OPINION : Apple is all coiffure to reveal the iPhone 15 this week and one of the heavy rumoured additions to the telephone set look could be strip decently from the iPhone 14 Pro .
If pre - event yack is to be believe , and we ’ll witness out for sure on September 12 , one of the bigger change for theiPhone 15will be the ditching of the notch and the addition of the Dynamic Island .
If you ’ve used or seen theiPhone 14 Pro , then theDynamic Islandwill be conversant – it ’s that pill - forge pill that sits at the top of the cover , hiding the mass of camera and sensors . It was first disclose during the launch of Apple ’s 2022 line of phones and it caused quite the stir .
I was a big buff of the idea behind the Dynamic Island when Apple first showed it off . I was well-worn of the mountain pass and Apple did a upright job , as it incline to do , highlighting how developer could utilize it . But a year on , I am still waiting for a use eccentric that feel unparalleled .
I had expect more of a Dynamic Island focal point iniOS 17 . If Apple know it was come to the whole orbit of iPhone 15 models , then it would have made sense to get beforehand of this and make it an entire part of the software . But that does n’t seem to be the case . Even in iOS 17 , there ’s a wide gulf between universal system telling that seem and the alert that number into the Dynamic Island , like the connectivity position of AirPods . It all feels quite disjointed .
I ’ve also found that very few apps expend the infinite well and there have only been a few instances where I have thought it was loosely clever . It works well with music and audio apps , giving you quick admittance to controls without pulling down the Notification tray , and it ’s peachy to conform to an Uber driver ’s position away from the app . My preferent exercise of it has been for athletics scores .
Apps like FotMob allow you to pin a match to the Dynamic Island , guarantee the grade is always visible whatever app you ’re using . It ’s great being capable to glance up and always be up - to - date without constantly jumping in and out of the app . There ’s just very piffling else .
If the iPhone 15 does indeed inherit the Dynamic Island then Apple need to try out and sell the reason for its existence better . Whether that ’s by bringing developers up on leg to show how it can be utilise or by finding interesting manner of building it into native apps , it needs to feel more entire to the telephone set .
Of of course , there could be a reason why Appledoesn’twant it to feel like an integral part of the earphone . There have been rumble for years about a true all - screen iPhone with no notch and all the camera section hide under the screen .
In many way , the Dynamic Island feels like a stop - crack , a short - full term solution that allows Apple to redesign the pass before the technical school is truly ready to ditch it all completely .
