The entire phone is a knock-off, they've cargo-cult'd the main features from the iPhone X. There's no purpose to any of these designs.
The whole point of the notch was to put a large screen into a small phone. If your screen is going to be small anyways, then what's the point of the notch!?
Edit: I'm just salty I paid $1500 for a phone that I can soon get for $350.