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Zach Epstein
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It has been nearly three years since Apple released its first smartphone with a notch at the top of the display, and it wasn't even the first company to launch a smartphone with a notch in the screen. That honor goes to LG, which released a smartphone called the V10 all the way back in 2015 that had a notch cut out of the top-left corner of the screen. With that in mind, the notch has now been a part of smartphone design language for almost five years, and yet some people still can't seem to accept it. Anyone who has used a smartphone with a notch knows that it's really not a big deal at all. You might focus on it at first, but after a short while it just becomes part of the user experience and you don't even really notice it at all. Nothing of any importance is ever really displayed on the very top edge of the screen anyway, aside from any icons or indicators that might appear in the status bar. Needless to say, those items are all moved to either side of the notch on phones with notches, so nothing of any importance is ever lost.
Still, there will always be people who hate this particular smartphone display design, and 2020 is turning out to be a year they should enjoy. Why? Because all of the Android phone makers that had shamelessly stolen Apple's iPhone X notch design are now stealing Samsung's Galaxy S10 hole-punch design instead. We've already discussed that the hole-punch design really isn't any better than a notch in terms of user experience, but many people seem to prefer it because it removes less physical space from the screen. Now, one of the most hotly anticipated flagship Android phones of the year just leaked, and it has one of the biggest holes we've ever seen. Is it really any better than the notch that Apple will reuse again on its upcoming iPhone 12 series smartphones? Let's take a look.
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Is this leaked Android flagship design really any better than the iPhone 12? originally appeared on BGR.com on Mon, 2 Mar 2020 at 13:57:37 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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