Re:Sweden's cashless society is no longer a utopia
by simonh on Sunday November 11, 2018 @04:17AM
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The notch is for the camera and face scanner. Nothing to do with speakers. Ditching the front facing camera might get you half an hour or so battery life I suppose.
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Re:Sweden's cashless society is no longer a utopia
by gsich on Sunday November 11, 2018 @07:31AM
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But it spans the entirety of the speaker. If it's only the front camera and sensors the notch could be way smaller.
Re:Sweden's cashless society is no longer a utopia
by simonh on Monday November 12, 2018 @07:43AM
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It does and they do take advantage of the notch with the speaker (why wouldn't they?), but that's not the reason for the notch to exist.
Apple discussed this in interviews after the X came out. They realized they needed somewhere for the camera and face scanner, so decided since they needed a notch anyway they would take full advantage by adding in those sensors and features that could make best use of it. The proximity sensor and speakers could have worked without a notch, but work better with it. These considerations, together with aesthetics related to balancing the size of the notch and the screen areas either side, were the driving factors.