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I've used my X for nearly 4 years and still don't notice the notch?

Yup.

I've been on an 11 for almost two years now and, in every day use, I do not notice it at all.

In the rare cases where I go to landscape and zoom in, I notice it. The asymmetry is a bit silly then.
 
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Rebecca's phone having the steel band from the X - 11 era iPhones should have been hint enough that it was just a poor superimposition. I felt that the iphone screen simulations were kinda off too.

A faked iPhone, because Apple is ashamed for the notch. Watching Ted Lasso in a few years from now would always remind them about the ugly notch they had.
I've used my X for nearly 4 years and still don't notice the notch?

I find the notch hate to be super overblown . . . especially on this forum. I've had my XS for almost 3 years and don't notice the notch.

Why does Apple decide to maintain the Face ID on the era of face-masks while it also creates an undesired notch taking valuable screen space? Simple:
FACE ID IS A GREAT EMOTIONAL SURVEILLANCE FEATURE
AI face gesture tracking meta-data has a GREAT commercial value as businesses can buy peoples facial responses to products & services, same way most smartphones hear your voice 24/7 to offer targeted advertising (nothing new).
Because it is a profitable business for Apple, it is here to stay way long and re-adapt into under-screen sensors..
amazing piece. thank you for a good laugh!
 
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Yup, it's just Apple being embarrassed of their own notch so they asked the VX crew to hide it on Burn In shots like this. Nothing to see here other than Apple silently acknowledging the notch is stupid.
 
Yup, it's just Apple being embarrassed of their own notch so they asked the VX crew to hide it on Burn In shots like this. Nothing to see here other than Apple silently acknowledging the notch is stupid.
I don’t think Apple is embarrassed about anything at this point in time, least of all it’s “notch”. Their shareholders are quite happy, and also their customers & even developers. It’s Epic’s Freedom Foundation & Governments that are pissed.
 
I find the notch hate to be super overblown . . . especially on this forum. I've had my XS for almost 3 years and don't notice the notch.
Yeah, you didn’t notice it much simply because Apple kept hiding it between dark background colours.
Watch a movie or play a game at horizontal mode and shame - shame - shame.
They could have ditched the notch already, the tech to replace the notch already exists.
But they didn't release it yet, simply because they wouldn't have anything to show off 2022/23, they don't want to play all their trump cards at once.
 
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Yeah, you didn’t notice it much simply because Apple kept hiding it between dark background colours.
Watch a movie or play a game at horizontal mode and shame - shame - shame.
They could have ditched the notch already, the tech to replace the notch already exists.
But they didn't release it yet, simply because they wouldn't have anything to show off 2022/23, they don't want to play all their trump cards at once.
Dude, most of have a version of the phone with the notch it. We’ve obviously used it in those circumstances. It’s fine.

If/when they get rid of it in future versions, cool. Until then it hasn’t bothered me one bit.
 
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Why would you not put the notch onto the superimposing content of the display, instead of tracking/keyframing the notch?...
Well yeah, they could have easily done that instead. But the compositor likely simply didn’t bother, thinking who really cares or would notice.
 
The superimposed display added in post-production looks so fake .Why can't they just use a real iPhone? At the very least they could have made the display more realistic.
The screen refreshes at a rate that isn't consistent with the video camera. If you've taken a video of a TV or monitor you can usually see it refreshing (a band moving across the screen and washed out colours). It's generally quite distracting and doesn't look the way you expect (a crisp clear moving or static image) :)
 
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Right now the “notch“ is a defining feature for iPhones. Apple will drop the notch when the software + the quality & price of the hardware needed are ready. Just because others are doing it now, doesn’t mean they are doing it well, especially at the scale Apple requires. And honestly it doesn’t bother me watching videos either.
 
So when they do the 10-year anniversary of iPhone X, are they going to bring back the notch?
 
The superimposed display added in post-production looks so fake .Why can't they just use a real iPhone? At the very least they could have made the display more realistic.
Being a person who actually does this for a living, I can tell you, it's not an easy thing to do practically. There are a number of things that can mess up a phone insert shot. Actor's need to hold their hand still for focus because the depth of field is very shallow. Also they have to angle it just right so they don't get a glare or reflection of the camera/equipment. They have to to it several times and get the timing exactly right so the graphics on screen, which are usually custom made for the scene, will time properly. It takes a lot of coordination between the actor, camera operator, focus puller, dolly grip and the playback person controlling the graphics on the phone. It's usually easier to just do it in post.
 
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All these notch haters, are you all ok giving up the front facing camera?

You can have a notch, hole punch, forehead, or some terrible pop up camera. Magic is not an option yet.
 
I look forward to an iPhone sans notch, when and if Apple feels they can get equal to superior performance out of it.
I think it would look a lot nicer if they made the notch shorter, but kept the width, on the iPhone 13. Instead of making it less wide.
 
It's mental. I am sure you can see it just fine.
I'm pretty sure they can see it just fine, just that it isn't distracting in any way to them. I don't notice it either. I've been using every phone since they started using a notch and never found it to be a problem. I think the phone would look better without it, but don't really have any strong feelings about it either way.
 
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Ah interesting, thanks. Though I guess Apple doesn’t really compete directly with inexpensive monitors and gaming laptops. It would be much more surprising if it was something like a surface studio and surface laptop!
 
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