Chinese smartphone maker realme is asking its “loyal fans” for ideas on how to copy Apple’s Dynamic Island from the iPhone 14 Pro and ‌iPhone 14 Pro‌ Max. In a challenge, realme says, “the user interface around the camera hole could transform into different shapes and sizes to display incoming phone calls, alerts, notifications and more,” just like Apple’s Dynamic Island. The company finds this idea “quite appealing” and decided to reach out to its “loyal fans for ideas and suggestions on how such a software feature could be implemented on realme devices.” Fans are asked to submit images, videos and renderings of how realme could implement a copycat version of Dynamic Island on its devices. Post a comment in the form of a drawing, GIF or just text and explain how a possible Realme Island would work, what it would look like and how it would be useful – feel free to be detailed as realme’s UI developers will review all suggestions and they know their stuff. In an image attached to the challenge, realme displays a poke with a yellow glow captioned “How’s your dream island?” realme says its UI developers will use the winning idea and “review it for possible implementation in the future”. Dynamic Island on iPhone 14 Pro Since its announcement earlier this month, the iPhone 14 Pro’s Dynamic Island has received positive reviews from users and customers online, with some calling it “one of Apple’s best designs in years.” Dynamic Island uses the pill-shaped area at the top of the screen to display relevant and contextual information to users, such as background activities, Now Playing, and more. Within days of Apple’s iPhone 14 event, Android developers have already begun their efforts to recreate Dynamic Island on Android devices.

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Apple is investigating iPhone 14 Pro models that freeze after transferring data

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