Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks

OnePlus has confirmed that its upcoming flagship smartphone, the OnePlus 6 will have a notched display, like the Apple iPhone X. OnePlus has officially provided an image of its upcoming device to The Verge, saying that they’re going with the current smartphone trend, but claimed to have taken much thought and care while implementing it. The notch on the OnePlus 6 will not be as big as the one on the iPhone X, but it will not be as small as the one on the Essential phone. Also, OnePlus confirmed that it would handle the notch better while playing a video and there will be some other software changes such as the left placed clock on the status bar, same as what we have seen in the first Developer Preview of Android P. It’s also confirmed that the OnePlus 6 will not look like the Oppo R15 smartphone, as it’s rumoured earlier.

The notch on the OnePlus 6 will have measurements of 19.616mm x 7.687mm, much smaller than the Apple iPhone X’s notch. The reason why OnePlus is going with the notch trend is that’s the only way to provide more screen real estate to the users. Well, the company is not interested in keeping the notch smaller like the Essential, which will make the earpiece and proximity sensor’s implementation a bit tough.