OnePlus loves the notch, to implement in next flagship
Love it or hate it, display notches on modern smartphones are here to stay. Every manufacturer is trying to hard to maximise the screen surface on their devices by expanding out to the edges as much as possible. Apple did it, Essential did it, Vivo did it, and now OnePlus seems to go for it as well. The notch is important to OnePlus for maximising screen real estate, said OnePlus CEO Carl Pei, indicating the next OnePlus offering will sport the display notch.
In an interaction with The Verge, Carl Pei explained why the display notch is important for the company and for the Android universe in general. “It’s a very clear decision: more real estate for the user. Learn to love the notch,” he stated.
With the display being wrapped around the ea piece and the front camera, many elements of the software UI could be pushed upward intelligently. Static elements such as the time and notification icons can be accommodated in the corners, which could liberate more screen space for the content to fit in.
OnePlus wants to retain them all along with the fan favourite notification LED, which can be only made possible by the notch, which will be measuring around 19.616mm x 7.687mm, to be precise. Carl mentioned that Apple could have a chin- less display because they could bend the OLED display’s logic board under the screen, without worrying about a swollen price figure and a thicker device. OnePlus cannot afford to go for that implementation as that would put the upcoming One Plus in the mainstream flagship territory, There will also be gesture- based navigation to reduce the footprints of static elements that eat into useable space.
In his interaction, Carl Pei clearly indicated that Apple is responsible for bringing in new trends to the tech industry and without them, smartphones wouldn’t have been the ones they are in present. Also, if you consider the fact that OnePlus and Vivo are cousins, the in- display fingerprint sensor could also make it to the One Plus 6. Additionally, since The Verge has possibly seen the phone, the report stresses that it won’t look identical to the Oppo R15 ( we hope the same).
The company says the notch is essential for maximising screen real estate OnePlus and Vivo are cousins, the in- display fingerprint sensor could also make it to the OnePlus 6