LOL just because some Android phones running Pie have a central notch does not dictate status/notification icon locations for every other Android phone.
Pie on the S9/+/Note wont suddenly have an useable area as it has no central notch
For those that have dual sim phones big central notches are poor compromise, like the iPhone 2nd sim notification is a squished line. The carrier scrolling text would also be squashed for dual's with large central notches
Even the render just above this shows poorly positioned status icons and several missing as they wont fit
It would be interesting if they made the surrounding area around the "Hole" a notification band to mimic the red/green led but maybe rotating