Unsure why this was downvoted, but that black bar at the top really ruins the "full screen" effect.
They just showed a full screen video and the black bar was blocking part of the video. This looks really bad while demoing with views animated in real time.
The Essential phone has a dot in the middle but The Verge review said that you get used to it and it becomes invisible essentially.
Why would you want to get used to missing a part of the content displayed in full screen?
Content doesn't go missing that's why.
When you are watching a video that part of the screen is not used on Android. The area would be a black bar at the top/side and Android doesn't put anything in that part of the screen(middle) when in an app or homescreen
I would have nothing against it if that's the case, but that's not what they showed in the demo.
I hope by the time I upgrade they figure out how to get the screen overtop all the cameras. The black section looks horrible.
I think the original rumors said they were trying to make the cameras work beyond the glass/display but winded up not quite getting it to work, so they winded up with the notch this time.
The plan is to remove that next year and sell it as iPhone X1. You want to this milk this for profit every year.