The pill's only rumoured for the Pro models. The non-Pro are rumoured to retain the altered iPhone 13 notch.
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Leaker Says iPhone 14 Pro to Feature Pill-Shaped Camera Cutout With Face ID Under the Display
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my point being that they could have gone with some sort of a pill
heck ,just look at the notch inside ,it's far too big for what's it's housing !.
either a smaller notch ,or even a pill,droplet ,whatever ,sth that would allow us to have the upper part usable when in Fullscreen mode ,cuz right now except maybe a FEW games,all apps put in Fullscreen lose the menu bar space by making the top black ....almost as big bezels as previous generation mbp13
I too am ignoring it as a notch thingy,in fact I even like it.but whenever I need screen real estate ,the fact that
1) menu bar is much thicker than previous regular MBA/mbp M1
and 2)going into Fullscreen makes u just lose the thick menu bar space by making it pure black....
well ,that is why I do mind the notch from a practical standpoint
Because technological innovation happens at the speed of quarterly financial results.
Personally, I am looking forward to the 14 coming out so the 13 becomes a much better deal.
if u already want the 13 badly,just grab it now ,second hand if you will
waiting a year just for maybe 100-200$ drop isn't such a good idea imo, especially since by then the deal won't be as good as you now think it is
You’d move the notch up, freeing the pixels below, just like the current iPhone. It’d be a narrower version of the current notch.
No, no, no, you’re getting confused.
Pill Shaped Box was a song by Nirvana.
Pill Hole Phone was by Soundgarden.
Pill hole phone
Won’t you come
And watch my Face ID
Pill hole phone
Won’t you come
Oh won’t you come
I don't like the illuminated gap between the camera hole and top bezel.
I don't want the screen to look like there's a bug squashed to it.
I don't want to see a hole on a map.
I don't want to see a hole on a photo or movie screen.
I would prefer they move the camera hole to the very top of the bezel.
I don't want the screen to look like there's a bug squashed to it.
I don't want to see a hole on a map.
I don't want to see a hole on a photo or movie screen.
I would prefer they move the camera hole to the very top of the bezel.
No, it appears to obscure much less of the screen. That area is already not used by normal app content.
Big if there, cos physics will always get in the way. Regardless of how good the algorithms you throw at it are, you have less light hitting an already small sensor. A small screen hole isn’t that distracting. Many will prefer the better picture, until selfie cameras become less important.
Not true if the pill is moved all the way up to the bezel to form a notch. There will be more useable screen.
Cool progress but to be fair, it doesn’t really matter if it’s a notch or a pill shaped hole as far as usability goes. There’s literally like 1-2mm of screen between a hole and the edge of the screen. There’s nothing useful you can put there, it’s pretty much a notch with ambi-light strip.
It’s fair adding TouchID, so long as it does not replace FaceID, or it works seemlessly even when wet, and is as secure as FaceID now.
I understand people wanting TouchID as an option, but for some, FaceID is infinitely better. If you live in a wet country like the UK, where people walk more than drive, and are constantly outdoors under the rain, you won’t want to return to the world of wiping your hand and screen dry before you can get in your phone.
The Face ID array wont fit in a small round hole like Android phones have.
I'd love to shoot some videos with it in 2023. Wouldn't want to wait an other year. I'd also like to use prores.
We live in a world where COVID and it’s variants are a major issue. FaceID is completely useless in those instances. For the past two years with COVID and it’s variants it would be dishonest to say FaceID has been seemless or even practical. Reality is reality.
actually in my situation waiting makes sense...it's a phone upgrade plan for my daughter's 8+. She's finishing her senior year of high school, so sometime between now and college she gets an upgrade (and hopefully the last phone I ever have to buy her). And given she is planning to study photojournalism, the 13Pro (or Max) would be a great tool to have in college. But she certainly doesn't need it NOW.
And people would be complaining just as loudly about “the pill”. Because that’s what the Internet is about. The more trivial the annoyance, the louder people will complain. Nothing Apple can do will change that.
