I think the true test is what people think about it after using one of the phones for a while. People very often make a big fuss about things they think they aren't going to like, where they often completely forget about it after a bit of time actually experiencing it.

It doesn't matter what they do, people will complain. Also, do you really think they "overlooked" it? I guarantee they had a ton of passionate discussions about it.

What's that have to do with the iPhone 8, which is the topic of the thread you are posting in?

I was ok with it until they played a video clip and it played it with the (partial) black strip.

Well you need to put the proximity sensor and camera (and IR dot projector) somewhere. The options seem to be:

- Thin, symmetrical bezels (Samsung S8, LG V30)

- Notch at top (iPhone X, Essential Phone)

- Big bezel at bottom (Xiaomi Mi Mix & Mi Mix 2)

It does seem an oversight that they don't just black out the space on full screen video and apps, though. That works fine on the essential phone, and it still looks cool in the launcher which has proper support.

You mean the notch of sensors? Yeah... not good.