I don't have numbers so I wont pull any out of my arse. All I can say is that; I have never used the front camera, I do not know anyone personally that does use the front camera. It serves no function.
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Kuo: Some 2022 iPhones to Abandon Notch in Favor of 'Punch-Hole' Display
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This whole half-in/half-out thing is kinda stupid. Just put a black bar at the top, crowd it with whatever technology you need, and be done with it. They seem to be continuously in a solution looking for a problem mode.
I use both the iPhone 12 Pro Max and the Samsung S21 Ultra. One has the notch, one has the punch out hole - neither bother me. I don't even notice they exist while browsing the web, playing games, watching movies, texting, etc.
Yes, there's no way you can fit a whole face recognition array into a notch - that we currently know of. You need something to project IR dots, something to see those IR dots, and a regular camera. It could maybe be possible to pull all of that off with micro sized mirrors and three cameras all sharing the same lens...or, this punch hole will never happen and it will all just be under the display.
Yeah, what's next? Samsung making all of their screens for them?!
Neither is perfect but fingerprint sensor works in many more situations.
Face ID can fail even without a mask,with some sunglasses,some hats,in certain lightnings,with head tilted,etc
Fingerprint sensor can only fail when wearing gloves.
Yeah no way in hell a phone in this day and age of social media and selfies will Apple produce a smartphone with no front camera.
This is absolutely terrible for me. This design is one of the most ugly things I’ve seen in years; I absolutely hate the away android phones cut a curved small notch in cheap phones and the round camera dump in others. This rumor must be wrong just like the oled ipads rumor, absolutely horrible.
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I don't like the notch or the "bottom line swipe indicator" (or whatever that line is called). Both have driven me nuts since the day they showed up.
until you watch videos or play a game. the notch would have been the thing to "forget" if they didnt demand that apps "fill" the screen, the notch wouldnt be a problem. instead, part of my media is either cut off or set to an odd aspect ratio.
i'd much rather take the small dot of space and have a normal rectangle for the phone.
What happened to that pop-up front camera tech? It died a silent death did it? I saw some of those phones in the wild for a few months when they were all the rage - which was what? 2016? 2017?. But it's been a couple of years since I saw one though.
personally, i find the punch hole design to be far less attractive than the notch, so i sincerely hope it's just a dirty rumor. having all that under the display would be amazing though.
Maybe Apple long term plan of Face ID under display is too hard to do so they are set to remove it so in 2023 they can put under display camera on and punch hole is the stop gap for a year
Always getting Samsung's sloppy seconds. Samsung is moving to under panel cameras. Lol
Good. It will time for me to start thinking about replacing my Xs Max in an other year and a half.
I’ve never had Face ID fail me other than when I have a mask on. I even have require attention setting turned on. I have family members with non Face ID phones who turned Touch ID off because it would never work for them. Especially here in a colder climate where ones fingers can get dry and cracked easily.
Agreed. I'm not a fan of the notchm plust I just want to be able to see the alarm icon on the top of my screen when I set an alarm. I dont want to have to pull down the control centre to see it each time.
Yes, I know: first world problems.