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What's up guys, Steve here and today I want to talk about that new default wallpaper used
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for the iPhone XS models and all of their marketing. It's undoubtedly beautiful but that's clearly not why Apple chose it
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It can't be a coincidence that the black region of the image is perfectly placed to
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hide the screen cutout. While Apple isn't denying the existence of the notch in the two most expensive of
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the 2018 iPhones, it's certainly trying to de-emphasise it. Last year's iPhone X was the first mainstream handset to have a screen cutout, and was considered
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controversial when the model was first announced. However, the 10th anniversary iPhone turned out to be the most popular smartphone in the world
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In the months after the X's debut, virtually all of Apple's rivals announced models with
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their own screen cutouts. This went on to the point where Google felt compelled to limit how many each Android device
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could have. Despite the general acceptance, Apple clearly feels the need to subtly hide the notch in
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the iPhone XS and XS Max. Hence an image that camouflages the black screen cutout against a black background
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It's still there in the images, Apple isn't doing anything deceptive, it's just hard to see
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And the iPhone XS notch can be seen in a smattering of official images, just not the most prominent
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The same is not true of the cheaper iPhone XR though, it's wallpaper makes no attempt
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to hide the notch. A conspiracy theorist might suggest that this is intended to subtly steer people towards
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the more expensive devices, as they don't appear to have a notch
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Incidentally, the images chosen for the iPhone XR wallpapers look like planets, but are really
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close up pictures of soap bubbles. But let me know in the comments section down below what you think Apple is trying to do here
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Is it a coincidence? Is it a plan to hide the notch? Or is it just a coincidence? I mean the wallpapers do look really nice
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Personally for me, the notch doesn't bother me, I've made a whole video on it. But let me know as well what you think of the notch in general
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Does it bother you? Does it not? If you've enjoyed this video though, please hit that like button, subscribe if you haven't
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already and I'll catch you in the next one
