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Title: If Apple is ditching iPhone's notch it better make proper use of the space
Post by: HCK on January 14, 2022, 04:05:30 pm
If Apple is ditching iPhone's notch it better make proper use of the space

Give us the battery percentage back, you cowards.

The last few days have been a whirlwind of iPhone 14 rumors. No matter which way you slice it, at least iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max look set to do away with the infamous Face ID notch and replace it with at least one hole. Recent reports suggest as many as two of them. That's cool and all, but what does it really gain?

Hopefully, at least a battery percentage.

When Apple announced that the notch was going to be smaller on iPhone 13 than it was on iPhone 12, I was hopeful that the pixels we were getting back would be put to good use. That didn't happen and Apple gave us nothing new despite the extra space afforded by the smaller cutout. Now, with rumors strongly suggesting the notch will turn into a pair of holes, we're here again.

I do like the idea of Apple killing the notch off and as much as I thought the hole-punch camera trend was silly, there's something more aesthetically pleasing about a pill-shaped hole. I can eve...

Source: If Apple is ditching iPhone's notch it better make proper use of the space (https://www.imore.com/if-apple-really-ditching-notch-iphone-14-it-better-make-use-extra-space-otherwise-why-bother)