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I don’t notice it at all, except for the lack of vpn badge which is the only inconvenience, imo.

It does not bother or distract me, but if I'm typing in the address of a web site, reading something towards the top of the page or other action on the top part of the screen I definitely notice / I'm very aware that it's there.

If I'm looking at the middle to bottom of the screen, it's out of focus so less noticeable, but the same can be said for my hand at that point.
 
People who don’t notice the notch are gifted, or just plain ignorant but it’s there and it’s a fact! It’s like saying you don’t notice the screen.
 
To me the virtual swipe up bar at the bottom below the keyboard is much more distracting
 
Don't make fun of the notch.
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I honestly don't know about that, but wireless charging is no big deal to me. I'm in no hurry to get a wireless charging pad.. it's not that hard for me to plug in.
In the mean time, I bought a Journal (in black) for my iPhone X.

Compared to the Apple Leather Folio, it give such better protection but it really has to break in (leather is so thick). I do miss the Smart Cover functionality of the Apple Leather Folio though ....
 
I honestly don't know about that, but wireless charging is no big deal to me. I'm in no hurry to get a wireless charging pad.. it's not that hard for me to plug in.

Wireless charging is more of a convenience factor than it is being overall beneficial over wired charging. It doesn't necessarily charge your device any faster and it still requires a cord, which doesn't necessarily make it true wireless charging.
 
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I have to say, having the iPhone X and doing many things with it, looking at it.. I don't even notice the notch.
Did anyone else have a similar experience once they actually got the phone ?

I don't understand the uproar.

I think it is noticeable only if you actively keep thinking about it, and rather then focusing on the content displayed on the screen you think about the notch and you stare at it. I don't do that. I just use the phone same way as I always have. It does not bother me even when playing videos. I get focused and concentrated on what plays on the screen, don't think about notch or corners.
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Face it, Apple had like 3 years to perfect this phone and they failed.
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They indeed have. Keep telling that to yourself, if that's what makes you happy.
I noticed you become a member just on time for iPhone X launch. We do get a wave of new members here every time a new Apple product is released. Awesome, isn't it?
Oh, I just noticed your suspended status! Never mind!
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I wonder how much they will love love the notch when it's gone from the next iPhone Xs release. Lol

Apple is not Samsung to ad or remove one thing on the current version and to reverse it on the next. What you see on Apple design stays for years. And the notch is here to stay for years, it may just get a bit thinner and less noticeable. Or simply people will just find something else to moan about (like with the antenna bands)
 
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In the mean time, I bought a Journal (in black) for my iPhone X.

Compared to the Apple Leather Folio, it give such better protection but it really has to break in (leather is so thick). I do miss the Smart Cover functionality of the Apple Leather Folio though ....

I went with black this time around as well, but may have gotten another cordovan brown like TwelveSouth offered with iPhone 6S had it been available.
 
I have to say, having the iPhone X and doing many things with it, looking at it.. I don't even notice the notch.
Did anyone else have a similar experience once they actually got the phone ?

I don't understand the uproar.

when Apple finally gives up on the notch, you're going to wonder 'What's this extra bit of screen doing on my iPhone?'
 
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when Apple finally gives up on the notch, you're going to wonder 'What's this extra bit of screen doing on my iPhone?'

Gives up? You’re making it sound like they implemented the Notch because they didn’t want to in the first place. It exists for a reason, not just to upset or small minority on a tech forum.
 
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Just because it's selling doesn't mean that the notch doesn't suck

I’m not attempting to change anybody’s personal stance on the Notch, I’m strictly saying it exists for a reason and it wasn’t just implemented to create controversy. Again, tech forms are minority for those who are more vocal about changes with the iPhone, the Notch is one of them.

Still haven't found an example of how it actually is needed to improve the actual user experience.

Improve the user experience? Or, intended to protect one’s security as a new biometric function being Face ID. As long is it protects my identity and personal credentials, I have no complaints with Face ID and Apples future with the iPhone. To each their own.
 
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The "majority" who get "used to the notch" and the minority you mention who have an issue with it are the same group. Just because a lot of people settle for less doesn't mean they like settling for less. If you weren't requesting a notch before apple put one there you most likely still wouldn't, given the choice, pick an iPhone with a notch. Or a tv with a notch or any screen with a notch.
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Improve the user experience? Or, intended to protect one’s security as a new biometric function being Face ID. As long is it protects my identity and personal credentials, I have no complaints with Face ID and Apples future with the iPhone. To each their own.

Security doesn't define good user interface/experience design it just meets a feature request that nobody was asking for as far as the notch and faceid implementation goes.
 
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It's not the best design. Very unlike Aesthetic Apple. I'd rather have a bar at the top like the Galaxy. Hoping they fix it with the iPhone 9/11/Xs whatever.
 
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The "majority" who get "used to the notch" and the minority you mention who have an issue with it are the same group. .

No, they are not. The majority is what I’m referring to as a demographic outside a tech forum that doesn’t raise an issue about the notch every time they look at their iPhone. Even for those anecdotally that I know around me, don’t raise the notch as a major issue whatsoever. The reason I said minority, is because you have those who have more extreme issues with the notch than anyone else. We already Established you don’t like the notch, but that’s not going to change anytime soon. It’s Just a matter of you adjusting or shunning the notch altogether.

If you weren't requesting a notch before apple put one there you most likely still wouldn't, given the choice, pick an iPhone with a notch. Or a tv with a notch or any screen with a notch

I personally don’t care if the Notch exists one way or the other. As you can see, we all have personal preferences and you don’t speak for everybody just because the Notch exists. If that bothersome to you, then perhaps consider a different smart phone.

Security doesn't define good user interface/experience design .

Security doesn’t have to define a good user experience, it has to protect the user, Face ID establishes that. You’re conflating.

nobody was asking for as far as the notch and faceid implementation goes.

So by your logic, Apple should be able to meet everybody’s expectation with an iPhone and there shouldn’t be any unhappy customers about the iPhone X? But because the Notch exists, you’re saying as a consumer “We didn’t ask for it.” Think your mentality is skewed and it’s not possible for Apple to appease to every consumer when it comes to an iPhone design, hardware changes, new technology, ect. Again, this goes back to my original point that a tech forum is a vocal minority where Apples sells millions of iPhones weekly for those who don’t likely the raise the continuous ‘Issues’ others do on here. It doesn’t translate to much else when you have plenty of options in the smart phone market.
 
Just because it's selling doesn't mean that the notch doesn't suck.

Still haven't found an example of how it actually is needed to improve the actual user experience.
And I still haven't found an example of how this edge display on the Galaxy phones ad anything to the user experience, besides glare and a deformed picture. But still it seems to be the best thing ever.o_O
 
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And I still haven't found an example of how this edge display on the Galaxy phones ad anything to the user experience, besides glare and a deformed picture. But still it seems to be the best thing ever.o_O

I do give Samsung credit for trying something different with the edge display when it released a few years back, it was a general attraction. However I didn’t see the practicality behind it. The edge did display some interesting information pertaining applications and notifications, but Seemed lack luster given it was a distinguishing feature.
 
And I still haven't found an example of how this edge display on the Galaxy phones ad anything to the user experience, besides glare and a deformed picture. But still it seems to be the best thing ever.o_O

I can see how slimmer bezels can add to a good user experience.

Can’t really speak on the curved edge display if that’s what you’re referring to since I don’t own one but I can imagine having the same issue you’re describing based on what I’ve seen.
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Security doesn’t have to define a good user experience, it has to protect the user, Face ID establishes that. You’re conflating.

Providing security shouldn’t impede apples ability to produce what they’re known for which is setting the standard for “good” design and KISS user experience.

This conversation is about the notch isn’t an issue right?
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The reason I said minority, is because you have those who have more extreme issues with the notch than anyone else. We already Established you don’t like the notch

I own an iPhone X and am not trading it in anytime soon. This thread is about the notch and that’s why I’m commenting on it.

It’s not something I bring up in the real world but does that mean it isn’t an issue for me or anyone else who doesn’t bring it up? Is a bad haircut on someone something people are just going to bring up? Is crooked teeth something someone is going to bring up? Would most people rather have a “good” haircut or straight teeth given the choice? Absolutely. Can you get used to or live with either of those situations? Absolutely.

Just because in your world you don’t see people complaining about the notch doesn’t mean they don’t have an issue with it. That being said look at any comment section on the internet about the iPhone X and let me know if you see a comment section free of any notch complaints.
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I watched a movie full screen. The Notch is there. I viewed a picture full screen. The Notch is there. I still like my iPhone X, but the Notch is there. lol

I have the same exact experience....

Unless I’m viewing something on/in a :
  • iPad
  • Macbook
  • iMac
  • Apple TV interface
  • Small TV
  • Large HD TV
  • Any tv
  • Movie Theater Screen
  • GPS unit
  • Multimedia radio screen
  • Picture frame
  • A book
  • A mirror
  • A sheet of paper
  • Etc., etc.
Probably just me although even dirt on my glasses or computer screen bothers me.
 
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Geez there are so many other things to complain about with the iPhone X and the notch should be way down the list of things.
 
  • iPad
  • Macbook
  • iMac
  • Apple TV interface
  • Small TV
  • Large HD TV
  • Any tv
  • Movie Theater Screen
  • GPS unit
  • Multimedia radio screen
  • Picture frame
  • A book
  • A mirror
  • A sheet of paper
  • Etc., etc.
Probably just me although even dirt on my glasses or computer screen bothers me.

Haha! A book, sheet of paper...
 
Providing security shouldn’t impede apples ability to produce what they’re known for which is setting the standard for “good” design and KISS user experience.

That’s already been established that we don’t know the limitations of why the Notch exists because of housing the security for the sensors, camera and speaker. Its Not about good design, it’s about you don’t agree with iwhere others don’t have an issue with it because of what the Notch does. Again, As I said before that you're conflating.

This conversation is about the notch isn’t an issue right?

Right, but you continually keep raising the issue that the notch IS an issue. So I have no idea what your point is behind this specific post. Actually, if you read back the initial post started by the OP in this thread, even they stated the notch doesn’t seem to be a bigger issue than others are making it, Which you inherently keep reiterating.

It’s not something I bring up in the real world but does that mean it isn’t an issue for me or anyone else who doesn’t bring it up? Is a bad haircut on someone something people are just going to bring up? Is crooked teeth something someone is going to bring up? Would most people rather have a “good” haircut or straight teeth given the choice? Absolutely. Can you get used to or live with either of those situations? Absolutely.

Honestly, I don’t we don’t think your examples are appropriate or relevant here, Thats called common courtesy not to comment on something about somebody that you notice, it’s not something you complain about. The reason the Notch is not brought up, is because nobody specifically talks about some minor hardware feature on a smart phone, when There are things to complain/discuss that are more pertinent than the notch.


It’s not something I bring up in the real world but does that mean it isn’t an issue for me or anyone else who doesn’t bring it up? Is Just because in your world you don’t see people complaining about the notch doesn’t mean they don’t have an issue with it.

I truthfully don’t think the notch is brought up in the world world, because no one cares. It’s not just “My world”, I gave you examples earlier and anecdotally those I know who have the iPhone X Have never mentioned the notch. I’m not saying others can have an issue with it, I simply believe others don’t care. I think you’re stretching this discussion more than it needs to be over hardware feature specifically that you can’t change yourself, and it has a reason for existence, for whatever reason, you keep refuting the same tired argument and its clearly not changing any time soon.

That being said look at any comment section on the internet about the iPhone X and let me know if you see a comment section free of any notch complaints.

And this goes back to my one of my
first posts when I stated a tech forum is a minority, not a majority. Of course there are complaints and discussion and what others will do naturally on here who are tech enthusiasts. Again, A tech forum is a very small group of individuals that doesn’t correlate to the millions of others who likely don’t have extreme displeasure or continually keep reiterating the same points about a notch, it doesn’t translate to real world “Issues”, at least in the sense you make of it.
 
Don’t worry guys! Apple is planning to make changes in cut-outs display in future iPhone because of some negative reviews about the new iPhone X. For me, it’s good to get rid of that annoying notch.
 
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