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This may be obvious to many but I just noticed that the iphone's default wallpaper is designed to hide the notch.(at least I assume the wallpaper in this review

This may be obvious to many but I just noticed that the iphone's default wallpaper is designed to hide the notch.(at least I assume the wallpaper in this review is the default)

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Ambroos 8y ago
It bothers me endlessly about Apple's new marketing materials. When comparing the iPhone X and XS on their site it seems like they got rid of the notch in the XS, even though the phones are almost identical. Screenshot of apple.com/iphone/compare: https://i.imgur.com/EKEJ8vE.jpg https://i.imgur.com/EKEJ8vE.jpg It's misleading to say the least.
- saagarjha 8y ago
  My guess is that the notch was very much a marketing feature last year–it defined an entire category of smartphone design. Now that it's "normal" Apple has chosen to draw attention away from it.
dandare 8y ago
To me the screen notch and the camera bump are frustrating design abominations. We participate in a mass delusion where we pretend modern smartphones are edge to edge screen - but they can not be used like that. You either bulk up your phone with a protective cover or you inevitably break the screen. The super tough "gorilla" glass is not suitable for the intended use: using your phone every day in a real world environment. We all pay premium for thin, light, glass/metal, all-screen phones with notches and bumps only to hide them in second plastic bodies made in China.
- count 8y ago
  I've not had a cover on an iPhone, and have owned every iPhone since the original. I've broken 1 (and a case wouldn't have saved it..it got run over). Not everybody is fucking gorilla handling their phones. Some of us can have nice things...
  - smittywerben 8y ago
    I used to throw my blackberry at people. One time it missed and it skipped over a natural slate floor like a pebble over water - no damage. Also dropped it on cement many times. Never a scratch (sometimes had to pop the battery back in) Compared to my first iPhone 3G w/ rubber+shell case which I absolutely demolished in my jeans longboarding my first time. I still feel bad about that. At some point phones became less durable than my own body. It's just different.
    - saagarjha 8y ago
      > I used to throw my blackberry at people. Is there any modern smartphone that would take this kind of abuse?
      - crehn 8y ago
        Is there any person who would take this kind of abuse?
- nickdandakis 8y ago
  If you're bulking up your iPhone with a case, the camera bump is a non-issue. I agree that we've reached diminishing returns as far as overall thickness is concerned, though. Would love to know the split between cased and case-less phone users. I'm in the case-less camp, and even though I think I'm in the minority, I don't think it's as small as it actually is.
microtherion 8y ago
It's even sneakier than that: the wallpaper on the XS hides the notch, while the wallpaper on the XR pretty much highlights the notch. I wonder which of the two Apple has a higher margin on...
- saagarjha 8y ago
  Less cynical viewpoint: Apple is trying to highlight that iPhone XR has a notch "just like iPhone X does"–similar to the marketing material last year which didn't make any effort to hide the cutout.
hoorayimhelping 8y ago
Not obvious to me until you pointed it out. That's really clever, the way the planet fills up the screen where the notch isn't.

This may be obvious to many but I just noticed that the iphone's default wallpaper is designed to hide the notch.(at least I assume the wallpaper in this review is the default)

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Ambroos 8y ago

It bothers me endlessly about Apple's new marketing materials. When comparing the iPhone X and XS on their site it seems like they got rid of the notch in the XS, even though the phones are almost identical. Screenshot of apple.com/iphone/compare: https://i.imgur.com/EKEJ8vE.jpg https://i.imgur.com/EKEJ8vE.jpg It's misleading to say the least.

saagarjha 8y ago
My guess is that the notch was very much a marketing feature last year–it defined an entire category of smartphone design. Now that it's "normal" Apple has chosen to draw attention away from it.

dandare 8y ago

To me the screen notch and the camera bump are frustrating design abominations. We participate in a mass delusion where we pretend modern smartphones are edge to edge screen - but they can not be used like that. You either bulk up your phone with a protective cover or you inevitably break the screen. The super tough "gorilla" glass is not suitable for the intended use: using your phone every day in a real world environment. We all pay premium for thin, light, glass/metal, all-screen phones with notches and bumps only to hide them in second plastic bodies made in China.

count 8y ago
I've not had a cover on an iPhone, and have owned every iPhone since the original. I've broken 1 (and a case wouldn't have saved it..it got run over). Not everybody is fucking gorilla handling their phones. Some of us can have nice things...
- smittywerben 8y ago
  I used to throw my blackberry at people. One time it missed and it skipped over a natural slate floor like a pebble over water - no damage. Also dropped it on cement many times. Never a scratch (sometimes had to pop the battery back in) Compared to my first iPhone 3G w/ rubber+shell case which I absolutely demolished in my jeans longboarding my first time. I still feel bad about that. At some point phones became less durable than my own body. It's just different.
  - saagarjha 8y ago
    > I used to throw my blackberry at people. Is there any modern smartphone that would take this kind of abuse?
    - crehn 8y ago
      Is there any person who would take this kind of abuse?
nickdandakis 8y ago
If you're bulking up your iPhone with a case, the camera bump is a non-issue. I agree that we've reached diminishing returns as far as overall thickness is concerned, though. Would love to know the split between cased and case-less phone users. I'm in the case-less camp, and even though I think I'm in the minority, I don't think it's as small as it actually is.

microtherion 8y ago

It's even sneakier than that: the wallpaper on the XS hides the notch, while the wallpaper on the XR pretty much highlights the notch. I wonder which of the two Apple has a higher margin on...

saagarjha 8y ago
Less cynical viewpoint: Apple is trying to highlight that iPhone XR has a notch "just like iPhone X does"–similar to the marketing material last year which didn't make any effort to hide the cutout.

hoorayimhelping 8y ago

Not obvious to me until you pointed it out. That's really clever, the way the planet fills up the screen where the notch isn't.