I’ve been thinking hard about the notch over the last few days, ever since I saw the news that the iPhone 14 might get the old ‘pill and punch’ design. I don’t mean the notion that the new iPhone will remove the notch altogether – we’ve heard that rumor for a few years now, ever since it appeared on the iPhone X in 2017 – but that Apple might go for the ‘pill and punch’ design instead. I wrote something about this yesterday, but I’ve been ruminating on it since – and I’ve had another thought on why it’s going to stick around, despite trying to think about what could cause Apple to drop the notch altogether.
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