Smartphone notches are now being teased like a big new feature

Regardless of how you feel about the notch, just about every phone manufacturer has decided they’re cool — apparently even to the point of highlighting the design flair in advertisements. Oppo has started teasing its forthcoming F7 smartphone that’s headed for India, and all of its teasers make a point of drawing attention to its cutout along the top edge.
This shouldn’t be too surprising. At Mobile World Congress last month, iPhone X clones that mimicked Apple’s d