Notch vs Hole Punch vs Slider

Notch vs. Hole Punch vs. Slider – What future for Android?

This latest generation of Android smartphones has advanced the evolution of the smartphone notch. Many phones have moved to a teardrop notch, others have implemented the punch-hole notch, and a few phones came out with either a mechanical slider or a pop-up camera. Let's take a look at all the different styles of notches available now and discuss the best way to go.

Punch notches

If you remember your years in school, you will remember that you had to prepare a lot of papers to put in your binders. hole in the top corner of the paper is very similar in appearance to the hole that houses the selfie camera in the hole punch style notches. This is where the name "hole punch notch" comes from.

The purpose of moving the selfie camera to a hole in a cutout on the screen is to keep the screen on all four corners while pushing the screen to the absolute edges of the phone. This is one of the notch shapes the most common appearing in new flagship phones in 2019.

Notch Hole Punch Samsung Galaxy S10

Honor View20 Hole Punch Notch

Punch notch for Samsung Galaxy S10+

The punch-hole notch may be small enough to place it in the status bar without any real intrusion. Although punching a hole in the screen may lead to a less durable display, the Honor View20 maintains the structure and screen strength using an 18-layer design. You can read more about the Honor View20's punch-hole camera technology

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Classic notches

The classic notch first appeared on the Essential Phone and was quickly adopted by other manufacturers. This style of notch will typically house the selfie camera, top speaker, sensors, and perhaps a additional camera. At first, this style of the notch was heavily derided as a ridiculous idea. The Pixel 3 XL got the most reviews, as the phone with one of the ugliest and most obnoxious notches ever. we've ever seen. Although this is the first design of the notch, it still shows up in many phones coming out today, such as the LG V50 ThinQ.

The next notch style has had a little evolution as it often appears in the shape of a teardrop. It's a similar concept, but much smaller and less intrusive. Some of the more popular phones with teardrop notches are the OnePlus 6T, Realme 2 Pro, Xiaomi Mi 9, and some Samsung Galaxy A and M series devices.

OnePlus 6T water drop notch

Honor 8X Classic Notch

Google Pixel 3 XL classic notch

The classic notch/teardrop is a simple way to give you more screen real estate while maintaining the structural integrity of your screen. This comes at a cost, as the notch is intrusive and often gives a design ugly. This outdated design is the most common notch style you'll find in current Android phones.

“Notches” slider

The 'notch' slider can be a mechanical or motorized feature. This means that some phones will allow you to slide the camera, while others will use a motor that will slide the hidden 'notch' for you.

Depending on how this type of notch is designed, it could come in the form of a small pop-up camera or you could see the entire back of the phone slide up to reveal the sensors.

Honor Magic 2 slider notch

Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 slider notch

Vivo V15 Pro pop-up notch

The slider notch has the advantage of completely hiding the camera and providing a full view of your screen. There are no cutouts or obstructions like we see in other notch styles. slider and pop-up design present the problem of extra moving parts on your phone, but that doesn't necessarily have significant drawbacks. This type of design makes sense, but is it the type of notch that manufacturers of notch should use in the future?

Since these are the three different options for notches, what do you think is the best style for future Android phones? Let us know in the comments what your thoughts are on this topic.