The Mistakes of Apple's Dynamic Island!

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Whether you love it or hate it, Apple's Dynamic Island is the most-talked about feature on the new iPhone. It looks like a very creative way of solving their problem regarding the top notch. Android has already ditched the notch long time ago, and Apple fans were keen to see their preferred brand finally do it too! While Dynamic Island has been praised as a great fusion of hardware and software, there are some issues with it. And we're here to tell you all about it!

So let's begin with the elephant in the room: Dynamic Island takes up more vertical space than the classic notch! As soon as the new iPhone was launched several websites showed visual representation of how the Island cuts even more into the display.

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[Suddenlyits]

I have to laugh at all the duped people who are calling this a feature. It isn’t. The pill only exists because apple stubbornly refuses to ditch their stupid Face ID system and needs a cutout for the sensors and camera. Period. The notch was already terrible, and moving to this pill shape has now taken away even more useable screen area as the cutout has been move lower into the display.
The cutout is obnoxious. It’s always there and renders the top part of the screen worthless. It’s there watching videos, is there looking at stuff on the web. It’s like having a big blotch of bird crap on your cars windshield right in the middle of your view, only you can’t just wipe it off.
Why anyone at apple thought this was a good idea and why they don’t just ditch their idiotic Face ID is beyond me.

[Azeveco]

Well, I simply love the Dynamic Island. I know it takes more of the screen vertically, but still... I love it. I hope it stays until they implement the under display tech for this.

[softwater]

Having had the 14 pro max since a month after it came out, I don’t have any reason to complain about the dynamic island. I don’t use it often, other than to accept calls and look at what I’m listening to. Yes you do have to put your finger near the camera but it has never affected the front camera.

[patrickrodriguez]

For me, the biggest issue with the Dynamic Island is that some third-party app developers lock this feature in a paywall/subscription.

[duosable]

For a motorcyclist the island is a life saver. Quick switch between the map and music.

[BlindMango]

Dynamic Island can certainly still be a feature if everything goes under screen, basically you wouldn't see it at all unless you started doing multi-tasking, then it would just pop up seamlessly and go away when you're done

[Charlo__]

Dynamic island is great but even apple didn’t use it at its max capacity, for example, notifications. Instead of having it popping out of the island for example, it remains a banner that slides from the top, go through the island and stops under it.

[boothsmith]

i love that the island gets rid of the annoying low battery pop up when ur playing games

[human_being]

I have the 14 Pro and I love it, I have no issue reaching the thingy and any smudges from my thumb on it dont usually affect the camera quality and i rarely have to wipe it off. I feel like people are just digging at this point to say that its not good, yes there could be more apps that use it but within the next few months, I'm sure many more apps will use it and support it.

[Someone-irwx]

I just have a suggestion.

Why don'tot Apple add a ‘Clear App Data & Documents’ option for all apps (Device Apps & Third-party Apps) for iOS? Deleting app then reinstalling it wouldn't work when you don't have WiFi because you can't reinstall the app, and not all apps have that option built-in.

Adding it for all apps would be a great idea, and would make the iOS device perfect, and if we can do it right from the home screen as well will be even perfect. Who agrees?

[ak]

I am a 10+ year apple user. Got a new SE3 for christmas. It has a dynamic (peninsula) which does job perfectly ! No complaints here.

[aozora_k]

The one biggest advertised use of dynamic island seems to be music control but music control (or any media for that matter can be easily controlled from the control centre. Swiping down the control centre takes much less time than pressing and holding the dynamic island anyway. Everything else is just gimmick at best (like face ID animation in island, etc)

[tomkostolom]

Dynamic island is great, I love it. Looks much better than the notch.

[edward]

i've had the iphone 14 pro for like 4ish months now and honestly i have zero complaints about the island. i thought i would hate it when i first got it, and frankly i did for a little bit, but i quickly got used to it and it has never once gotten in the way of other features on the phone, and i also don't find myself having to wipe the camera off at all, so i don't really know if that problem was just fabricated or not. yes, it is designed to be a temporary feature until the under-display camera comes out, but i do feel like it is something that i enjoy using and that is very nicely integrated into the phone.l

[sweealamak]

I couldn’t stand the notch. the screen always felt ‘obstructed’ by something hanging overhead. Sometimes I instinctively duck my head under to look at stuff. With Dynamic Island, the screen borders are reached and I find myself using the phone more. The tappable cutout successfully tricks my mind to treat it as usable space.

[thatminari]

1:47 didn’t expect to see Everglow lol

[Dingusdoofus]

I never found reach an issue with Dynamic Island. My hands aren’t big but I’ve been swiping from the top of my phone for years to access notifications and Control Center, so I never had an issue with interacting with Dynamic Island over the past few months in the 14 Pro Max. The island itself is 100% software so it works with reachability (swipe down from the bottom bar to lower the screen).

[OHA_]

Using iPhone 14 Pro Max for the past three weeks was so amazing! I was worried if I touch the Dynamic Island accidentally while playing games but it didn’t even bothered me. And not many people use phone to watch full screen mode. And the feature was so cool! And the front facing camera didn’t even cared if it had fingerprint or non the quality was perfect!

[CircleFC]

Tbh I use the dynamic island everyday on my phone, like listening to music, getting directions, in my life. But sometimes the island thing really annoys me as it reduces the screen size. I would love to see apple make the dynamic island an option in settings to have and remove once the under the display camera systems are built.

[aruce]

I hope they shrink the island as time goes on like how the notch from the 12 to the 13. Maybe do a version 3 of the notch for the SE? Use the internals of the island in the footprint of the notch. Perhaps release an iPhone that has the notch similar to the bezel on the iPad Pro