From 'bangs' to 'Smart Island', the media shares Apple's exploration of iPhone design

IT House News on February 24th, Apple’s iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max models launched in 2022 have introduced a new “Smart Island” design, which not only cleverly covers the punch hole , and also brings a new interactive experience, which can display system prompts, sports scores and other information.

Smart Island

Compared with the old "bangs design", Smart Island makes full use of the front camera and The space around the Face ID sensor. MacRumors, a foreign technology media, based on internal channel information and through rendered pictures, more intuitively shared Apple's design exploration path from "bangs design" to "Smart Island".

Deformation of bangs design

Pop-up easter egg on the right side

Before Apple adopted the "Smart Island", Zeng designed a pop-up menu on the right side of the screen to give users quick access to the time, cellular and Wi-Fi strength, display brightness, volume, and battery level. The menu essentially acts like a second groove that disappears when not in use.

All black status bar

Another idea Apple has considered is a completely black status bar area at the top of the screen to hide the notch. OLED displays display black by turning off individual pixels, so this design will help save battery life.

Evolution to Smart Island

Apple’s design team proposed the concept of “Smart Island” and explored various Design:

1. Permanent Stretch: Smart Island was originally designed to permanently stretch across the top of the screen.
2. Variable size: It was later decided to change the size of the smart island as needed to reduce distractions.
3. Volume and shortcuts: Apple is considering displaying volume and an entire row of system shortcuts in Smart Island.
4. Call status: In addition, the call status is also designed.

   

   1. Since then, Apple has expanded Smart Island to all iPhone 15 models, and continues to sell iPhone 13, iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus with notches.
5. IT House previously reported that Apple plans to move the iPhone’s front camera and Face ID sensor below the display, and the transition is expected to begin as early as next year.

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