Smartphone Screen Notches

The cluster focuses on debates about the design, aesthetics, and tradeoffs of screen notches on smartphones like the iPhone, comparing them to bezels, punch-holes, and alternatives such as thicker phones or ejecting cameras.

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Sample Comments

soulofmischief Jul 10, 2020 View on HN

What makes you feel that way?I enjoy the peace of mind and lack of a notch on my screen. It's designed and advertised as a feature, not an oversight.

Rapzid Sep 13, 2017 View on HN

That's a horrible eye-sore; probably would have been better to make the entire phone thicker.

andrekandre Jun 6, 2022 View on HN

make every laptop look the same with a huge notch even if its not strictly necessary...?

timbit42 Oct 4, 2023 View on HN

It's better than Apple's notch.

mikelward Mar 1, 2018 View on HN

The essential phone's camera cutout looked cool in product shots. But the iPhone cutout seems too intrusive to me.

xnx Oct 10, 2018 View on HN

Obviously it looks like a notch, but I don't know why it's not viewed as 2 extra tabs of screen that would otherwise be bezel.

mkmk Oct 18, 2022 View on HN

Maybe they mean that there's no notch/punch hole?

chuckdries Sep 12, 2017 View on HN

I'd like the notch more if it were less than half the width of the screen

dawnerd Dec 17, 2021 View on HN

Obviously it draws attention away from the notch! /s

acchow Oct 18, 2021 View on HN

The notch is a design tradeoff, not a gimmick.