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Ask HN: Is the iPhone notch a status symbol?
And if so, why would Apple ever remove it?
It would make more sense for Apple to evolve its design to make newer iPhones recognizable as such — just as it has done with the Dynamic Island.
- PaulHoule 4y agoThe notch is a status symbol until it isn't, then the absence of a notch is a status symbol. See the title story of this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sneetches_and_Other_Stories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sneetches_and_Other_Storie...
- yuppie_scum 4y agoNobody gives a crap about a notch
- JoeyBananas 4y agoit's a mark of the beast