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iPhone 14 Pro Display Panels Reveal New Pill-and-Hole Design Replacing Notch
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Because developers will still have to build their apps around the same size area as the notch. If they just combined the pill shape and hole punch cutout, they could've moved them closer together, and shrunk the notch. But they decided to do this.
Not sure how the pill shape is better. The portion of display above the pill does not look usable.
I predict when this is released the notch lovers will change course in their preference. Neither are great but the pill seems like it will feel way more immersive and content will flow around it vs losing context on a huge chunk of a video or game etc.
Oh geez, who am I kidding? People be stubborn.
Oh geez, who am I kidding? People be stubborn.
There appears to be quite a bit more space horizontally with the pill, partially because of the decreased bezel size. Also, there appears to be a bit more space vertically, again because of the decreased bezel size, but with the bottom of the pill at a similar location as the bottom of the notch, along with the pill being shorter than the notch, resulting in empty space above the pill.
The change in bezel size also accounts for the difference in aspect ratio.
The space above and around the notch will likely be usable for video. It will not be part of the application safe space though.
In other words, for all intents and purposes, it will likely be treated similarly to the notch for applications.
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Between this abomination and the humangous camera bump, I'll hold on to my Xs for the foreseeable future.
This creates more work for developers it doesn't negate the fact that the pill design = more screen real estate. More screen real estate is more screen real estate. Plain and simple.
Even though I've been harsh on the pill and hole punch design, I'm curious to see if they do anything with the status bar on the top bezel.
Horizontal space is difficult to tell, but vertical space is definitely more. Take a look at this:
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i like the cutouts better that the notch. But reality is we might not gain any usable space for it. Therefore it does not really matter.
It's Pro to lose usable screen space.
Yeah. People who weren't bothered by the notch wont be bothered by this.
How dare Apple make developers do more work. Why don't we just cancel all innovation to make things easy for developers going forward?
This is almost certainly fake.
Just zoom in and you'll observe that around the notch and the pill/camera hole, there is a suspicious amount of image pixelation. The only other area of the image where this appears is where the poster has added the product labels above the alleged display glass.
I suspect this shot was heavily edited/doctored and is nothing more than fake news designed to capitalise on existing rumours.
Just zoom in and you'll observe that around the notch and the pill/camera hole, there is a suspicious amount of image pixelation. The only other area of the image where this appears is where the poster has added the product labels above the alleged display glass.
I suspect this shot was heavily edited/doctored and is nothing more than fake news designed to capitalise on existing rumours.
Its hard to tell for sure, but it actually looks like it drops lower than the notch, taking up more usable screen real estate, unless Apple has the area above the pill planned for something useful.
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Three things.
1. We don't even know if those pictures are real. However, if they are:
2. In that image, the pill screen is a mm or two lower than the notched screen. They're not aligned at the same height.
3. You didn't take account what I said about the bezels and pill height. The bezels of the Pros are smaller, so there is more vertical height to begin with. The pill is also shorter than the notch. Thus, if the bottom of the pill were the same level as the bottom of the notch, there would be unused space above the pill because the pill is shorter and the bezel above it is also shorter.
Ah, don't worry - it'll become the new "notch" status symbol and they'll sell millions.
I understand that the bezels are smaller, however, the point that I’m trying to make is that the bottom of the pill dives deeper into the screen, regardless of it having space in-between the bezel and the bezels being smaller. This means that, in a way, it will get in the way a bit more than the current notch. And this is clearly visible from the bad mock-up I made.
Who really uses the top of a display ever? The point is to make videos, games content more immersive. flowing around the pill vs being chunked out by a notch.
How am I the only one getting this?
If the notched iPhone never existed or you asked a person who's never seen it at least 80% of people would prefer the pill design when presented with both.
Again, the screens in that picture aren't aligned. The pill screen is actually placed on the table lower than the notched screen.
I now have to admit that after seeing them all lined up like this, I like the pro cuts better. Looks more modern for some reason.