According to the U.S. patent and Trademark Office published patent publicity, Apple has got the patent for design iPhone X, means the "bang" will become Apple's patent, of course not all like "bang" design are infringed on Apple's patents, but not highly similar in all.
Of course, some industry insiders believe that in fact this is not what is worthy of imitation design, in fact the practical shaped screen is not strong, the top of the waste of space, actually reach the true proportion of 18:9 screen experience, but now just because technology, camera, speakers, a variety of sensors cannot be completely hidden, have to create special screen, if the technology is mature, will eventually return to the standard screen design.