No notch required might have been a great value prop when the iPhone X was introduced. But today? I have the feeling the notch has become a status symbol, that other phone manufacturers copy.
EDIT: I don’t really the downvotes. Look at the “top 2019 android phones”, I counted 7 out of 15 having a notch... compare that with the ridicule and outrage when the X was introduced.
Not really. The top of the line android doesn't even really try to copy apple anymore. Some copy it because they can't just have the old "huge bezel at the top" design anymore, but eg samsung leaped above it with mini-bezel and then infinity-o, and xiaomi is going for under screen tech.
And it is guaranteed that Apple will move to under-screen too once it's mature. The notch was a stop gap, no matter how used to it you think you might be, it's still a screen waster. Though with Apple's "we made that choice so it was right we won't go back", I wonder if they will ever go to an under the screen fingerprint sensor now that it works well. As great as face unlock is, they are many times where I want to unlock with my phone on my desk and fingerprint is superior, I was glad to recover it on my S10+ after 2 generations of missing it (scanner being backside).
An underscreen camera was an Apple patent circa 2005. I always thought that this was going to be the killer feature of the iPhone, but that never came to pass.
I'm fascinated by your worldview. What happens to your status when new iPhone comes out without a notch? And do older smartphones that didn't have notch suddenly become status symbols?
I wonder what would be his reaction when seeing my friend asking me to borrow my Huawei to take pictures instead of using his iPhone XR because of the camera quality.
Both are great phones but there's more to the world than Apple and some people don't seem to realize.
OnePlus 7 Pro is selling like crazy, so notch is probably something people want to get rid of if they have a choice, which isn't something iPhone users really have.
iPhone is no longer a trend setter in smartphone business for some time now.
«Look at the “top 2019 android phones”, I counted 7 out of 15 having a notch» Probably because it's provides a useful function, more screen space. Don't forget the Essential Android handset was first with a notch, because of the extra real estate.
EDIT: I don’t really the downvotes. Look at the “top 2019 android phones”, I counted 7 out of 15 having a notch... compare that with the ridicule and outrage when the X was introduced.
https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-android-phones/