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the idiocracy of the iPhone 8 bezel cutout design in all those dummies and mockups
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Yea they’re the one I couldn’t remember. It’s crazy how they get away with it. But yea Samsung has been great lately with design and puts out really great hardware. They’re just hampered by Android.
I don’t know, I’d bet iOS would fly on Samsung hardware if ported to work on it. It’s crazy to me that brand new Samsung hardware is bested by year old iPhones in performance. I have to believe part of that is due to Android considering the specs of the Note 8, for example.
Yes but there is a lot
They should release their stuff over here then I'd get to see if it's any good or not. There are bad copies and there are good copies. However having choice is a good thing. Compared to the Asian market we are limited and behind.You're upset about the Xiaomi Note 3, aren't you?
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I think it's ok in Asia. They won't get sued. However they wouldn't dare (Xiaomi) bring out anything in the US/Europe.
Other sites are confirming the notch will be black for all OLED models. Which, I would think makes the most sense.
https://9to5mac.com/2017/09/08/iphone-8-3d-sensors-all-colors-black-front/
Why? We could combine forces so Apple employees that come to this forum can see our collective rationale and discussion.
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I agree with your observation that the notification bar has to be in black, so that it blends in with the rest of the status bar. Timing pressure shouldn't have been a thing, unless they literally realized how far Samsung and other vendors have come, and despite setting on a lot of money, there are 'cooler' phones out there. Apple realizing they need to leapfrog is great, though it is a bit disappointing to see that they've failed to execute. Mobile operating systems I think still have a long way to go, theres a lot more that can be done to make things more usable, more interesting, and even things Apple could learn from Android ecosystem. Then again, all that is really an aside...
Today we see China Xiaomi making phones that do NOT have a bezel cutout, and it looks great and has InfinityEdge. If Apple wants to deviate using the cutout, they better have some way to showing how that can be better than a "more screen" design. If you look at the mockups of the Xiaomi, it looks like the bezel at the top where the camera might actually look thinner than the bezel cutout at the top of the iPhone X... if that ends up being the case, that would be very sad.
*Merged sammy2066's observations into the first post*
I agree with your observation that the notification bar has to be in black, so that it blends in with the rest of the status bar. Timing pressure shouldn't have been a thing, unless they literally realized how far Samsung and other vendors have come, and despite setting on a lot of money, there are 'cooler' phones out there. Apple realizing they need to leapfrog is great, though it is a bit disappointing to see that they've failed to execute. Mobile operating systems I think still have a long way to go, theres a lot more that can be done to make things more usable, more interesting, and even things Apple could learn from Android ecosystem. Then again, all that is really an aside...
Today we see China Xiaomi making phones that do NOT have a bezel cutout, and it looks great and has InfinityEdge. If Apple wants to deviate using the cutout, they better have some way to showing how that can be better than a "more screen" design. If you look at the mockups of the Xiaomi, it looks like the bezel at the top where the camera might actually look thinner than the bezel cutout at the top of the iPhone X... if that ends up being the case, that would be very sad.
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No iPhone X, all talk is iPhone 8. This makes a lot of sense for them to not release the iPhone X, it needs to go back to the drawing board. This supports the fact that the bezel design makes no sense. What was leaked were probably engineering research prototypes.
One more thing...... obviously. Glass half empty aren't you?
What is sad is they still didn't show how it would work if you have GPS and Bluetooth enabled, where are those indicators going to go? They are seriously going to let us as consumers pay at least $999 for the product to find out for ourselves?
So these people have an opportunity to have a FIRST LOOK at the phone, and no one bothers to try to enable bluetooth or location services to show us how that impacts the status bar? Apple should have MacRumors get hands on time with the phone, I am sure a MacRumors reporter would actually try that status bar stuff out we've all be complaining about.
I also don't like the cutout, it ruined the edge to edge display. I like the looks of edge to edge display in s8+
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Yes the top cutout on iPhone X is a deal breaker.
During the leak season , someone on Youtibe has posted the cool animation on the left and right of the cutout.