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Well, I see that you didn't answer my question, so I suppose that means you'd rather have a phone without a notch. That would make sense because, all other things being equal, who would want a notch obscuring part of the content on their screen?

No one, I guess. Many have hated the notch since it first appeared:


From the article above: "If they removed the notch, literally no one would want the version with the notch, because it’s so plainly and universally undesirable."

Do you I hate the notch? Not one bit.

Do I notice the notch now? No.

Would a phone without a notch make much or little difference to me? Depends…

If I had to choose between a phone with a notch or a hole punch shoved in a corner for the camera, I would choose a notch every time.

If I had to choose between an all-screen phone without Face ID and decent camera, or like we have now, I would always choose the notch.

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Please don’t tell anybody how to think or what they are or aren’t thinking: it’s low-rent, unnecessary and unacceptable, albeit ever more pervasive on social media/forums these days. In your opinion it’s butt-ugly and you are entitled to that opinion absolutely. Which notched iPhone do you have or have had?

Some people hate it, some people might even love it, some people couldn’t give much of a crap like me (In my case because of the benefits it affords me) and some others in this thread.
 
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Notch blocking the top of a laptop screen: Unacceptable
Notch blocking an iPad screen: Unacceptable
Notch blocking a TV screen: Unacceptable
Notch blocking a smart watch face: Unacceptable
Notch blocking a computer monitor: Unacceptable

Notch blocking an iPhone screen: ---
 
Notch blocking the top of a laptop screen: Unacceptable
Notch blocking an iPad screen: Unacceptable
Notch blocking a TV screen: Unacceptable
Notch blocking a smart watch face: Unacceptable
Notch blocking a computer monitor: Unacceptable

Notch blocking an iPhone screen: ---

We want notches, we want ALL the notches!!!
 
Used to hate the notch before I actually had an iPhone with the notch. Now I've warmed up to it and I actually kinda like it now. I'd be a little sad if they completely removed it because then the phone would have no character to it. It would be just another rectangle like everything else out there.
 
Has anyone brought up the point that the notch makes it immediately noticeable about which end is the top of the phone at a quick glance? No notch and no home button would make that a little bit more difficult. I've even been caught a couple times trying to figure out which was was up when the screen was off.

To me, the notch solves that issue (mostly)
 
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