Apple Working on Under-Screen Face ID for iPhone 18 Pro, Says Leaker

[mrr]

Support for the Apple Pencil too?

 

[WilliApple]

Im curious if they will keep the dynamic island with software, make it invisible when no live activities are present, show the island when activities are present.

 

[darngooddesign]

Im curious if they will keep the dynamic island with software, make it invisible when no live activities are present, show the island when activities are present.

I think the exterior phone screen will have a Dynamic Island (or Dynamic Circle if it goes hole-punch), but the internal iPad screen won’t. Just like with their separate devices.

 

[StevieD100]

Hey Apple... If you can do FaceID under the screen, you can do TouchID. Get on with it.

 

[berrymetal]

Nah.

2025 - iPhone 17
2026 - iPhone 18
2027 - iPhone XX

Yes but isn't the "all screen iPhone" the 20th anniversary one? Based on other rumors... And even if apple considers the first foldable to be the 20th anniversary iPhone, that's still before 2027...

 

[darngooddesign]

Yes but isn't the "all screen iPhone" the 20th anniversary one? Based on other rumors... And even if apple considers the first foldable to be the 20th anniversary iPhone, that's still before 2027...

Apple has been calling them all-screen iPhones since the X. And while they might call one of them that, technically any phone they released in 2027 is a 20th anniversary phone, just like 8, 8 Plus, and X were all 10th anniversary phones.

 

[berrymetal]

Apple has been calling them all-screen iPhones since the X. And while they might call one of them that, technically any phone they released in 2027 is a 20th anniversary phone, just like 8, 8 Plus, and X were all 10th anniversary phones.

yeah but imagine if apple released the iPhone X in 2016, and then released the 11 in 2017 and called it the "10th anniversary iPhone"...

 

[svish]

Expecting to see a hole punch cut out with the FaceID under the screen. But don't think that the hole will be on one side. Expecting Apple to keep the hole in the center. Waiting to hear more about this in the future.

 

[Insidious]

Maybe the camera should just pop up out of a tiny slot from the top of the phone and it will automatically go back down when not in use, allowing for the front to just be a complete screen. Then when it breaks, they can charge people more money to repair it.

 

[subjonas]

I like the Dynamic Island functionality so I hope it doesn’t goes away even with a centered hole punch camera; also it Apple were to drops DI UX functionality after just four years there is less incentive for developers to include future UX functionality.

I’m sure Apple would keep the functionality with the hole punch. Even if there was somehow no hole punch at all, I’m sure Apple would figure out a slick way to keep the functionality but have it appear from the edge of the screen or something and then disappear back into the edge when not in use.