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For any other company, the notch probably would've been viewed as a design misstep. For Apple, it became a distinctive feature that was actively imitated by pho
by qzw 6y ago
For any other company, the notch probably would've been viewed as a design misstep. For Apple, it became a distinctive feature that was actively imitated by phones that didn't even need to have such a large cutout. That's what it means to be dominant in design and aesthetics.
- JumpCrisscross 6y ago> the notch probably would've been viewed as a design misstep Why? The alternatives are a smaller screen or terrible audio when using one’s phone as a phone. It’s different. But it makes perfect sense and made perfect sense the first day.
- photojosh 6y agoThere is only one problem with the notch IMHO... and it's a software issue: taking video fullscreen in the horizontal orientation should only have ever filled the rectangular area. Otherwise, it's great: the status indicators you want anyway go up in the corners and don't take out a full row of the "actual" screen.
- jayd16 6y agoThey weren't the first. Sharp and Andy Rubin's Essential Phone had that terrible design first. OEMs come up with something and the designs echo through the industry.