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A notch is necessary for the faceid sensor array. If you don’t need a foreword facing sensor array you should get rid of the notch. If you have a finnger print
by gehsty 8y ago
A notch is necessary for the faceid sensor array. If you don’t need a foreword facing sensor array you should get rid of the notch.
If you have a finnger print sensor on the rear why not make a no-notch phone with an edge to edge display and no notch?
Do you think Apple came to the same conclusion? That a notch was a necessity to appear premium? No they didn’t because they were not copying anyone else’s phone design, they included a notch so faceid worked.
- nkrisc 8y agoIt appears you've misunderstood the comment you're replying to. The notch is considered premium because Apple did it and imitator are only doing it because Apple did, not because they need to for the same reasons that Apple did.
- gehsty 8y agoAgreed
- sundvor 8y agoYes! It's a mad world where a design compromise suddenly becomes something to be emulated all by itself. "It's not a bug, it's a feature". I hate the look of the notch, but at least the rest of the iPhone looks super slick. The Pixel Notch instead just made an unattractive design far far worse. Bravo!
- nkrisc 8y agoSomeone else pointed out the screen doesn't even go all the way to the bottom, making the notch look entirely superfluous. At least the iPhone actually uses all the space on the front, even if the notch looks absurd.
- sundvor 8y agoYep, exactly. It is absurd. Apple has a valid excuse/reason for their notch, even as much as though I personally disagree with their design choice.
- emptyfile 8y agoApple made it premium, but phones had notches before them. Sharp and Essential phone come to mind. Sharp in particular has had fully bezel-less phones for years, I honestly though their camera on the bottom design would be copied way before the weird notch.
- misterprime 8y agoI fondly remember the "2nd screen" of the LG V10 and V20. When I first saw the notch I figured it would be an awesome implementation of LG's 2nd (and 3rd) screen. I was wrong thought. It's the full screen and part of it is cut out as you can see when watching videos and playing games. Sad day that it is being copied.
- ThatPlayer 8y agoI'm currently still using the V20 and like it, but do think that as the notch gets smaller, you lose the available space for functionality like the LG's second screen. Of course ideally, the notch gets smaller, not like the Pixel.
- floatboth 8y agoEssential is also rather premium :) but they had a very different notch, very small (just for the camera).
- notatoad 8y agoEssential wanted to be seen as premium, but i don't think they're the ones driving any customer perception of notches being premium.
- gmjoe 8y agoIsn't a notch necessary for a front-facing camera period, if your screen goes to the edges? The FaceID sensor array just coincidentally came out at the same time, no?
- antsar 8y agoYes, but the Pixel screen doesn't go to the edges. There's a sizeable bezel at the bottom. Could have left one at the top as well, and avoided the notch.
- Klathmon 8y agoWhy though? Why get rid of screen space that could be used for something? If you really hate that space being used, there are several apps out there that "disable" it by pushing the whole screen to treat that space as if it were bezel. Doesn't that give everyone the best of both worlds? I prefer the notch in that it gives me more space at the top around it for things like notifications or status icons, and if you hate the look you can black it out and have it look like it's just a big bezel.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> A notch is necessary for the faceid sensor array. If you don’t need a foreword facing sensor array you should get rid of the notch. Pretty much every smartphone for years has had a forward facing, top-mounted sensor array (and a similarly positioned output device), either in a bezel or, if avoiding a full-width bezel, a notch. (The “sensor array” may just be a camera and light-level sensor, but it's there, for sure.)