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It’s a mix of good and bad. With the notch, status space is at a premium and they finally get rid of that completely unnecessary advertising for AT&T, etc. (sh
by makecheck 9y ago
It’s a mix of good and bad.
With the notch, status space is at a premium and they finally get rid of that completely unnecessary advertising for AT&T, etc. (shows up on lock screen, that’s it). Also, when I’m in the background and using Google Maps for directions or something, it’s actually easier to have the location button in the top-left corner because I don’t hit it by accident.
I really don’t notice the notch after a month or so but I also set a wallpaper with a black top (thanks to the OLED, that part of the screen is so dark that it really does hide the notch completely).
One thing that’s really stupid is web pages. So many of them have floating bars at the top and buttons at the bottom; then there’s browser UI, and then the notch has the illusion that it’s taking up even more space (when in a way it’s not). In the end each site feels like it’s crapping all over my screen space on the X. Mobile browsing needs to be seriously redesigned from the ground up; anything less than a full screen experience needs to go.
- djrogers 9y agoAll the website top/bottom fixed position junk is one more reason I appreciate the iPhone X - the extra tall screen leaves more room for content than my old 7plus. OTOH, if it gets too bad I use a kill sticky bookmarklet.
- seszett 9y ago> they finally get rid of that completely unnecessary advertising for AT&T Which makes me think, is it easy to know what operator you are connected to? I live on a border, and it's important to know whether I'm on a French antenna or a Belgian one. I know it's an edge case and most people don't need that, but I'm curious and I can't really find screenshots of it. Actually on the screenshots I find you can't even know if you're connected on 4G or not, which matters as some operators here only allow unlimited data on 4G.
- brusch64 9y agoLiving in a border region nearly everyone here uses "manual carrier search" (I don't know the proper English term for this). Otherwise it can get pretty costly.
- seszett 9y agoBut isn't it tedious to have to manually change your carrier every time you cross the border? Especially when driving, I really wouldn't want to navigate these menus while on the highway.
- JustSomeNobody 9y agoI guess you have to pick your battles. Either do it manually and not worry about a big bill or do it automatically and accept you might get a big bill. How much is the convenience worth?
- seszett 9y agoWell, for now I can easily do it automatically and check which network I'm on before using data-intensive apps, so I get the best of the two worlds. I'm just interested on whether it is easy to see as well on an iPhone X.
- brusch64 9y agoWell - if I am staying in "my country" I leave my manual selected carrier on. When I'm travelling into the other countries I change it to automatic carrier search. Works fine for me.
- makecheck 9y agoYes; it appears on the lock screen or as soon as you start to pull down notifications.