iPhone Air: compromise or innovation?

How does the recently announced iPhone Air make you feel? Look beyond its smaller battery or its single camera lens, and focus on what you feel when you see this quintessential Apple marketing image:

Apple wants it to feel futuristic and exciting, and seeing the beautifully crafted presentation of the iPhone Air brought me back to the days of Jony Ive’s voice-over Apple videos–a bygone era when design and excitement could be associated with an Apple product.

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About the iPhone X notch controversy

The iPhone X was already controversial even before it was officially introduced last Tuesday, mostly due to the rumored removal of Touch ID in favor of Face ID.

However, Apple’s presentation caused a new controversy: the infamous notch. Even though the array of cameras and sensors got leaked long before the event, nobody knew how Apple was planning to do in order to integrate it with iOS 11. We have the answer now: Apple is so proud of that black bar that they decided to render the user interface around it.

Since Apple controls the operating system, they made sure it looks good with most 1st party apps. But what happens with 3rd party content like a website? The notch gets in the way. Continue reading “About the iPhone X notch controversy” →