iPhone 14 Pro Dynamic Island very distracting?

[vertsix]

Does anyone else feel the Dynamic Island is unusually distracting? At least with the notch, the notch was a stagnant thing, and it melted with the display. Here, since the island changes in size and has functionality, you purposely pay more attention to it.

What do you think?

 

[Asiatic Black Hebrew]

Well it is sort of distracting by design. It's the main feature of the phone & Apple wants you to look at it. I think the functionality is pretty cool, so I don't mind it at all.

 

[PirateP]

I like it.

 

[pizzzle]

On the contrary, I was surprised by how little I noticed it. Based on the reviews and photos, I was expecting it to be much bigger than it is and more distracting, but I was immediately ok with it.

 

[tranceking26]

I think it'll be one of those things that in time you'll hardly notice. Like the iPhone notch.

 

[Kylo83]

yes watching YouTube it cuts into it where the notch didn't

 

[Sammy in SoCal]

yes watching YouTube it cuts into it where the notch didn't

Glad you’re enjoying it more than the notch

 

[PhillyGuy72]

It stops working in landscape mode??
Ouch!

"The dynamic island of iPhone 14 Pro stops working with the device in landscape"

https://twitter.com/x/status/1570859730486296578

 

[valinda]

I like it too!

 

[madrigal77]

I got my phone set up like 10 minutes ago and I already don’t notice it.

 

[AppleB]

I don’t notice it either.

 

[RotaryP7]

I actually like it. It's something different. I made a call and had on speaker, and swiped up to go to the Home Screen and it looked pretty nice, interactive. Other than that, I don't find it distracting.

 

[digitalprty]

It stops working in landscape mode??
Ouch!

"The dynamic island of iPhone 14 Pro stops working with the device in landscape"

https://twitter.com/x/status/1570859730486296578

I prefer this anyway. I’m happy it acts this way.

 

[ndouglas]

It stops working in landscape mode??
Ouch!

"The dynamic island of iPhone 14 Pro stops working with the device in landscape"

https://twitter.com/x/status/1570859730486296578

Fair enough; however I cannot remember the last time I used my phone in landscape.

 

[Tagbert]

yes watching YouTube it cuts into it where the notch didn't

Waiting for a YouTube update to properly render on the new screen size.

 

[Dealmans]

Fair enough; however I cannot remember the last time I used my phone in landscape.

may as well own a mini

 

[Sammy in SoCal]

It stops working in landscape mode??
Ouch!

"The dynamic island of iPhone 14 Pro stops working with the device in landscape"

https://twitter.com/x/status/1570859730486296578

in this review it still shows you get notifications from the island in landscape

 

[hr10]

I actually find it little strange/distracting when browsing on safari where page background is white

 

[azt33]

I like it, and I have stopped noticing it after the first 15 minutes.

 

[sorgo †]

Well, by design gimmicks tend to be pretty distracting, so yeah

 

[vertsix]

UPDATE: I returned my 14 Pro 512GB and got a 13 Pro Max 1TB instead and saved myself $600. Apart of the savings, the dynamic island sucked and I couldn't get used to it. Too distracting.

 

[Ryan1524]

No more distracting than the notch. I don't really notice it anymore.

 

[Eggtastic]

The dynamic island itself is a nice feature. The "pill" however needs to have those blacked out pixels turned back on or at least give us the option to do so. When dynamic island is activated they simply turn back off. I liked the "i" design vs. this pill because we get a little more screen / immersion into whatever we are viewing.

Yes, I have posted this before and will continue to do so until some higher up at apple who scans through forums like this takes my advice.

 

[Vothic]

Not a game changer for me but I do like it and don't find it to be that distracting when I am actually using the phone. Not sure if is just me but I find myself instinctively taping on it when using Safari thinking it is a search bar....good grief.

 

[Fred Zed]

Luv it. Cue Samsungs next devices having it also. 👏😝