The funny thing is that The Notch is most likely not a deliberate design choice, it's a choice driven by hardware requirements. Nobody would applaud Huawei for P20 if it didn't copy ipX, they'd rightly call it stupid.

Also, while I do believe that ipX is a very good phone, I don't believe it's so good that it could stand fully on its own. Big part of its success is simply through the virtue of being Apple's flagship. That is what makes it a status symbol in any case. (2/n)