Daily Authority: Notch? 🥊 – Android Authority

👋 Good morning! A more relaxed week ahead? Not quite! There’s a mysterious Xperia product launch tomorrow, Samsung’s Developer Conference tomorrow as welll, and the Redmi Note 11 launches on Thursday… Heck, even Palm is launching something tomorrow!

One of the spicier talking points of Apple’s Macbook Pro launch is that it has a notch.

• I mean, it’s probably also the easiest thing to talk about since notches, bezels, punch holes, and so on, divide people. It’s also very easy to take a stance without even seeing one!
• But, just in case you thought notches were Apple-only, now Samsung’s joining in, too.

Quick notch lore:

Now to Samsung:

📁 Oppo could reveal its first foldable next month, joining the ranks of Samsung, Huawei, and Xiaomi, but will it be a China-only launch? (Android Authority).

🔥 We asked, you told us: You feel very strong good feels about the Pixel 6 series. That said: Google’s Pixel 6 update promise is not good enough (Android Authority)

👉 Also something you told us: A ton of you still use screen protectors on your phones. For all the Gorilla Glass talk, three in four slap another layer of glass on top. Including me! (Android Authority).

🕳 Notch what we wanted: Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra renders feature display notch (Android Authority).

📕 A look inside Apple’s silicon playbook, with three Apple VPs going on the record (Ars Technica/Wired).

🍎 Will Apple’s Mini LED MacBook Pros avoid the iPad Pro’s downsides of blooming and edge shadows? (The Verge).

🤷‍♂️ Elon Musk says ‘some issues’ have forced Tesla to pull newest Full Self-Driving beta, with the idea that cars can run beta software still troubling many (Gizmodo).

📈 Tesla has quietly raised prices on four of its EVs: Model 3 and Model Y are $2k more, and the Model S and Model X up $5k (The Verge).

😬 Another Facebook whistleblower, more problems, and leaks show inner turmoil over approach to conservative content (Engadget).

🔨 Age of Empires IV wants to teach you a (historical) lesson (Wired).

📈 Dune is dune pretty good at the box office (Gizmodo).

🤔 Saudi Arabia has announced it’ll be at net zero emissions in 2060, which is 10 years later than most countries, 30 years later than others (Engadget).

👖 ‘Digital denim’ is a pretty good match for the real thing, experts say (TechXplore).

😷 “If you catch a cold, is there an easy way to know or guess which virus is causing it?” (r/askscience).