I'm not sure how it loses symmetry. I believe the bottom home button area will also be black most times. Therefore symmetry retained, and like the top, the bottom would have buttons beside the virtual home button.
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I'm 99.9% positive it will be retained in the center of the top of the display. Below the cutout. Why? Because the time must remain glanceable.
I think people really look for things in iOS 11 to tell them what will be, it's just not that simple.
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What if it's a black bar with dynamic content in it? Imagine the bezel of your device being useful. Why is that bad?
You would have the cutout on either the left or right (depending on how you're holding the phone) and not the other side. Top to bottom it would be symmetrical - left to right it would not.
EDIT: I guess I see what you're saying - the are around the home button could mimic what the side with the cutout looks like.....meh.
In my humble opinion, if you look at the second image, the render on the left is the most likely "look" of iOS 11.0 on the iPhone 8.
Where I agree with you is I actually don't have an issue either way if the cut out exist or if it doesn't. I don't think the cut out is that off putting and if it debuts on the 'iPhone 8', then so be it. It won't stop the iPhone from selling any less. Ultimately the Notch seemingly will exist to maximize the display and house the sensors/camera.
Where I disagree with you is I don't necessarily think everyone is being negative about the cutout. It's just that Some don't have an understanding of how this is all going to mesh together, which translates into disapproval. It's just a different design with the previous iPhone layouts, and it's difficult for some to fathom these changes that might be made to this new iPhone without fully understanding why.
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No-one at Apple has ever referred to this upcoming phone as"revolutionary" or even "10th anniversary", those hyperbolic statements were/are created by wishful thinking fans on the Internet. As for "ingenious" solutions to the sensors Apple aren't magicians, you can't beat physics. A camera needs a physical lens to let in light, a speaker needs to push vibrations out into the world.
I think it's more likely they'll hide the clock and put it in the Notification Center and Lock Screen. They may even take it a step further and remove the time completely if an Apple Watch is being worn.
Unlike these "designs", Allen Pike's analysis offers the most thoughtful insight to how the software will work, IMO.
Obviously hard choices are required with regards to what information is essential to be consistently visible on the status bar (or elsewhere), as there will be less space available.
Here's my take:
Essential (visible 100% of the time):
Time
Signal strength
Battery capacity
Connection type
Non-essential (can be relocated to notification center or elsewhere):
Carrier name
Orientation lock
Bluetooth
Location services
Do not disturb
Alarm
Etc
It'll be really interesting to see what Apple has cooked up for us.
Obviously hard choices are required with regards to what information is essential to be consistently visible on the status bar (or elsewhere), as there will be less space available.
Here's my take:
Essential (visible 100% of the time):
Time
Signal strength
Battery capacity
Connection type
Non-essential (can be relocated to notification center or elsewhere):
Carrier name
Orientation lock
Bluetooth
Location services
Do not disturb
Alarm
Etc
It'll be really interesting to see what Apple has cooked up for us.
I just hope they have some idea on what to do with the space beside the home button. Possible have the navigation items left and right beside the button but only 4 of them?
If they are going to keep a virtual home button "fixed" down there, for all practical purposes, we get a bezel back. And I foresee a lot of accidental taps when playing games and using other apps. I hope they don't do that.
But, if that does happen, and if all that space beside the home button is going to be empty might as well use it as a status bar of sorts.
But, if that does happen, and if all that space beside the home button is going to be empty might as well use it as a status bar of sorts.
I hope we get something like this: https://www.behance.net/gallery/55354671/NEW-IOS-12-Concept-Displayed-on-iphone-8
Ive checked with my current phone provider (O2) asking if they do discounted monthly contracts for dummies. They said something about the futility of pointless speculation and not to read into what basically is a fruitless exercise and that I would be much better using the gift of life and good health to more productive use and see the actual instead of a virtual world that ultimately always ends in disappointment due to a misguided and unrealistic hope and then commenting on it on here.
Charmed, I'm sure.
Hang on a minute, readers. They never told me how many minutes and texts I got for that ...
("Cut it here"-Ed)
Charmed, I'm sure.
Hang on a minute, readers. They never told me how many minutes and texts I got for that ...
("Cut it here"-Ed)
yes i think the home button should be on top of the interface with their iOS transparency
but i think that home screen should not have those 3 buttons on the bottom, home button back etc...
we have 3d touch/swipe for that
I know you guys are just trying to come up with stuff, but in the HomePod firmware it has been confirmed that there will be an area for the home button. There is actual code that describes it! The facts (not believe, but facts) are that:
- It resizes
- Indicator can be hidden
- No API to change colour
- Tab bar can extend under it
So no, the power button will not have a double function as that would be terrible. Also 3D touching on a random part of the screen would never work as apps are using 3D Touch (where would you 3D Touch in Mail to get home? Impossible!) You guys are reaching for things while Apple already provided the evidence for you.
The same as above, the HomePod firmware confirms the sides next to the notch is for the status bar:
This is evidence from Apple itself, so not an opinion of how people on a forum want it. By the way, developers have generated a screen based on these values and guess what, it perfectly forms the those spaces next to the notch:
Also, the glyph in the firmware might tell something about their intentions:
If Apple would always want to hide the notch through software and black bezels, why make it so obvious in this glyph? I first was of the idea of symmetry and blacking out parts of the display, but the real evidence is showing that Apple might embrace the notch and use the extended tab bar (so depending on the colour of the app) to show the home button area.
If true, this is not only appalling but also a crazy departure from iOS/UI uniformity across devices.I know you guys are just trying to come up with stuff, but in the HomePod firmware it has been confirmed that there will be an area for the home button. There is actual code that describes it! The facts (not believe, but facts) are that:
- It resizes
- Indicator can be hidden
- No API to change colour
- Tab bar can extend under it
So no, the power button will not have a double function as that would be terrible. Also 3D touching on a random part of the screen would never work as apps are using 3D Touch (where would you 3D Touch in Mail to get home? Impossible!) You guys are reaching for things while Apple already provided the evidence for you.
The same as above, the HomePod firmware confirms the sides next to the notch is for the status bar:
This is evidence from Apple itself, so not an opinion of how people on a forum want it. By the way, developers have generated a screen based on these values and guess what, it perfectly forms the those spaces next to the notch:
Also, the glyph in the firmware might tell something about their intentions:
If Apple would always want to hide the notch through software and black bezels, why make it so obvious in this glyph? I first was of the idea of symmetry and blacking out parts of the display, but the real evidence is showing that Apple might embrace the notch and use the extended tab bar (so depending on the colour of the app) to show the home button area.
I just can't imagine this will be real.
That notch…
When I see these images, I don't see a big screen - my eyes can only see that part of the front they couldn't use as screen. And how asymmetrical it looks. But yet, no space for a fingerprint reader. And how distracting it will be while watching horizontal panoramic videos. And will they have to stop displaying the time because there's no space for it in their largest phone screen ever?
I don't know how Apple is going to pull this one off.
A part of me thinks a product as important as an iPhone can't possibly suck and that next month, we will be in for a surprise. This same company did release the bump smart battery case though.
Hope the notch won't become the new bump. It possibly can't.
Can it?
When I see these images, I don't see a big screen - my eyes can only see that part of the front they couldn't use as screen. And how asymmetrical it looks. But yet, no space for a fingerprint reader. And how distracting it will be while watching horizontal panoramic videos. And will they have to stop displaying the time because there's no space for it in their largest phone screen ever?
I don't know how Apple is going to pull this one off.
A part of me thinks a product as important as an iPhone can't possibly suck and that next month, we will be in for a surprise. This same company did release the bump smart battery case though.
Hope the notch won't become the new bump. It possibly can't.
Can it?
