Oops - I am not disputing the code evidence !Just follow the developers on Twitter who are knee deep in the HomePod firmware, there is so much evidence in the code. All these wild guesses about "maybe there is a finger print scanner under the screen, maybe the power button will have touch ID, maybe the power button will be the home button, maybe there will be no virtual home button, etc", it's based on nothing but hope/fantasy and ignoring reports by professionals and developers.
Regarding the area next to the notch and the home button area, it might be hard for us the imagine right now, but just remember how it always goes with Apple. First everybody hates it, then people buy it and very soon everyone loves it. It would really not surprise me to see it like this:
By the way, there is also zero evidence that app elements can or will be available in the home button area. Everything seem to point to a static OS area.
Could you not speak for everyone, please?
A dummy is not a leak. The leaked parts were black and looked great.Caliber26 said:
I see what you’re both saying. I am of the opinion that most of that stuff is useless on a day-to-day basis, and to remain minimalist, Apple should keep the time in the ULH corner, and the battery in the URH corner.
Nobody ever cared about side-bezels, it's always been about top and bottom. This is the bezel-less iPhone, you better get used to it.
And if these corners are only/mainly used for white on black status bar icons, still distracting? I think you may find, that this way the content area is emphasized and free of unrelated status information. Your eyes will jump right into the app and you won't read the time every time first.
Firstly, I've seen the firmware describing the status bar, and the glyph. The 'split status bar' is completely irrelevant. I'm saying elements will of course go into those, and the entire bar will be 'status bar'. I'm saying the corners cannot fit status bar elements giving the useful purpose to the status bar. They're absolutely tiny spaces and they'd fit virtually nothing. If Apple only used those, the status bar would be completely pointless. You cannot fit the absolutely critical elements in those. Time, signal strength, battery, and battery percentage. Therefore, the top left and right portions are just that, a portion of the status bar. They're new areas where new elements will go.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.
Nothing! Do a google image search for "erlking cars" and you will find that the auto industry operates on the exact same rumor cycle for unannounced car designs. Of course car enthusiasts base their purchase decision on little pieces of information about upcoming new cars as well.
But why would a Homepod ipsw share iP8 code base ? Similarly does AppleTV ipsw share iPh7/6/5/iPod base code ?
The status bar is completely pointless as it is, because most third party apps hide it and claim the screen space for themselves. Especially the games I spend the most time in, won't show me my vanishing battery life. Corners are a solution to the current lack of critical status information.
