iPhone 14 Pro's Dynamic Island Gets the Android Treatment in Latest Copycat Effort

[MacRumors]

Last September, Chinese smartphone maker realme hosted an online competition titled "What's your dream island like?" in which it asked its "loyal fans" to submit ideas for how it could implement what was essentially a copycat version of ‌the iPhone 14 Pro's Dynamic Island‌ on its own devices. So, what version of Apple's innovation did the company settle on?

As reported by Smartprix, realme CEO Madhav Sheth briefly shared an image on Twitter of what he calls the "Mini Capsule," a new feature of the company's upcoming C-series phone that looks similar to Apple's Dynamic Island, just with nowhere near the functionality.

Based on the image, and a video subsequently shared by @OnLeaks, realme's slightly wider Mini Capsule looks as if it is limited to animating in response to battery charging status, and that's about it. If the feature does anything else, realme isn't letting on.

By contrast, Apple's Dynamic Island utilizes the pill-shaped area at the top of the display to showcase relevant contextual app and system information to users. When making an Apple Pay payment, for example, Dynamic Island expands into a square shape to match the Face ID confirmation interface, and when on a phone call, it expands to be larger so you can have phone controls right at your fingertips.

realme isn't the only Android device maker to co-opt Apple's latest iPhone UI feature. Chinese brand LeEco has also launched a new smartphone that's basically a shameless knockoff of the iPhone 14 Pro series, right down to the triple-lens rear camera design and Dynamic Island. There have also been apps in Android's Google Play Store that attempt to replicate the look and behavior of Dynamic Island.

Rumors suggest this year's iPhone 15 models will look similar to the iPhone 14 models, but the pill-and-hole cutout will expand to the entire lineup. That means all iPhone 15 models will have no notch, instead adopting the Dynamic Island introduced in the iPhone 14 Pro models.

Article Link: iPhone 14 Pro's Dynamic Island Gets the Android Treatment in Latest Copycat Effort

 

[MayaUser]

it was inevitable/unavoidable

 

[Feek]

Of course this was going to happen, did anyone doubt it?

 

[3530025]

All these copycats will be useless unless it's implemented to the Android core so it's available through standardized Android API and so apps can implement it uniformly.

Otherwise the UX will not be good.

 

[d5aqoëp]

Companies should have instead spend more time and efforts to improve under screen camera tech, sensors and it's corresponding software. The Dufus island on iPhone 14 Pro is actually useless after initial hype has worn off !

 

[Skyscraperfan]

Why do other companies even copy the annoying "features" of iPhones?

 

[alchemistmuffin]

Realme isn't the only Android device maker to co-opt Apple's latest iPhone UI feature. Chinese brand LeEco has also launched a new smartphone that's basically a shameless knockoff of the iPhone 14 Pro series, right down to the triple-lens rear camera design and Dynamic Island. There have also been apps in Android's Google Play Store that attempt to replicate the look and behavior of Dynamic Island.

Hmmmmmmmm 🤔

APPLE LAWYER TEAMS ASSEMBLE!!!!!!!!!!! 👩‍💼 ��‍💼 🧑‍💼 ​

 

[Starscape]

That’s hilarious. A gimmick has been copied to become another gimmick.

 

[contacos]

kind of silly considering one of the advantages over iOS on android is the task bar, which already provides more than enough and customizable items

 

[senttoschool]

Dynamic Island is a gimmick to make the pill hole less obnoxious and it has a marketable name. That's it. Android phones don't need this because the hole is usually much smaller.

 

[atomic.flip]

Dynamic Island is a gimmick to make the pill hole less obnoxious and it has a marketable name. That's it. Android phones don't need this because the hole is usually much smaller.

While I do agree with what you’re saying here and I do feel like the current implementation was delivered in a very gimmicky way, I also think it has potential and honestly does prevent a viable innovation to how notifications are presented or accessed on screen.

Apple should have made the dynamic island be more functional than it is in its current state.

 

[senttoschool]

While I do agree with what you’re saying here and I do feel like the current implementation was delivered in a very gimmicky way, I also think it has potential and honestly does prevent a viable innovation to how notifications are presented or accessed on screen.

Apple should have made the dynamic island be more functional than it is in its current state.

I don't have an iPhone 14 Pro so I can't tell. I'm a pro-Mini user.

But Dynamic Island should/will go away when Apple is able to do under the screen camera and face id. It's not really a permanent feature.

 

[Sciomar]

The title is misleading, should read: Android is getting the iPhone 14 Pro's Dynamic Island Treatment in Latest Copycat Effort.

 

[RickDEGH]

Realme ceo, fans, and most Android fanatics will be like, “our own is mini capsule and it’s longer … we’re very innovative” Dude, gtfooh!

 

[bLackjackj]

ANIMATED NOTCH!...can everyone stop being fooled by Apple Marketing 🙄🤦‍♂️,..its still an annoying notch!

Its amazing how you've all been hood winked, by now letting Apple control the narrative 😂

 

[MacWiz_007]

I stopped reading at "Dynamic Island".

 

[bLackjackj]

APPLE LAWYER TEAMS ASSEMBLE!!!!!!!!!!! 👩‍💼 👨‍💼 🧑‍💼

For what, covering up the camera with additional notch??

You do realise that Apples end game is to remove the notch all together right? 🙄🤦‍♂️

 

[bigjnyc]

I don't have an iPhone 14 Pro so I can't tell. I'm a pro-Mini user.

But Dynamic Island should/will go away when Apple is able to do under the screen camera and face id. It's not really a permanent feature.

I doubt dynamic island is going away anytime soon... you don't need a cutout or on screen camera in order for Dynamic Island to work, as it is a software graphic that's overlaid.... Apple will keep the dynamic island graphic around for notifications, alerts, and live activities even after face ID moves to under screen.

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

I only find Dynamic Island 10% useful on an iPhone. I wish Apple would work on under screen camera or finger print scanner tech instead.

 

[boyarka]

No! How dare they copy the gimmick island!
Here's the thing though: it has been the general trend amongst all phone makers to make as much screen available to the user as possible, instead of bezels, buttons, cut-outs, pinholes, and "islands".
Apple should get credit where it's due though: they managed to pull off the almost-impossible, that is to butcher the screen by moving the notch down and thus making even LESS continuous screen area available - yet they pitched that as "creative" by making it the gimmick island with gimmick features. Bravo! This is like... not-a-bug-but-a-feature kind of shenanigans right there.
That somebody copies that reminds me of being in school: when this one dumb kind decided to do/wear/act like whatever, and then you have the sheep copying the same nonsense as if they were presented with a "good" example to follow. Well, good luck with that.

Long term: everything goes under the screen, no notches, holes, whatever else. Literally nobody needs anykind of impeded/limited screen space.

 

[Numb3r13]

I saw A LOT of trash talk with the D.I. from both sides . . . and now people have fallen in love with it. Honestly I didn't think I would even use it as much as I do. But leave it to Apple to invent something we didn't know we needed. I can't wait to see how other developers use the D.I. in their applications.

 

[GraXXoR]

Give me the notch, any time of day. having a random hole cutting well into my video content is distracting.
Who the hell thought moving the notch down towards the centre of the screen was a good idea?

 

[torontotim]

I love it when Apple fans start commenting about other companies copying features of an OS that is a blatant copy of others that came before it.

 

[torontotim]

Give me the notch, any time of day. having a random hole cutting well into my video content is distracting.
Who the hell thought moving the notch down towards the centre of the screen was a good idea?

I've never really looked at an iPhone 14 Pro beside a standard 14. Is the bottom of the cutout lower than the bottom of the notch?

 

[PauloSera]

Imagine copying it this badly, and then being proud of it.