#smartphone notch

One of the most dominant features that we saw in the recently concluded Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is the shift of a lot of smartphone brands to the wider screen aspect ratio. Another controversial trend is the direction to leave a notch on the upper corner of the smartphone display. The notch originally appeared in the Essential phone (contrary to common belief that it was the iPhone X that started it) back in May 30, 2017 and popularized by Apple's announcement of the iPhone X in September 12, 2017. Come to think of it, the LG V10 and V20 also had a notch though it's not in the middle but on the left side of the secondary display. OPPO even filed for a patent on the notch in China much earlier, in Janaury 9, 2017. [gallery type="thumbnails" ids="171777,171778,171779"] A triangular notch, circular notch and rectangular notch as filed by OPPO in January 2017. So almost everyone who revealed a smartphone in MWC has a notch -- Asus, LG, Leagoo, Doogee, Ulefone. That's on top of the leaked photos of the Huawei P20 and OPPO R15 that will also have notches. Read more in our articles including "Is having a notch the best way to go?" and "Round-up: Top 10 Flagship Smartphones".