The notch is spreading for no good reason: the MWC was rife with iPhone X lookalikes

01 March 2018
Wouldn't you know it, Apple started another design trend in the mobile world - screens with a bit cut off the top.

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  • 02 Mar 2018

AnonD-739791, 02 Mar 2018Apple, please make a folding screen phone so the other manu... more Even on the excessively unlikely even apple released one first let alone any time soon we all know that they are not the original idea and it's not really copying them as many have proto types ideas concepts and plans that are known and discussed for years

    Yeah the notches are ugly. What vivo did with their concept phone apex is one of the workarounds for the front facing camera. And the under display fingerprint reader is a hell of an innovation that i hope will gain serious support and development sooner rather than later. Hopefully with these new tech the notches will blow over. The next thing to do now would be experimenting with under display sensors.

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      • 02 Mar 2018

      ShadowSn1p3r, 02 Mar 2018Most of the spill over notches is happening because of appl... moreBut the mayority of the announced phones with notches are ips led, not oled....
      And that is the reason for the chins.

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        • 02 Mar 2018

        zamroni1, 02 Mar 2018Maybe the next macbook will have screen notch tooApple watch most likely

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          • 02 Mar 2018

          notch haters are gonna eat those words they said when ipx was release, samsung may have taken a swipe at the notch on the s9 release but nobody reacted to it. now most of the OEM of android have a phone line up with a notch on their units, heck google even annouced that the next version of android will support units that has the notch, in effect google has embraced the notch trend.

          there comes a time when most flagship phones will have a notch and im sure notch haters dont have a choice but to buy a top-notch phone :p

            Most of the spill over notches is happening because of apple ordering too many OLED screens from Samsung and their iPhone x not selling as planned (I'm sure now that the X is for experiment and not 10), as a company Samsung has all these excess screens with notches and rather than losing profit from the failure of Apple they decided to sell those screens with the notches to other companies to lessen the blow of the cost or the initial deal to create these dumb screens. As for lawsuit against copyright Apple would lose. That's just my 2 cents on the matter.

              [deleted post]why ? did apple sue other phone manufacture who not follow them ?

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                • 02 Mar 2018

                AnonD-739791, 02 Mar 2018Apple, please make a folding screen phone so the other manu... morefoldable oled screen is easy, folding whats behind and around the screen,and reliably, is the problem

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                  • 02 Mar 2018

                  So many chinese companies copying apple design

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                    • 02 Mar 2018

                    AnonD-687126, 01 Mar 2018It's really interesting. A year ago, or six months ago, wh... moreG7 will come look like alcatel 5, no chin bezel

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                      • 02 Mar 2018

                      vivo is the future.

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                        • 02 Mar 2018

                        bloop, 02 Mar 2018The absolute worst are the ones with both a notch and a bot... moreBottom bezel for stereo speaker and headphone jack

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                          • 02 Mar 2018

                          Apple, please make a folding screen phone so the other manufacturers can do it, too.

                            Who could possibly copy a product in three or four months?
                            They're not copies, but it's screen makers who tout those screens.

                            I see Essential's implementation beautiful compared to ugly iPhone X's notch.

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                              • 02 Mar 2018

                              Does an earpiece really need to be at the front though????

                                Maybe the next macbook will have screen notch too

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                                  • Anonymous
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                                  • 02 Mar 2018

                                  The worst "reform" for modern smartphones. A step back
                                  Who does the slight top bezel bother? Fits the camera(s), speaker, yet the notifications bar is complete and running as usual.

                                  Now, it'll be spread to MOST phones probably in the next year.... :|

                                    Story in the fruit phone company:
                                    1. Guys, let's make competitor for Samsung Note 8.
                                    2. OK, let's buy OLED screen from Samsung to make fruit phone Notch X

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                                      • 02 Mar 2018

                                      [deleted post]As opposed to almost everything apple made being envious copied junk

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                                        • 02 Mar 2018

                                        AnonD-468012, 01 Mar 2018Yeah cause Apple do it, so its looks so bad. Im not blind. ... moreThere is a difference between 960fps or cameras and this notch thing