I have always wondered why they couldn't salt in some IR blasters within the screen, or, make the output of the OLED panel delve lower into the IR spectrum to produce the same effect. The IR wouldn't be visible to the user, but I guess focus would be an issue.
Technically yes, but that space is not really utilized for anything. Menu bars might move up a couple of mm, but otherwise no difference.
If it is, than it was almost certainly more than one controlled leak, and all but this final one were false leads. More importantly, someone likely just got fired, due to the left corner positioning being identified as the new location for the camera hole punch... because only one suspected leaker got each version.
A slight uniform bezel all around would be perfect. A better version of the iPad bezel.
That's what's going to happen eventually, maybe by 2027 at the earliest, but probably 2028 or later. But if it happens as soon as 2027, it might be only for the 20th anniversary iPhone, not the other models in the lineup, and the same might be true for the 2028 models.
I too think this whole issue could have been solved by keeping at least some of the height/thickness of the original upper bezel, so the camera elements could be located within it. I'm sure Apple considered doing this years ago, but some people there seem to have decided that since such a bezel didn't need to go all the way from the far left to the far right edges of the upper part of the display in order to house the camera parts, they thought we'd appreciate having pixels to the left and right of what became the notch. This makes some sense, since the notch and the Dynamic Island that replaced it are actually just smaller upper bezels, not wider than they need to be, but the problem is that many people naturally perceive them as intrusions onto the display rather than as less-wide bezels.
Moving the dot projector under the display is actually the hardest step, since those dots have to be aligned precisely for accurate face recognition, and having any intervening display pixels in the way will mess that up, even if those pixels are shut off when the dot projector is activated. Moving the Face ID IR camera under the display is easier since it's only the receiver for those dots, where a little blurring is acceptable.
Their obstacle is getting the hard tech and manufacturing breakthroughs. We will see with it being halfway with FaceID (they’re hacking away at it though). I doubt they’ll gate lock it just for the anniversary phone when that would destroy future sales and they’ve never done something that. Probably a special color and some IOS feature they’ll slap as anniversary (a sale possibly too).
I think people are putting too much stock on this 20th anniversary thing. They need to make the technological breakthrough for anything to happen- anniversary or not.
The notch never died. They just lowered it a bit to create the “island”. Just a marketing trick.
Absolutely correct. I don't understand why people are downvoting you. This is very clear and a design fact. Some screen real estate was lost with the island.
I believe the concern at hand is more a discussion of total screen real estate, vs uninterrupted screen real estate. Total screen space did indeed increase with the island, whereas uninterrupted screen space actually decreased, due to the bottom edge of the island being positioned lower than the bottom edge of the notch. Each use case has its value, and Apple chose to prioritize total instead of uninterrupted.
I thought I would hate it and find no use. But playing with a demo of it I think it’s really useful. I like the timer just showing or music playing (one less app having to be on the Home Screen). Too bad I got a 14 over 15 (someone made a mistake).
