14 DAY TRIAL // In its struggle to go bezel-less but still find an easy way to offer facial recognition, Apple has designed the iPhone X with a notch at the top of the display which is the home of the front-facing parts, including the Face ID cameras.
Still a very controversial feature at this point, the notch is a compromise that Apple is expected to make on other devices as well, especially because the company seems very keen on reducing the bezels and expanding facial recognition to other products.
The folks over at German site curved have created renders that imagine what this new approach would look like on other Apple devices, including the iPad, the Apple Watch, the MacBook, and even the iMac.
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While on the iPad the notch pretty much makes sense, especially because Apple is very likely to drop bezels and integrate facial recognition on the next generation, not the same thing can be said about the Apple Watch, where the already small screen gets even smaller because of this addition.
On the other hand, Face ID cameras bundled into a top notch could work on the MacBook and on the iMac, where it could be easily integrated into the macOS menu bar for reduced impact on available screen space.
Of course, it goes without saying that these are just renders and it’s way too early to tell whether Apple’s next products featuring Face ID would look anywhere close to this, but it’s also worth noting that some designs, like the one on the iPad, simply makes sense.
We’ll find out more about the impact of the notch on the user experience starting November 3 when Apple starts shipping the iPhone X, with the company to kick off the pre-order program this Friday. Apple says Face ID offers 1:1,000,000 accuracy, which is a dramatic improvement from 1:50,000 in the case of Touch ID.
