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'iPhone X' Split Status Bar Leak Shows Off Animated Battery Icon and Screen Recording Indicator
Amid the leaked release of the golden master of iOS 11 last night, developers Steve Troughton-Smith and Guilherme Rambo shared a few interesting tidbits about how the split status bar on the OLED "iPhone X" will work (via 9to5Mac). Falling in line with previous rumors, the iPhone X's status bar will show the time of day on the left of the "notch" and cellular signal strength, Wi-Fi, and battery will be located on the right.
These "ears" of the iPhone X will also be animated in a few ways -- when you plug the device into a power source to charge it, the battery icon grows slightly larger (lower right image) to indicate a successful connection and then minimizes back to its original size. Rambo shared a video of this animated icon in action on his Twitter account.
Images via @stroughtonsmith
There's also a new method to indicate when screen recording is on or when you're taking a phone call. On the iPhone X, the time on the left side of the notch will be highlighted in red for when screen recording is on, or green to indicate that you're in a call but outside of the Phone app. This will replace the current "double height" indicator bar on iOS 10 that pushes down the status bar and displays messages to remind you about apps running in the background.
Troughton-Smith theorized that the small dot on the right side of the status bar might indicate "pages" for the right ear that you could tab through by tapping that area of the iPhone X. Further digging led the developer to change his theory to describe the dot as some kind of "network activity indicator," because it pulsates from time to time and vanishes in Airplane Mode.
This theory was further corroborated in a separate video shared by Guilherme Rambo, where the dot in this area of the status bar moved back and forth whenever a piece of media began loading on the smartphone. It's also worth noting that the location services indicator arrow is now sitting to the right of the time.
These "ears" of the iPhone X will also be animated in a few ways -- when you plug the device into a power source to charge it, the battery icon grows slightly larger (lower right image) to indicate a successful connection and then minimizes back to its original size. Rambo shared a video of this animated icon in action on his Twitter account.
Here’s a closer look at the new ‘split’ status bar. The charging glyph zooms in for a second when you plug in /via @_inside pic.twitter.com/orBnHGxaYB
— Steve T-S (@stroughtonsmith) September 9, 2017
Here’s what the ‘double height’ statusbar looks like — screen recording, or in-call. The ears are interactive pic.twitter.com/bdacrEYMCw
— Steve T-S (@stroughtonsmith) September 9, 2017
Troughton-Smith theorized that the small dot on the right side of the status bar might indicate "pages" for the right ear that you could tab through by tapping that area of the iPhone X. Further digging led the developer to change his theory to describe the dot as some kind of "network activity indicator," because it pulsates from time to time and vanishes in Airplane Mode.
This theory was further corroborated in a separate video shared by Guilherme Rambo, where the dot in this area of the status bar moved back and forth whenever a piece of media began loading on the smartphone. It's also worth noting that the location services indicator arrow is now sitting to the right of the time.
When loading media such as video, the new statusbar shows a different activity indicator pic.twitter.com/fujCF5i50I
— Guilherme Rambo (@_inside) September 9, 2017
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24 months ago
I love these changes, and embrace the notch. It’s brilliant, really. It gives you the ability to have those notifications and clock etc while simultaneously not eating into the full horizontal screen-only real estate below.
This is such a smart choice I can’t see how anyone is annoyed by it. You lose so much space on the Galaxy S8 etc because Samsung didn’t design theirs as well as Apple.
It seems like the haters here would prefer to have less screen size and have no notch, but the status bar below the sensors. Madness.
This is such a smart choice I can’t see how anyone is annoyed by it. You lose so much space on the Galaxy S8 etc because Samsung didn’t design theirs as well as Apple.
It seems like the haters here would prefer to have less screen size and have no notch, but the status bar below the sensors. Madness.
24 months ago
Goodbye carrier name! Finally. As if I constantly need to be told what network I’m on… What a waste of space.
24 months ago
So it's official: iOS 11 will embrace the iPhone X's receding hairline.
It seems like the haters here would prefer to have less screen size and have no notch, but the status bar below the sensors. Madness.
Actually, we'd prefer it if the software made this nice hardware more seamless by putting a black bar beneath the status bar icons. It's quite simple and in no way mad.
24 months ago
This is absolutely terrible design. Let's hope it isn't the real deal..
This is absolutely brilliant design, so let's hope it is the real thing
24 months ago
This has confirmed that I don't want the iPhone 8, I can't ignore the notch. The UI elements look so out of place :eek:
I have a hard time believing Jony Ive could have thought that the notch looks beautiful, especially for an anniversary edition iPhone and how Federighi could have thought it looks great in terms of the UI side.
Edit: If I see Ive explaining his notch inspiration at the keynote, I think I might actually puke.
I have a hard time believing Jony Ive could have thought that the notch looks beautiful, especially for an anniversary edition iPhone and how Federighi could have thought it looks great in terms of the UI side.
Edit: If I see Ive explaining his notch inspiration at the keynote, I think I might actually puke.
24 months ago
I love these changes, and embrace the notch. It’s brilliant, really. It gives you the ability to have those notifications and clock etc while simultaneously not eating into the full horizontal screen-only real estate below.
This is such a smart choice I can’t see how anyone is annoyed by it. You lose so much space on the Galaxy S8 etc because Samsung didn’t design theirs as well as Apple.
It seems like the haters here would prefer to have less screen size and have no notch, but the status bar below the sensors. Madness.
24 months ago
More I see the notch, more I love it. Never got why would anyone hate it. It is classic bare minimum information and relevance is maintained. We don't need to see the name of our network, we need to know the quality of signal - it's there. Time turning red and green with a bubble - awesome! Can't wait to get my hands on this thing in India.
Design limitations as well as Apple's own adorned limitations (read offering just a couple or more updates and upgrades per device and reserve the next for the next year) might have prevented from from doing this so far. the "notch" simply eliminates all unnecessary space and all sensors can be hid within it without making anything look off and odd.
It's really good. Saves on a lot of screen space that way.
Design limitations as well as Apple's own adorned limitations (read offering just a couple or more updates and upgrades per device and reserve the next for the next year) might have prevented from from doing this so far. the "notch" simply eliminates all unnecessary space and all sensors can be hid within it without making anything look off and odd.
It's really good. Saves on a lot of screen space that way.
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