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Re:Linux-ready, made-in-Germany “Volla Phone” succeeds on Ki... by teekert on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @08:36AM (#22483581)
Still think it is opinion, why not see it as 2 extra flaps of display at the top? Why not cover those areas with display if you can? I certainly agree on the removable battery though.

I also hated that they removed the head phone jack. But I recently bought 16$ qcy bt headphones, never looked back. Personally I don't care much about notches and headphone jacks at all. The camera would now be my nr. 1 buying argument.

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Re:Linux-ready, made-in-Germany “Volla Phone” succeeds on Ki... by notRobot on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @03:25PM (#22487654)
Because it leads to a very short status bar which annoys me a lot. And if I disable the notch to get a full status bar underneath it from settings, then the "flaps" get turned off system-wide for all apps so they're of no use.

Now I've switched back to my old notch-less phone and am much happier.

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Re:Linux-ready, made-in-Germany “Volla Phone” succeeds on Ki... by baybal2 on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @09:11AM (#22483867)
> Still think it is opinion, why not see it as 2 extra flaps of display at the top?

I have no idea, but sales stats are quite evident. Similar models with and without notch show that notched models sink in sales

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