Thanks to the leaked HomePod software last week, we now expect the rumored iPhone 8 design with a top notch for the speaker and sensors to be what Apple ships later this year. If the nearly bezel-less design is accurate, there are several possibilities of how iOS could be designed around the top notch. Designer Max Rudberg shares three possible scenarios for the iPhone 8 and iOS 11…
Each concept removes the current time from the status bar while moving navigation controls from the top of the display to the bottom of the screen. If Apple chose any of these options, one-hand navigation would become easier with the taller 5.8-inch display.
Personally, I like the idea of Apple blending the status bar with the top notch like many of our readers, but I’m not sure creating a fake bezel along the bottom is visually ideal. This looks a lot like the current iPhones at a glance.
I’m also very curious how Apple will handle landscape orientation with the top notch. Perhaps icons in the status bar could rotate in place much like the app icons on the Plus model iPhone dock.
Check out Rudberg’s concept below and let us know which you prefer:
