14 DAY TRIAL // Apple introduced the notch back in 2017 on the iPhone X, and while this was initially a rather controversial feature, pretty much everybody ended up using it in the mobile phone market.
Including Apple’s rivals, that is, as even Samsung, the company that originally made fun of the notch, at one point embraced a similar approach on its mobile devices.
The notch, however, expanded beyond the mobile market and made its way to laptops as well.
Apple is now working on another notch interpretation, this time on the upcoming M2-powered MacBook Air. A report from iDropNews and citing people familiar with the matter indicate this new device would be fitted with a white notch.
The notch could get the ax on the iPhone this year
Without a doubt, a white notch will be impossible to ignore. Until now, Apple’s marketing materials have more or less used all kinds of approaches to avoid highlighting the notch, including dark wallpaper and certain angles where the notch wasn’t extremely visible.
But with a white notch, it’ll be pretty much impossible to do this, so Apple looks ready to finally embrace this new approach on laptops as well.
In the meantime, Apple is believed to be working on the demise of the notch on mobile devices. The company is reportedly working on killing off the notch on the upcoming iPhone generation due later this year, so it’ll instead use a punch-hole approach similar to the one already available on Samsung devices.
However, the notch will continue to be used on the non-Pro iPhone 14 models, such as the iPhone 14 and the iPhone 14 Max. The punch-hole design will be exclusive to the Pro models, as Apple apparently wants to make a bigger difference between the devices in its lineup.