[gnicholas]

I viewed this as a signal that the island is not going away anytime soon. It's like they told the team: "how can we make it seem like the notch/island is a good thing, like we did it on purpose?"

I don't mind how it looks/operates, and it's definitely nicer seeming than the notch it replaces.

[JaneLovesDotNet]

Right. It's very commital, which I find a bit surprising.

[karmelapple]

Not surprising to me at all. Cameras fully behind a screen without a hole punch seems pretty unlikely, and this allows Apple to add cutouts for other sensors in the future and hide them nicely.

Perhaps there are ideas for AR-related aspects of this eventually?

[krrrh]

I’m always confused by how many people believe that it would be trivial to put screen hardware in front of a camera without negatively affecting image quality. I’ll take an even marginally better front facing camera over getting rid of the notch any day.

[jbverschoor]

I like it.. or looks like Siri will become this pill