New concept art shows how Apple may adapt iOS 11 to 'iPhone 8' display notch
New images published on Thursday offer a glimpse at how iOS 11 could conform to the unique edge-to-edge OLED display of this fall's "iPhone 8," which will have a sensor "notch" at the top, and do away with a physical home button and its surrounding bezel at the bottom.
How iOS 11 might look on the phone will depend mostly on whether or not Apple chooses to blend the interface into surrounding lines, according to concept art produced by Max Rudberg. All of the renders assume that iOS 11's navbars will be placed next to a virtual home button for easier shuttling between menus.
Perhaps the most plausible concept involves Apple concealing the top notch with an all-black status bar, and blending the navbars and home button into what bezel remains, using a similar black color scheme. Apps could continue to use bright colors if they want, creating the illusion of a screen within a screen.
Alternately, Rudberg envisions Apple allowing app colors to "bleed" into the status and/or navbars. The result might not be as appealing however, particularly since that might make the notch an unchangeable aberration in an otherwise "clean" design.
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Apple inadvertently revealed the outline of the "iPhone 8", codenamed "D22," through early HomePod firmware accessed by developers. It also apparently confirmed features such as facial recognition, a "SmartCam,", and 2436-by-1125 screen resolution. Still in the air is whether Touch ID will be embedded in the display.
How iOS 11 might look on the phone will depend mostly on whether or not Apple chooses to blend the interface into surrounding lines, according to concept art produced by Max Rudberg. All of the renders assume that iOS 11's navbars will be placed next to a virtual home button for easier shuttling between menus.
Perhaps the most plausible concept involves Apple concealing the top notch with an all-black status bar, and blending the navbars and home button into what bezel remains, using a similar black color scheme. Apps could continue to use bright colors if they want, creating the illusion of a screen within a screen.
Alternately, Rudberg envisions Apple allowing app colors to "bleed" into the status and/or navbars. The result might not be as appealing however, particularly since that might make the notch an unchangeable aberration in an otherwise "clean" design.
Apple inadvertently revealed the outline of the "iPhone 8", codenamed "D22," through early HomePod firmware accessed by developers. It also apparently confirmed features such as facial recognition, a "SmartCam,", and 2436-by-1125 screen resolution. Still in the air is whether Touch ID will be embedded in the display.
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Those are going to get moved down and the nav space reclaimed.
So, he'd sooner commit seppuku than sign his name this proposed (cough Android UI) - sorry Max.
Cutting a notch into the screen seems... problematic. What if the top of the screen isn't part of the main screen, but instead is a pair of MacBook Pro-style sub-screens?
Heck, what if the bottom of the screen isn't a screen, but also a MacBook Pro-style screen... complete with TouchID sensor???
One button that does cry out to be placed in the lower ‘home button’ region is the previous app button, its current location in the status bar has always been kind of a hack. I’m betting they use this area to show favorite/dock/recently used apps alongside the home button. Showing recents would obviate the need for the previous app button entirely, which is nice.
Wondering about the clock, Bluetooth, Location, and Alarm icons, though. Doesn’t appear to be enough space even with shrinking the cell signal bars... Perhaps there will be an additional bar extending down a little when necessary?
I mean, besides every single blogger to ever speak on the subject.
I don't think I agree. When I hold my phone one handed (in my left hand) reaching the bottom left section of the screen (to the left of the home button) with my thumb is quite difficult. Of course reaching the top corners isn't easy either (they really did design the perfect size with the original iPhone--from the hand's perspective if not the eye's).
I don't see Apple moving the main navigation to the bottom for that reason. Also, don't we all just swipe back without using the back link nowadays?