it a negative to sell new phones in later cycles.

Dear god, please revive Steve and get the future back on track.

 

[x-evil-x]

I hope in the new form factor maybe by 2019 that they build the frame edge with the housing for the camera/sensors at the very top so there is no more issues. All screen with all features.

 

[the johnmc]

"Make a bezelless phone! Smaller bezels the better!"

"Why didn't you make thicker bezels to hide the necessary cameras and sensors? Nobody asked for bezels that small."

Same as the "Why doesn't Apple use industry standard cables?"/"Why did Apple change the cables?" crowd.

 

[anthogag]

Given the iPhone X's design was leaked months before it was unveiled, many people wondered how Apple would choose to approach the notch housing the device's new TrueDepth front camera and facial recognition system.

Now that the iPhone X is official, we know the answer. Apple's new human interface guidelines for the device advise developers to embrace the notch by ensuring the layout of their apps fill the entire screen.In fewer words, Apple doesn't want developers to hide the notch or swipe indicator by placing black bars at the top and bottom of the screen.

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[LarrySmith]

The notch provides the perfect upgrade point in a few years when they can offer a 'notch-less' design. No one will want to be caught dead with their old notched phone anymore.

Yeah. Can't do this until it is possible to put the sensors under the screen. I guess a few years would be a possibility sure.

 

[x-evil-x]

Lawlz. That's the same thing everyone said during antennagate and bendgate and scratchgate and "omg i'm not using my finger on my phone, SO MANY FINGERPRINTS."

I like how everyone's an expert on the UX before anyone's even had a chance to use it. Ugh.

Those didn't effect the actual usage. The interaction with the screen. Those didn't take out part of the picture. Those where livable. This is livable but super annoying because it changes content on the screen....

 

[anthogag]

They could take "the notch" outside the screen area; it would be "the grill". Lose the pure form to make a notch-less screen area.

 

[techwhiz]

How is it controversial? Why would they cut the notch out and not utilize it? They would be morons to do that.

I see all this BS marketing by other companies about "bezel-less" edge to edge phones and Apple comes out and actually does it. This is the first phone with as little bezels as possible. Every other phone has wasted space. The only bezels on the iPhone X are absolutely necessary as it's not possible to put cameras through a display.

Actually not. See Essential PH-1 has no bezels on the sides and top at all. The screen runs all the way to the edge.

 

[Brandhouse]

What a UX nightmare. Jesus.

Why is it a UX nightmare? Patterns are designed around familiarity, if something is new, then yes there is an adoption/take up rate, but soon enough people will be so familiar they will forget they had to learn it. It's not as if it's not discoverable. Think of it as an iOS guideline, you just have to work with it.

 

[OneMike]

*shrugs* it looks damn cool to me but whatever.

You have to be kidding.

 

[x-evil-x]

View attachment 717777 I don't like the notch, but as I saw pointed out somewhere else if they hid the top and added a tiny bezel to match at the bottom they'd have an LG V30. However IMHO the V30 does look better because it's symmetrical. Being symmetrical used to be a big thing for Apple even with things like ports, etc.

I made a post about how the lg phone looks like the new iPhone when it was released a few weeks before and people thought I was crazy. It's spot on

 

[a.gomez]

I think it is fine.

 

[canadianreader]

From iBump to iNotch
Uglyyy

 

[macs4nw]

*shrugs* it looks damn cool to me but whatever.

The notch doesn't bother me in the least either. Those two little blue 'eyes' keeping an eye on me 24/7, now that's another story lol

 

[falainber]

How is it controversial? Why would they cut the notch out and not utilize it? They would be morons to do that.

I see all this BS marketing by other companies about "bezel-less" edge to edge phones and Apple comes out and actually does it. This is the first phone with as little bezels as possible. Every other phone has wasted space. The only bezels on the iPhone X are absolutely necessary as it's not possible to put cameras through a display.

What's next? Small displays on the phone sides? There so many ways to be ridiculous. Apple does not need to use all of them.

 

[techwhiz]

The screen is an OLED so you should use a dark background to extend battery life anyway.
If you use a black background, there is no notch.

"Drops the mic"............

 

[preetb]

As with every engineering problem, every feature is a compromise of some other feature. But this over-priced X seems especially compromised by including facial recognition because they couldn't do TouchID under glass. This isn't really a refined product but something that seems rushed to meet the 10th anniversary of the iPhone. Hopefully XI will be a lot better. Say what you want about the 8, but that's a refined, mature product. And no it isn't the most advanced, of course!