Remember a year ago when the notch was going to be Apple's downfall? I don't think I've seen a single person mention it being on the phones announced today.
It doesn't hurt that many flagship Android phones have similar notches now. The new phones have similar sizes to the prior years models, but larger displays overall. Consequently, the notches don't have much impact. The notches (in practice) are less annoying than most detractors had anticipated.
All Android phones (with notches) have notches in addition to an ugly chin. The lack of other bezels is what made the notch on iPhone X acceptable (to me, at least). The thought of a notch with a chin (or worse, a forehead, or both) is frankly irritating. Xiaomi probably did the best job building a near bezel less phone with their Mix lineup — except for the front camera. If Android phone vendors can’t work an iPhone X like display (no chin), why not just build phones with a narrow forehead and no chin? The forehead could be used for display connections and camera, sensors, speaker etc. Even a Galaxy Note 8 like design (narrow chin and forehead) would be preferable to this madness. Alternatively, they could do what Xiaomi did with Mix lineup.
Some have notches and a chin some do not, just as some are completely edge to edge with no chin with a pop out camera and in screen fingerprint sensors.
Really? Anything apple puts out people would gobble up.