jensonb

I doubt this relates to issues with the material. More likely, it is being done for the same reason as the Apple Watch: to hide the edges of the OLED Display when active and make the display harder to discern when off, by blending the bezel as seamlessly as possible into the black of the OLED Display. This effect is mostly replicated by the black iPhone 7 despite using an LCD, while on the White models a noticeable black edge exists around the display when active (and obviously, when it's off, it's all black). This relates to what Jony Ive was saying about Apple Watch at its debut regarding making it virtually impossible to discern where the physical object ends and the software begins. I can see them wanting to bring that approach to iPhone for the "wow" factor.

Sufficiently advanced technology, indistinguishable, magic, et cetera.

People cheering the removal of an entirely optional feature because they don't like it is...Baffling.

This is pretty irritating for people who use this functionality, for little discernible benefit.

Pretty sceptical about that "iris scanner" rumour. Seems like it would be really hard to do that in a way that even approaches the practicality of TouchID.

Ooh, I like that Blue option. That's swayed me, I was going to get some AirPods at some point, but now I'm going to get a blue pair of BeatsX instead.

Really disappointed at how poor the support for this is outside the US & Australia. It's been a year, I'm past the point where I can "cut the new platform some slack". Apple needs to get serious about improving the experience for its international users. It's ludicrous that they haven't even added BBC iPlayer to Siri Universal Search in the U.K.