Re: I see no notch, only display ears.
It adds no USEFUL screen space, only little blind corners where you can lose your socks or car keys.
What a "notch" really does is keep some idiot designer and a slew of marketers in business, claiming that they've come up with something breathtakingly new and awesome. Just like Ribbon UIs and their ilk, change for its own sake and breaking functionality as a side effect.