Dynamic Island Expected to Expand to All iPhone 15 Models

[MacRumors]

Apple plans to expand the Dynamic Island to all four iPhone 15 models released next year, according to oft-accurate display industry analyst Ross Young. The feature is currently exclusive to the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max.

In a tweet, Young said he expects the Dynamic Island to be available on the standard iPhone 15 models next year. However, he still does not expect the standard iPhone 15 models to be equipped with an LTPO display, suggesting that the devices will continue to lack ProMotion support and an always-on display option like Pro models have.

Dynamic Island is a pill-shaped area surrounding the Face ID sensors and front camera on the iPhone 14 Pro models. The feature can display system alerts for things like incoming phone calls and the Face ID authentication prompt, and it will also work with Live Activities in third-party apps when iOS 16.1 is released later this year.

In the past, Young accurately revealed that iPhone 13 Pro models and the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro would feature ProMotion, that the sixth-generation iPad mini would be equipped with an 8.3-inch display, that the latest MacBook Air would have a slightly larger 13.6-inch display, and much more, giving him a very successful track record.

Article Link: Dynamic Island Expected to Expand to All iPhone 15 Models

 

[Apple_Robert]

That is great news. Now, everyone will be a "pill-head." Phrases like "your such a pill" will now have an entirely new meaning from what it used to mean.

 

[Unami]

Sure it will. It just won't get the attention it got now and will be obsolete in quite a short time when front cameras disappear under the display. Still, a great idea - but maybe too little too late.

 

[ian87w]

This is already known, right? And my guess is the iPhone 15 will be basically a 14-pro-lite, sporting A16 and dual camera only.

 

[ghotinchips]

All I care about is whether the 15 pleb edition will get USB-C or not.

 

[Red Oak]

This seems to be the hit feature for the whole iPhone 14 launch. Pretty amazing they kept it under wraps

 

[MaaK]

Sure it will. It just won't get the attention it got now and will be obsolete in quite a short time when front cameras disappear under the display. Still, a great idea - but maybe too little too late.

Apple will for sure keep dynamic Island for the next 3-5 years. They wouldn’t have named it otherwise. This will definitely be the time it takes until all the sensors can be under the display AND (that is the important factor) be the same quality as today‘s sensors.

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Dynamic Island is cool. It’s just going to take some time to get used to it.

 

[Apple_Robert]

Apple will for sure keep dynamic Island for the next 3-5 years. They wouldn’t have named it otherwise. This will definitely be the time it takes until all the sensors can be under the display AND (that is the important factor) be the same quality as today‘s sensors.

It will take off where the Mac "Touch Bar" failed. I don't think this is a one-trick pony feature.

 

[MaaK]

This seems to be the hit feature for the whole iPhone 14 launch. Pretty amazing they kept it under wraps

It is but immature until next year. I got the Pro for 24 hours and have to say it’s gimmicky at the moment. If third party developers will implement good features it will take off.
Got the normal 14 (came from the 11) instead and will wait until next year.

 

[Total Respray]

Keeping a 60hz display would not go down well in 2023. If true, not sure why 120hz or AOD should be reserved just for pro users…

 

[Benched08]

Now that they’re trickling down some of the features from the Pros (Dynamic Island, A16, probably new camera) into the following year’s base models, it seems to make a lot more sense to just buy last year’s Pro if you want to save money. It’ll still be more feature packed (LTPO and 120Hz, faster RAM, LIDAR, telephoto) and at least as cheap if not cheaper.

 

[willyx]

Will buy an iPhone again only when it has usb-c, multiple competing App Stores and the ability to sideload apps

 

[ItsMeMicke]

I want a under display face id and an even more dynamic island Could this make it to iPhone 15 Pro? Or perhaps iPhone 16 Pro?

 

[Villarrealadrian]

dynamic Island

 

[Saladin12]

All I care about is whether the 15 pleb edition will get USB-C or not.

Yeah I bet it will. All devices on sale by mid-2024 must have USB-C, thanks to the EU directive. As the rules dictate that “there shouldn’t be products on the market that are not compliant”. So Apple would be daft to not move all devices to USB-C, including the SE.

I imagine in September 2024 it's line up would look like:
iPhone SE (2023)
iPhone 15
iPhone 16s
iPhone 16 Pros

 

[UMHurricanes34]

Isn’t part of the magic of the Dynamic Island tied to the refresh rate? The sub pixel anti aliasing and super smooth animations?

 

[aries81]

Will buy an iPhone again only when it has usb-c, multiple competing App Stores and the ability to sideload apps

so never then?

 

[fwmireault]

Sure it will. It just won't get the attention it got now and will be obsolete in quite a short time when front cameras disappear under the display. Still, a great idea - but maybe too little too late.

I agree with others that Apple would not have engineered and branded such a feature to keep it only 1-2 years. We will have some form of this pill shape for a couple of years. Also, I believe that under-screen camera technology is not quite there yet. There is a lot of improvements lately, but I believe the tradeoffs are still too big for Apple to jump on it shortly. Like bigger phones, 120 hz or Always-On display, etc. Apple will be about the last in the market to do it

 

[jader201]

This seems to be the hit feature for the whole iPhone 14 launch. Pretty amazing they kept it under wraps

Obviously an unpopular opinion, but:

How are people seriously this excited about a black blank area at the top that can grow to show stuff?

It seems like every other post on MR is about this thing. It can’t be that big a deal.

 

[canyonblue737]

Sure it will. It just won't get the attention it got now and will be obsolete in quite a short time when front cameras disappear under the display. Still, a great idea - but maybe too little too late.

dynamic island's brilliance isn't that it hides the cut outs, its that it actually provides something we actually needed on an iPhone, a form of multitasking where an app can run in a simplified way at the same time we are using a different application as the primary. THAT need will now ALWAYS be there once we have had it. I have to imagine some form of multitasking bar will always remain at the top of the screen even when cut outs are gone and the sole use of the entire screen will be when watching video.

 

[aidler]

Well, I would hope that the biggest company on the planet can come up with something to get rid of that black thing entirely.

 

[canyonblue737]

Obviously an unpopular opinion, but:

How are people seriously this excited about a black blank area at the top that can grow to show stuff?

It seems like every other post on MR is about this thing. It can’t be that big a deal.

it's MULTITASKING. we never had multitasking before. it isn't just notifications.

 

[canyonblue737]

Keeping a 60hz display would not go down well in 2023. If true, not sure why 120hz or AOD should be reserved just for pro users…

I agree, the iPhone 14 has to be one of the last phones at any price introduced in 2022 as 60hz, let alone 2023. I also think the detailed animations of the dynamic island really need 120hz to look right.

 

[oghowie]

we've reached the point of diminishing returns now that cameras are all basically really good and the CPU is fast enough. Might be the first time I wait 3 years to upgrade a phone.