Sunday debate: Notch vs full bezel
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- Anonymous
- LGZ
- 18 Mar 2018
The notch will be remembered as the most ridiculous thing in the history of phones. "I can't believe Apple managed to make people believe that a phone lacking a part of the screen was desirable". At this point it feels like since they can't make phones faster, the only way they can get people to buy a new model is fashion. It's probably no coincidence they introduced the notch when raising the price, they needed to make the phone distinguishable from the rest so people would find it desirable by associating the notch with owning the most expensive phone. Next year, of course, their excuse to get people to buy a new model will be "the full screen you deserve"
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- Anonymous
- 3Jn
- 18 Mar 2018
I'm not looking for character in a phone!!! I just want it to do what I want it to do.
I want a great screen and certainly not one with little bits missing from it.
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- acemang
- 3xR
- 18 Mar 2018
Anonymous, 18 Mar 2018The notch is a perfect example of
1) Apple putting funct... more1. your so wrong. apple never puts function over design. they just wanted to have a better screen/body ratio, and for that notch was their "best" idea. they could just had the top like samsung or anyother brand had. but they wanted to maximize the ratio so they could brag about. in a developer point of view, is just a dumb idea, because 99% of apps are made for 16:9 ratio, so changing millions of apps to the new ratios and different screen sizes, it will cost companies billions in total. is just dumb. worst is if you follow apple rules to make apps...you will have only 2:1 usefull area and not 19.5:9. so it just pure markting to sell an "almost" bezeless phone. at least it looks one..but in real life it will never be, because content will always have top and bot crop (following apple rules)...they could that in hardware but gone software mode to "look better" in home screen.
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- Anonymous
- n}%
- 18 Mar 2018
I'm for the notch, but not for the character, but for the screen up to the top edge of the phone; for maximum screen to body ratio.
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- xXENDER FREAKXx
- uJ5
- 18 Mar 2018
Anonymous, 18 Mar 2018When apple leaves the notch to go really-bezel-less, others... moreYep, sometimes I feel that Apple is like a "father" leading their "kids" in the smartphone industry, no difference if u compare to real life adults leading their kids...
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- xXENDER FREAKXx
- uJ5
- 18 Mar 2018
Kiyasuriin, 18 Mar 2018Easy, because most companies will check what sells best, an... moreEven though I don't like the notch, I'm glad Apple didn't do something that WILL 100% make us feel that they are a stupid brand manufacturer; making the aspect ratio 16:9. Imagine if they have 99.9% of the things identical to the iPHONE X, but with the exception of the new aspect ratio currently found on smartphones and use the 16:9 aspect ratio, how many people will complain about Apple? A LOT, yes I mean a lot, no bullshit present. When playing games the notch is already kind of a nuisance, what happens when this applies to watching videos on entertainment apps? HO HO HO, HA LE LU YA, no more option of choosing whether u should crop the video if u are willing to bare with the notch blocking OR not cropping and willing to bare with the black bars and not making full use of the 18:9 display, it will be just FULL SCREEN now, because most videos in entertainment apps like YouTube support that 16:9 aspect ratio and if Apple were to release their iPHONE X with that aspect ratio. If they did that, they probably wasted their inventory making the iPHONE X and not getting profits back
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- AnonD-740707
- g3U
- 18 Mar 2018
What's the purpose of notch on top, if phone still have bezel on bottom?
Epic copy cat.
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- Anonymous
- 043
- 18 Mar 2018
xXENDER FREAKXx, 18 Mar 2018When a trend starts, it never falls. Plus it is an increasi... moreWhen apple leaves the notch to go really-bezel-less, others will follow. When Apple started dual cameras and put them horizontal, everyone followed. When Apple started to put it vertically, everyone followed.
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- Anonymous
- 043
- 18 Mar 2018
The notch is a perfect example of
1) Apple putting function over form, which is what many people wanted again in Apple products
2) Companies copying EVERYTHING apple does just to be with the trend. A notch makes absolutely no sense if you have a big fat bottom bezel because you could have just put that bottom bezel on the top to not have a notch. Apple did it because they wanted to make everything possible on the front a screen, and they gone beyond what we're used to with the notch, which is probably the reason why many think the design is failed. I don't think it looks good either and will be happy when the notch is covered with screen, but that's what we have to live with for now. And I think that for many companies, the Samsung approach is better right now. The iPhone X is just a phone where Apple went all-in to show what's possible and to show that they can still "innovate" (also something many people cried for), it's like a concept gone mass-market. But those debates won't matter in 3 years when the notch and bezel in general is just gone and nobody cares anymore.
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- Anonymous
- kb4
- 18 Mar 2018
Notches looks like something on back camels
Smaller bezels & yes full bezels is better I think so
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- AnonD-468012
- KiQ
- 18 Mar 2018
I vote the notch, but me too dont really mind of it. There is no option for this?
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- xXENDER FREAKXx
- uJ5
- 18 Mar 2018
Whackcar, 18 Mar 2018As suspected, majority of people hate the ugly notches. Let... moreWhen a trend starts, it never falls. Plus it is an increasing trend, so there is little to no chance of stopping it from happening...
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- AnonD-439332
- 3dh
- 18 Mar 2018
i am for the notch, but it should be just for the status bar, like lg v20, so it will not affect videos, photos, games at all
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- Dave Granger
- m5M
- 18 Mar 2018
Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I still don't like on-screen buttons on Android, so I'd rather have top and bottom bezels with physical keys and front-facing speakers.
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- Alien
- 3RM
- 18 Mar 2018
I'd rather have some top/bottom bezels instead of that HIDEOUS NOTCH!
Not to mention a little bit of bezels will save your very expensive phone in case you drop it. I hate using covers and bumpers..
Except for Sony and Samsung, all the other brands are just cheap and lame wannabes. ALL they know is copy/paste like a retard robot : huawei, xiaomi and all the other china replika brands.
Pffff..
I wouldn't use a china phone even if they offered me a Mercedes!
I simply cannot understand why someone would wish for a replika huawei .. Vomit!
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- Anonymous
- 4jp
- 18 Mar 2018
AnonD-1825, 18 Mar 2018"You do realize notch doesn't really have a purpose, right ... moreAlso, consider this.
S9 - 5.8" screen, 18.5:9 aspect ratio.
X - 5.8" screen, 19.5:9 aspect ratio.
S9 screen width - 2.54"
X screen width - 2.43"
So, you actually get more screen real estate in 1) playing videos in landscape, 2) browsing in both landscape and portrait... without the notch. So, if Apple set out to make a bigger screen in a smaller body, they actually failed with the notch.
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- Hoffmann
- naq
- 18 Mar 2018
porkataBG, 18 Mar 2018Lg G2 all the way!!! Normal aspect(16:9),very slim bezels ... moreYou have the regular Huawei Mate 10. 16:9 ratio, doesn't have a notch, and screen to body ratio is great.
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- AnonD-732843
- 3ak
- 18 Mar 2018
We hate the notch
Take your devil horns back where they came from
Make a camera/speaker that pops out of the frame.
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- Anonymous
- 4jp
- 18 Mar 2018
AnonD-1825, 18 Mar 2018"You do realize notch doesn't really have a purpose, right ... moreSo, wait you are saying there are two options for you:
1) No bottom bezel + notch,
2) Two small bezels.
I think I would take option #2. The screen to display ratio is still the same.
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- porkataBG
- nIi
- 18 Mar 2018
Lg G2 all the way!!!
Normal aspect(16:9),very slim bezels and no stupid nonsense notch.
Realy ,why nobody tried to copy lg G2 in 2017/2018.
Maybe its too normal....