iPhone X2 release date, news and rumours – is the ‘ugly’ notch finally set to disappear?
APPLE could improve the iPhone X’s most-hated feature with the rumoured iPhone X2 in 2018.
The dreaded “notch” that juts out at the top of the new phone’s screen could shrink, according to industry insiders.
Last year, Apple showed off the new iPhone X, a revolutionary smartphone with a completely revamped design.
The big change was the introduction of an all-screen front, which proved popular with users.
But Apple was forced to include a small “notch” at the top of the screen to house the camera and Face ID facial recognition sensors.
Fortunately, a new report from South Korea’s ET News says key Apple suppliers believe the new iPhone have a smaller notch.
The report – which we can’t verify – says that Apple is “looking into combination of a face-recognition module with a camera module”.
The idea is that by pairing the Face ID system – which lets you unlock the phone with your face – with the existing selfie camera, Apple could save space.
If that happens, Apple can then shrink the notch so that more of the next iPhone’s front is filled with screen.
It will be great news for some Apple fans, many of whom still slate the notch as “ugly”.
One Twitter user wrote: “iPhone X screenshots are so ugly because of that notch at the top.”
Another said: “Girl in front of me has an iPhone X. That notch/bump was a dead give-away. It’s still ugly.”
A disappointed iPhone X owner said: “Months into having the iPhone X and no, I’m still not used to the dumb*ss ugly POS black notch at the top.”
But notch or no notch, it seems Apple’s Face ID feature isn’t going anywhere.
Speaking to The Sun, GBH Insights’ Daniel Ives said: “Facial recognition is a potential silver bullet innovation area that will play a centre-stage role in the next few iPhone models.”
The analyst went on: “It’s a clear selling point around iPhone X and Apple knows the next stages of innovation will be on the software and ‘under the hood’ rather than the design itself coming off a transformational design change on the iPhone X.”
He also admitted that Apple combining face ID with a camera was likely, saying “we expect more integration into cameras over 2018/2018”.
Apple hasn’t announced the iPhone X2 or confirmed plans for a new iPhone, but we’d expect the company to announce a new smartphone in September this year.
Source:- https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/5359252/iphone-x2-release-date-2018-specs-news-rumours-plus-price/
