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> The notch is a horrible idea I never got this. Why is it worse than bezel ? How does it affect usability / performance of the phone ? I have a notch on my ph

> The notch is a horrible idea I never got this. Why is it worse than bezel ? How does it affect usability / performance of the phone ? I have a notch on my phone and it's notch is the last thing I care about.

rpeden 8y ago
Some people really hate screens that aren't symmetrical. Or they just think that the notch is ugly, or distracting. And I think those are all fine reasons to consider the notch a horrible idea. I don't mind the notch myself. I don't think it hurts the performance or usability if a phone. I try to keep things like this in perspective. I feel that mushrooms totally destroy the performance and usability of a pizza. And yet many people love mushrooms on their pizza, and think I'm a complete weirdo for feeling the way I do. So whenever I don't get why people dislike something, I try to think of things I strongly dislike that lots of people seem to enjoy. Then it all makes a little more sense. :)
- tonmoy 8y ago
  Sure but would you say mushrooms on pizza “is a horrible idea”?
  - markdown 8y ago
    People say that and worse about pineapple on pizza :(
    - r00fus 8y ago
      Or anchovies. Yuuurg. YMMV I suppose.
paulddraper 8y ago
A notch gives you an odd, asymmetrical screen. Virtually all digital graphics are based on a rectangular viewing area, whether apps, websites, videos, etc. Honest question: What would you think you went to a movie theater and the entire time there was notch removed from the corner of the movie?
- simlevesque 8y ago
  On any phone with no notch, there is a bezel. This part is not a screen and I don't look at it. If I look at a video on my phone I have no issue watching the video. The video is rectangular and the notch is not visible. Sure I can zoom and set the video full screen and see the notch, I just don't do it. I used to have a phone with a 18:9 screen ratio, I had the same choice: view the rectangular video or use the full screen and lose some information. I really don't get it.
  - paulddraper 8y ago
    > the notch is not visible. Excellent! That is how it should be. +1 It's like a car where the front left wheel is easily removable. The car is made to have four wheels. Driving without that wheel is undesirable. Why even spend the extra effort/expense on the removable wheel feature?
bpye 8y ago
I used to hate notched displays but then I saw the argument that it's really stretching the screen into the bezel rather than cutting away at screen space and it makes a lot more sense. Sure, it doesn't make sense for all phones and I'd rather a bezel on a cheaper phone if it reduced cost, however, on a high end phone I think it kinda makes sense. It can give you more screen space by allowing you to have your clock and status indicators in what would otherwise be the bezel, then it makes sense.

rpeden 8y ago

Some people really hate screens that aren't symmetrical. Or they just think that the notch is ugly, or distracting. And I think those are all fine reasons to consider the notch a horrible idea. I don't mind the notch myself. I don't think it hurts the performance or usability if a phone. I try to keep things like this in perspective. I feel that mushrooms totally destroy the performance and usability of a pizza. And yet many people love mushrooms on their pizza, and think I'm a complete weirdo for feeling the way I do. So whenever I don't get why people dislike something, I try to think of things I strongly dislike that lots of people seem to enjoy. Then it all makes a little more sense. :)

tonmoy 8y ago
Sure but would you say mushrooms on pizza “is a horrible idea”?
- markdown 8y ago
  People say that and worse about pineapple on pizza :(
  - r00fus 8y ago
    Or anchovies. Yuuurg. YMMV I suppose.

paulddraper 8y ago

A notch gives you an odd, asymmetrical screen. Virtually all digital graphics are based on a rectangular viewing area, whether apps, websites, videos, etc. Honest question: What would you think you went to a movie theater and the entire time there was notch removed from the corner of the movie?

simlevesque 8y ago
On any phone with no notch, there is a bezel. This part is not a screen and I don't look at it. If I look at a video on my phone I have no issue watching the video. The video is rectangular and the notch is not visible. Sure I can zoom and set the video full screen and see the notch, I just don't do it. I used to have a phone with a 18:9 screen ratio, I had the same choice: view the rectangular video or use the full screen and lose some information. I really don't get it.
- paulddraper 8y ago
  > the notch is not visible. Excellent! That is how it should be. +1 It's like a car where the front left wheel is easily removable. The car is made to have four wheels. Driving without that wheel is undesirable. Why even spend the extra effort/expense on the removable wheel feature?

bpye 8y ago

I used to hate notched displays but then I saw the argument that it's really stretching the screen into the bezel rather than cutting away at screen space and it makes a lot more sense. Sure, it doesn't make sense for all phones and I'd rather a bezel on a cheaper phone if it reduced cost, however, on a high end phone I think it kinda makes sense. It can give you more screen space by allowing you to have your clock and status indicators in what would otherwise be the bezel, then it makes sense.