[OnePlus 6 Guides, News, & Discussion] BigBen60:
Actually this is not true

You are not getting more space on your screen.

The size of a screen is measured diagonally. So It doesn't take the notch into account.

The manufacturers are selling us a 5.8 inch display (iPhone X for example) but the usable screen is smaller than the galaxy S8 which is 5.8 inch too, because a part of this screen is covered by the big notch.

The only advantage I find with the notch is that it kinda looks borderless, the display is going to every corner of the phone, which is cool. But the smaller the notch is, the better ! The size of the Essential PH1 should be the MAX allowed size

What pisses me off the most is the manufacturers that just add the notch to look cool, but that leave a HUGE border at the bottom of the phone.

OK I get it, it's technically complicated to remove the bottom of the display (or to curve it like Apple did), but if you can't do it : don't add a notch.

Although I don't find it very convenient, the Xiaomi method to deal with the bottom border without the notch is the best way. If you absolutely want to keep this big bottom border, then add the front facing camera on this border and don't add any notch.

Okay you'll tell me that the bottom borders are not that big, and I agree it's quite small. But it is big comparing to the other 3 borders of the phone. If you look at the P20 or P20 pro, the only thing I can see is that a HUGE part of the front of the phone is wasted by a HUGE border at the bottom. It's the only thing I can see when I look at this phone.

Anyway, I believe the notch shouldn't just be a temporary solution to get rid of the top bezel of the front of the phone. It should also be a temporary solution to get rid of the bottom bezel. Otherwise the manufacturers should just use the bottom bezel for the sensors instead of leaving it useless and ruining the design of their phone with a notch.

There were fake rumors and fake leaks about the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S showing a notch on the top-right corner of the phone. And I find this idea sooooooo cool ! It's the best notch implementation I can see. And even if it was just a fake (was it ?), I love the idea !

All that to say: OK One Plus, we might accept the notch, but not if there is a bottom border as big as the Vivo V9+ as I'm afraid there will be. If there is a bottom border, then the notch makes no sense. We would want to hide it and we would just have the same screen to body ratio as a One Plus 5T, so we would buy the One Plus 5T and the one plus 6 would be forgotten, just like most of the notch-phone will be.

And I agree with everyone : Copying Apple with the notch is a terrible bad idea. It makes you look weak, and makes you look just like a Chinese iPhone copy.

Damn it, the marketing guys should be thinking about it ! Every time someone sees a One Plus 6 using his phone, he would say "Ohh is that the new iPhone ?". Because the notch belongs to Apple. It's sad but it's true. They made sure that everyone knows that they invented the big notch.

So every random guy who loves the design of the One Plus 6 will just be thinking about the iPhone X and would probably eventually buy it. By copying Apple, you are doing advertising for them !

So that's good, make a powerful copy of the iPhone X. But in the end, only a few experienced users will know that you own a One Plus 6 and will envy you for it. But the 95% remaining will just be thinking that Apple is doing a good job.

I am so disappointed about the notch. I though that One Plus had his own identity, and that they would be able to create an original phone with no notch but with minimal bezels. You proved that I was wrong by getting inspiration from the iPhone when designing the back of the One Plus 5. And now you proved the opposite again by copying the notch...

Oops, sorry for the long post :P