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Notch to the left or to the right in landscape?

  • Notch on the left

    Votes: 18 60.0%
  • Notch on the right

    Votes: 5 16.7%
  • Doesn't matter

    Votes: 7 23.3%

  • Total voters
    30

quietstormSD

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How does everyone orient their iPhone X when viewing in landscape, either web browsing, watching a full screen video or playing a full screen video game, etc?

I usually have the notch go to the left.
 
I don't do any of those things actually, no gaming or watching videos, and rarely do any web browsing on my phone
Even then, my browsing is usually portrait

But I do take a few pics, and when I do, the notch goes to the left
 
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to the right.

reason being that we read left to right, so attention normally settles on the left side

(it could well be the opposite in Japan, where they read right to left)
 
to the right.

reason being that we read left to right, so attention normally settles on the left side

(it could well be the opposite in Japan, where they read right to left)

Good point. I find that because I'm right handed I use my dominant hand to use the phone. Either my Right thumb or right index finger. As a result, I find that the right side of the screen is already obscured by my finger. So the note doesn't even mater at that point.
 
I never use landscape lol

Same. One of the main reasons I purchased the Plus model when it launched was The ability to use it in landscape. I used it maybe once or twice and found it to be Uncomfortable To hold for longer periods of time.
 
I "dress left" as they say and it bleeds into my iPhone behavior, as well as snowboarding/surfing/skateboarding with my left foot forward (when I was younger). I'm also right handed and throw better with my left.
 
I think if you usually hold your device in your right hand, you will most likely hold it with the notch on the left side while in landscape. At least its for me like this!:p
 
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