All the companies Technological companies try to be at the fore in what provides them the most benefit. The vast majority of users today have different tastes. That is why large companies such as Apple or Samsung have to expand their range of products to try to capture the largest number of users within the spectrum in which they operate.
One of the things we look at when buying a product is the screen. In the case of the iPhone X and XS they have a notch that was baptized as 'notch'. One of Apple's vendors, AMS, has announced a component that could make the notch became smaller in the iPhone 2019 and could even disappear.
The rumors could be true: the iPhone 2019 would have a small 'notch'
For a few months reports on the possible iPhone 2019 have been published. These terminals that would be presented in September they would have a smaller notch than on the iPhone X and XS. The main problem for which they currently have this dimension is because they house the complex TrueDepth capable of unlocking the terminal using Face ID, among many other functions.
An Apple supplier, AMS, has unveiled a component that could allow companies to "remove frames" from their devices. In the presentation of the component, a reflection was made on the importance that companies currently give to screen-to-frame ratio. And it's true. If the notch of the iPhone XS were larger, perhaps many would prefer another product.
El TCS3701 permite a los diseñadores de teléfonos llevar esta tendencia a un nuevo nivel, eliminando potencialmente el marco. Esto solo es posible porque el TCS3701 puede operar detrás de una pantalla OLED, un avance que se logra gracias a la extraordinaria sensibilidad del dispositivo y la implementación de sofisticados algoritmos de medición para compensar la distorsión óptica causada por la pantalla OLED
The component they called TCS3701 is a IR proximity sensor that would work below the OLED screen. That is, the sensor is inserted under the iPhone screen itself, so the notch (which is frame) could be eliminated to replace that space per screen. The executive director of AMS assures that they have created advanced measurement algorithms capable of eliminating interference from ambient brightness that could be entered through the OLED screen.
Although it is not known with certainty, it is believed that almost half of AMS sourcing falls on Apple. Therefore, it is very likely that this new sensor can be purchased by the big apple en masse to design if they are not the iPhone 2019, perhaps the 2020 ones, and we would say goodbye to the mythical notch that Apple created with the iPhone X.