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Google Bans Android Phones From Having Three or More Notches (theverge.com)

Posted by msmash on from the enough-is-enough dept.

Google is building official notch support into Android P, but it's laying out some ground rules first: two notches is the limit. From a report: In a blog post for developers yesterday, Android UI product manager Megan Potoski wrote that Google is working with device partners "to mandate a few requirements" for app compatibility purposes. Among those are limits on notches. The mandate says that Android P phones can't have "more than two cutouts on a device." Only one notch is allowed per side, and notches are only allowed on the top and bottom edges -- not the left and right.

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  1. Too bad by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They could have refused notches completely and mock Apple for doing something so ugly and impractical.

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    1. Re:Too bad by Oswald+McWeany · · Score: 4, Interesting

      They could have refused notches completely and mock Apple for doing something so ugly and impractical.

      It really is an absurd (and ugly) design "feature". I've yet to meet one person who has said, "what this phone needs is a notch".

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    2. Re:Too bad by infolation · · Score: 4, Funny

      I've yet to meet one person who has said, "what this phone needs is a notch".

      Yet... now that Google's banned them, I really want a three-notch phone.

    3. Re:Too bad by BLToday · · Score: 4, Funny

      I've yet to meet one person who has said, "what this phone needs is a notch".

      Yet... now that Google's banned them, I really want a three-notch phone.

      Screw it. We’re going straight to 5 notches.

  2. LOL by SuperKendall · · Score: 4, Funny

    This headline just made me laugh and laugh and laugh, thinking of some phone company exec saying to his staff:

      "If the people want notches, by God we will give them notches! Notches on the back, on the sides, on every screen edge! Two on larger edges! I want all notch proposals on my desk by tomorrow morning and there better not be a single place I can think of having a notch that does not have one!".

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    1. Re:LOL by nitehawk214 · · Score: 4, Informative

      Fuck Everything, We're Doing Five Blades

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    2. Re:LOL by Oswald+McWeany · · Score: 3, Funny

      This headline just made me laugh and laugh and laugh, thinking of some phone company exec saying to his staff:

        "If the people want notches, by God we will give them notches! Notches on the back, on the sides, on every screen edge! Two on larger edges! I want all notch proposals on my desk by tomorrow morning and there better not be a single place I can think of having a notch that does not have one!".

      There will probably be more notches on my next phone than my bedpost.

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  3. Anyone else have no idea what a notch is? by skam240 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Maybe describe what a notch is in the summary for those of us whose lives don't revolve around our stupid phones.

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  4. say by rossdee · · Score: 3, Funny

    Don't Hispanic phones have "Bonus Notches" ?

  5. And the number of the notches shalt be two or less by GameboyRMH · · Score: 5, Funny

    Two shalt be the number of notches thou may install, and the number of the notches shalt be two or less. Zero thou may choose, and one is righteous in my sight, and thou mayst proceed to two, but thou shalt not proceed to three. Four is right out.

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  6. WTF by owenferguson · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So now "notch" is the word we use for "occlusion" when talking about shitty screen design?

  7. I still prefer bezels by Tomahawk · · Score: 3

    Give me 90 degree corners (not rounded ones), a 16:9 screen, and bezels instead of notches where needed. I want a big screen, and want to see and use all of it.

    Many designs for phones these days just making them annoying to use.

    Sony got the right idea with the XZ2 Premium. I wish more manufacturers would go back to that. Stop making the phone "pretty", and make it fully usable.