Why Apple Can’t Get Rid Of The Notch In iPhones?

They perform a really vital task

Nikhil Vemu
Mac O’Clock
Published in
4 min readJan 5, 2022

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iPhone 13 on a table
Photo by Sahej Brar on Unsplash

Back when iPhone X series was released in 2017, did the iPhones first got a notch. People admired it.

The excitement of getting a full screen display on their favourite smartphones for the first time didn’t let them heed the notch. It didn’t matter much then.

But today, when literally every other company kicked off their notches for high screen-to-body ratios, Apple still kept sticking more and more on to their notches with every other new iPhone lineage.

Why doesn’t the 3-trillion dollar company keep up with today’s trends? — Is the basic question.

Notch is for privacy — which Apple dies for 🕵️‍♂️

Source: WWDC 2017

Despite Apple shrinking the notch by 20% on iPhone 13 series, it still exists for a reason. The notch isn’t just for a selfie camera, Face ID, and a speaker for calls.

It houses much more.

Along with an ordinary speaker, microphone, and front camera, it also contains

  • Infrared camera,

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