the notch (using the new asus phone that looks exactly like an iphone x as an example) is purely cosmetic? you mean they only have a camera inside it, so it should be a much smaller notch like the essential phone? I know a lot of the android phones don't have the iphone IR facemapping camera/tech on their front side, but they're not using the notch for some combination of front facing camera, light level sensor and earpiece speaker?