They could have gone all in and painted the desks at the back of the store all black. The stores from top down would look like the iPhone screen since they’re right near the top wall
This is the right answer since it serves the same purpose as the Touch Bar on laptops as an animated interactive data center & it is shaped like a rounded bar. Touch Bar for iPhone
I absolutely want something like that on my 13 pro max around the notch. Haven’t thought about jb for a few years now, but if they have something to offer… it’s tempting.
It’s really something that Apple has been good at for some time, isn’t it? Get things smaller and smaller and when they can’t anymore, they’re* able to turn the problem around and say “how do we USE this as strength not a weakness”. I wish we had more companies with that type of engineering; of course we do have a LOT of them outside of apple, they just are surprising to still be able to do it at their massive size.
The only thing you missed here is that the pill is massive not due to a hardware disadvantage, but due to having a lot more components than the rest of the market, Apple is pushing faceID and need the extra 2-3 front facing sensors while the competition’s most secure biometrics is still fingerprint sensors
As cool as its function is and how great they're spinning it, Dynamic Island is the cheesiest Apple marketing name in years. I can't name a single cringier name than one that sounds like a summer destination.
Until your phone is in landscape mode. Welcome to notifications coming in sideways. Remember when it didn’t matter how you held your phone? You could hold it upside down and the screen would flip.
Admittedly, my “suggestions” were mostly tongue-in-cheek to create some discussion, and we all know Top Notch would never make the cut. There’s always been a top notch. Hence the Island.
I thought I was in the minority complaining about it to be honest, but I thought someone here might have some fire name ideas. Or at least better than my poor attempts lol.
just cheesy is all. a shallow nitpick for a genius feature and marketing ploy. maybe apple's mktg department deliberately chose such a quirky name to get us talking about it.
I think the thing with Dynamic Island is that it’s not an awful name but it’s also not a cute name … they don’t want you to call it anything. They want you to forget about it. They had to name it or we were going to like we did with the notch so they came up with a long somewhat accurate, but not very catchy name.
Perhaps that was the goal, but unironically I think it made it stick in the craw of more people because the name felt jarring. Judging by the replies, I've discovered I'm not alone thinking the name fell a bit short. But maybe you're right, they want us to basically just appreciate its function and not talk about it. Funnily we are though.
I think everyone is missing the point. The name doesn’t really matter. It’s not a product or a service. It’s a feature on an iPhone. They had to name it something because they wanted to talk about it, but as someone else said, they want you to not think about it or its name. It will probably be on all future iPhones for a few years and people will stop talking about it.
I think Dynamic Island is fine. It makes sense and probably the best name they could have come up for something like this. I mean, it didn’t need a name at all, but if I hear Dynamic Island, it makes sense. Idk, dynamic dash (board), dynamic notch? It’s kinda meh. Dynamic Island sounds cool even if a bit pretentious.
I never hated it. It’s right in line with iPod and iMac. It makes perfect sense and it’s instantly understood. It’s not entirely literal either, like iTablet would’ve been. Dynamic Island feels fine for developers, but it falls flat for me just being too — literal.
Not sure I would even give it a name. Its just an extension of how notifications are displayed. Feels like Apple just wanted to fill their presentation with more time on something. Even if it is a new design aspect/feature, I feel like its oddly overemphasized.
I can't remember the last time a design feature was highlighted in any product announcements. Maybe when Google launched Material You? Even then, that was a complete UI overhaul.
iPill is actually quite nice sounding. Maybe they’re trying to stray from overusing the “i” convention but it evokes strong nostalgia with tie backs to the “iP” sound in iPod (and iPad).
I’m a big Apple fan and I’m now still running on 12 for the first time in my life behind 2 generations now. They just haven’t convinced me to upgrade. This dynamic island to me came off like so much marketing nonsense. The obstruction is down and more in my way but they can grow it sometimes to make it more in my way to show info? Idk. I don’t get it. But sometimes you don’t get it till you use it so I’ll leave room for that possibility.
The Genius Bar
Clever and accurate.
Love this!
It wouldn’t be the first time they re-used an existing term. MagSafe comes to mind, and I’m sure there have been other examples.
They could have gone all in and painted the desks at the back of the store all black. The stores from top down would look like the iPhone screen since they’re right near the top wall
The Ingenious Bar
Touch Bar from MacBook
This is the right answer since it serves the same purpose as the Touch Bar on laptops as an animated interactive data center & it is shaped like a rounded bar. Touch Bar for iPhone
I thought it was a dumb name when I first heard it, but all of the names listed here really make me appreciate Dynamic Island quite a bit more.
People keep ragging on Dynamic Island but we’re all good on “Photonic Engine” ?
Everybody made fun of the name “iPad” making period pad jokes about it , now look.
So you favor “Dynamic Island” over simply “Island”, “the Island”, or “iLand”?
Apple spends a ridiculous amount of time and effort thinking about this stuff.
Well they definitely tested it in focus groups lol it’s not like it just happened to be a decent catchy unique name
Honestly it’s a pretty cringe name
I mean, it’s too bad they already used Center Stage, because I feel like that’s actually a good name for it.
That makes it seem like it’s meant to be a focal point, when really it’s supposed to be a side show.
This is the only alternative name for it that I actually like.
I like this.
Dynamic Ireland
Introducing Dynamic Ireland!
Dynamic Island has bugs
I mean we’re pretty dynamic
So much room for tax evasion
Supermassive Black Hole
Glaciers melting in the dead of night, and the goofy notch turns into the…
iHole ™
Nah because every time I look at it my mind will go “BWAHHH BWANNN BWAH BWABAAAA BWANNNN”
Get Muse to do ads with the song too
I prefer Knights of Cydonia.
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
nice
Whimsical Peninsula
That’s the notch.
I think this is hilarious. Will call it this from now on.
Crazy notch, crotch for short.
Dynamic Island is fine.
It is. I’ll admit I could never think of such a thing
“But every other phone has a similar, if not smaller notch.”
I absolutely want something like that on my 13 pro max around the notch. Haven’t thought about jb for a few years now, but if they have something to offer… it’s tempting.
It’s really something that Apple has been good at for some time, isn’t it? Get things smaller and smaller and when they can’t anymore, they’re* able to turn the problem around and say “how do we USE this as strength not a weakness”. I wish we had more companies with that type of engineering; of course we do have a LOT of them outside of apple, they just are surprising to still be able to do it at their massive size.
The only thing you missed here is that the pill is massive not due to a hardware disadvantage, but due to having a lot more components than the rest of the market, Apple is pushing faceID and need the extra 2-3 front facing sensors while the competition’s most secure biometrics is still fingerprint sensors
As cool as its function is and how great they're spinning it, Dynamic Island is the cheesiest Apple marketing name in years. I can't name a single cringier name than one that sounds like a summer destination.
“Everybody wants?” The genius comes in the hype.
Until your phone is in landscape mode. Welcome to notifications coming in sideways. Remember when it didn’t matter how you held your phone? You could hold it upside down and the screen would flip.
I hate it. UX is awful. Why do I have to stretch my thumb across the screen? Never mind fingerprints on camera now.
Apple can absolutely mythologize any announcement they make. But the master of it will always be the late great Steven P. Jobs.
Nobody asked but I guess every thread here must have someone call everything Apple does genius.
Apple has a lot of wasted screen space on their devices so its nice that they're taking advantage of the screen real estate
Dynamic Island describes it perfectly. It’s a very ‘designery’ name.
Geoffrey
Dave Namich Ailand
The Notification Gobbler! ™
Notification Hippo ?
The Beats Pill by Apple, designed in Cupertino
"Programmed in China"
Dynamic Island is a great name. Chill Pill? Top Notch? Really?
Chill pill... you need Fedaregi (sp) up there for that announcement.
Every time I see a thread with people coming up with “better” names or “better” design, I’m always thankful they don’t work at that company
This guy must be trolling
I love the name too.
I don’t think ‘really’ is a good alternate name. It just doesn’t capture the theme of its function.
He's just having fun.
Admittedly, my “suggestions” were mostly tongue-in-cheek to create some discussion, and we all know Top Notch would never make the cut. There’s always been a top notch. Hence the Island.
iLand. Missed opportunity by Apple
True! And they love making puns.
inContinent
Maybe “Action Bar” or something
"Action Bar" sounds rigid and brittle. "Dynamic Island" sounds fluid and mysterious.
Better name tbh. Dynamic island sounds stupid
Activity Center is how I would have labeled it.
That’s the gaming center’s name though
I’d keep it dynamic island. Why is everyone so mad about that name?
Loooking at all the responses here, Apple really had the best name for it.
5 syllables is a bit much
I thought I was in the minority complaining about it to be honest, but I thought someone here might have some fire name ideas. Or at least better than my poor attempts lol.
It sounds like the name of a The Lonely Island cover band.
just cheesy is all. a shallow nitpick for a genius feature and marketing ploy. maybe apple's mktg department deliberately chose such a quirky name to get us talking about it.
Glory Hole
iLand
iLand Bouy
The “island” part of Dynamic Island is what makes it weird. If it were Dynamic Pill, no one would bat an eye ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
/thread
I think the thing with Dynamic Island is that it’s not an awful name but it’s also not a cute name … they don’t want you to call it anything. They want you to forget about it. They had to name it or we were going to like we did with the notch so they came up with a long somewhat accurate, but not very catchy name.
Perhaps that was the goal, but unironically I think it made it stick in the craw of more people because the name felt jarring. Judging by the replies, I've discovered I'm not alone thinking the name fell a bit short. But maybe you're right, they want us to basically just appreciate its function and not talk about it. Funnily we are though.
Adaptive Pill
I found this iphone reveal whelming
Notch Pro
Top Notch
Sensor obscuro
I read this as Señor Obscuro, which would be a cool as fuck alias for a Spanish spy
The Pill.
Cue "I'm on the pill" adverts.
The problem with that is that it’s just too generic, and also occasionally it’s not exactly a pill (when two apps are using it)
DynaPill FluidSpace iFluid
Dynamic Activity and Sensor Housing - “DASH”
This is the first one that is actually worth considering.
Notchy McNotchface
Dynamic Hub
Fluid Hub is pretty decent but doesn’t sound Appley to me
The Fun Slot™️
I thought that was the charging port?
erection intensifies
The Portal. You can peek through the portal to see actions in apps, or step through the portal to access the full app
I think everyone is missing the point. The name doesn’t really matter. It’s not a product or a service. It’s a feature on an iPhone. They had to name it something because they wanted to talk about it, but as someone else said, they want you to not think about it or its name. It will probably be on all future iPhones for a few years and people will stop talking about it.
I think Dynamic Island is fine. It makes sense and probably the best name they could have come up for something like this. I mean, it didn’t need a name at all, but if I hear Dynamic Island, it makes sense. Idk, dynamic dash (board), dynamic notch? It’s kinda meh. Dynamic Island sounds cool even if a bit pretentious.
Synergistic Lozenge.
baby Venom
THE VOID ⬛◾
The Expanse. It’s a legitimate salvage!
Transition Turd
People HATED iPad and now it's beyond even thinking about.
I never hated it. It’s right in line with iPod and iMac. It makes perfect sense and it’s instantly understood. It’s not entirely literal either, like iTablet would’ve been. Dynamic Island feels fine for developers, but it falls flat for me just being too — literal.
Notchification Center was the best thing i've read so far.
Stretchy boi
Notchifications (amalgamation of notch and notifications)
Thanks for the explanation, really wouldn’t have figured it out without it
Portmanteau*
This is clever.
Tamanotchi.
underrated reply
I would keep Dynamic Island because I think it’s a great name but I’m already pretty sure my nickname for it is going to be, “the blob.”
Dynamic Island for the notch phones would be called Dynamic Peninsula.
Dynamic Island is the most Apple name they could’ve given it.
I think “Top Notch” is a top notch idea 💡🤓
I think they wanted to distance it from the “notch” name
I agree - Top Notch is SUCH a missed opportunity!
Dynamic iLand
The Amoebar
ITT: Nothing better than Dynamic Island
It is not a notch just fyi
Think I might have a clue why you’re not working for Apple’s marketing team.
UFO🛸
I actually like the name and dont really understand why people hate it so much.
The correct answer here is the Touch Bar. It’s a shame that Apple will never be able to use that branding again.
Dynamic island is ducking perfect
*Fynamic
iLand
Not sure I would even give it a name. Its just an extension of how notifications are displayed. Feels like Apple just wanted to fill their presentation with more time on something. Even if it is a new design aspect/feature, I feel like its oddly overemphasized.
I can't remember the last time a design feature was highlighted in any product announcements. Maybe when Google launched Material You? Even then, that was a complete UI overhaul.
Gay Bar™
iSausage
Fantasy Island
+1. Until I get a 14, it will remain as such.
Women were in an uproar over ipad. This too shall pass
I really like the name, probably one of the best iOS features apple has introduced in a while. It looks beautiful
Activity Bar
I’m sorry but dynamic island is such a perfect name for that.. or atleast the word dynamic is.
I suppose they could have named it ‘iClitoris’, but then it would become invisible to male users.
Fluid Notch
AKA the Flotch
The One-eyed Monster ™ 👺
iClops
That is also the name of my penis
EarBar
Context Cove!
2017
UI bug related to hardware limitations…
iLand
Just straight up Island would’ve been perfect.
Agreed!
cut out notch
Pilly McPillface
Eye-sore
Camera cutout because that’s what it is.
Dancing Blob
Dynamic Notch
Remember when the iPad name was announced and a lot of people clutched their pearls and fell on their fainting couches?
iPad was always a phenomenal name, though. It also had the real and literal reference of "notepad" which it's similar in size to.
iHole
iPill
iPill is actually quite nice sounding. Maybe they’re trying to stray from overusing the “i” convention but it evokes strong nostalgia with tie backs to the “iP” sound in iPod (and iPad).
i don't think it needs a name at all, really. just call it part of the 'status bar' or whatever
POWER PILL
iLand
iLand
the iLand
Sexy hole
Top Notch is amazing and I want it.
Touch Bar
Magic Pill, not sure who was asleep at the wheel on this one
“Tiny Tweaks Passing as Innovation Island”
[удалено]
TrueDepth 2.0
Control panel
I’m a big Apple fan and I’m now still running on 12 for the first time in my life behind 2 generations now. They just haven’t convinced me to upgrade. This dynamic island to me came off like so much marketing nonsense. The obstruction is down and more in my way but they can grow it sometimes to make it more in my way to show info? Idk. I don’t get it. But sometimes you don’t get it till you use it so I’ll leave room for that possibility.
DynamicInfo
magic carpet lol
The Floater
Function Hole.
Crazy pill
Tide Pool
It seems like the biggest haters of the name dislike it mainly because of the "island" part.
Live notch
Apple iLand
Floating point