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The end of the Notch: iPhone 14 Pro’s “Dynamic Island”

Thoughts on Apple’s latest innovation

Eric Chung
UX Collective
4 min readSep 9, 2022
A man presenting Apple’s new iPhone 14 Pro at Apple’s 2022 Launch Event
(Source: The Verge)

2017 — Apple announces the “Notch”

Remember when Apple announced the infamous “Notch” to their iPhone X in 2017? The Notch received mixed reviews and generated a lot of discussion online.

It forced app developers to make design compromises in order to cater for the unusable black space at the top of the phone screen. Even in landscape mode, users faced usability issues such as the scroll bar completely disappearing behind the Notch.

2022 — Apple announces “Dynamic Island”

Well, Apple recently announced the new iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max with an emphasis on a key design change, which they call “Dynamic Island”.

Appearing as a black pill shape around the camera’s front-facing camera, Dynamic Island leverages animation and the long-press gesture to bring users a fun and responsive experience. It houses a hybrid of notifications, such as battery life and…

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