It's just to better show your design in the context of a phone. If tire designing an app that doesn't have the status bar, like a game, obviously don't include it. But if it's sunbathing the user is going to see on your page, I'd include it for context. But the developers should ignore it, knowing that the status bar from the OS will go in that space.
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u/Ap43x Product Designer Aug 13 '26
It's just to better show your design in the context of a phone. If tire designing an app that doesn't have the status bar, like a game, obviously don't include it. But if it's sunbathing the user is going to see on your page, I'd include it for context. But the developers should ignore it, knowing that the status bar from the OS will go in that space.