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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.

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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
They literally have nothing to offer so they'll go all in on a gimmick to pretend they were the one to invent a 5 year old pill design 🤣🤣
 
The DI for the first time actually fragments how the system interacts with the user across the iPhone lineup. Notch and Touch ID phones look and handle slightly differently, of course, but fundamentally it's the same system.

I guess Apple will need to decide whether it wants the DI to be a gimmick that's sorta cool but isn't actually central to how users navigate iOS, or whether it should be more. If the latter they will need to get it into the hands of as many users as quickly as possible. I wonder what that would mean for future SE releases.
 
Shouldn't the DI be gone in iPhone 15 or 16 pro models? Is Apple content on keeping the pill for the future? They should be exploring under-display technology. Yes, it's not there yet (based on Samsung models), but Samsung should be able to make it look much better sooner than later, and Apple should explore as well.
Back in May, Ross Young tweeted Apple's projected roadmap with respect to their displays. This should give you an idea

 
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I’m on an iPhone 13 Pro Max that I got back in June, but I also know that Apple changes colors and I like that purple they have now. No guarantee they’ll have it next year. What to do….
Well you know apple and the phone carriers wants u to upgrade your iPhone device every year . So go ahead and treat yourself get that purple IPhone 14pro max u deserve .
 
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As I said, nope, all the iPhone 15 lineup will share the same Dynamic Island. It won’t be until the iPhone 16 Pro when the Face ID will be under display, and we’ll have a hole punch on the display, something that will extend to the rest of the lineup on the following year (iPhone 17)
Also the new Qualcomm X70 modem they’ll put in the iPhone 15 will be more efficient and get even more better reception
 
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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.
Indeed is a super cool feature. They could keep it when any form of the notch or pill finally die their deserved deaths.

Minimalist notification structures that can be interacted with in various ways have been a staple in the jailbreaking community for well over a decade, long before the notch existed. Apple could just keep the feature for its functionality, rather than just a clever way to obscure the pill.
 
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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 love Dynamic Island so much, that if removing the front camera display removes the feature, I don’t want them to remove the pill even if there was no camera quality loss.
 
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I think more people especially those who sit at desks would prefer a fingerprint sensor on the screen. This Island doesn't look like an island but more like an elongated pill.
 
Barring catastrophic behavior, I will see no need to upgrade for 4-5 years. The iPhone 11 that my 14 Pro Max replaced was still a great phone, but the Pro Max had enough new or updated features for me to pull the trigger.
Agreed. For the me the 14 Pro has enough features on the camera side to warranty the upgrade. However, the lack of SIM tray and my job requiring to travel, made the upgrade a no-go.
 
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They literally have nothing to offer so they'll go all in on a gimmick to pretend they were the one to invent a 5 year old pill design 🤣🤣
Are you really trying to pretend that Apple said that? Seems like a the typical thing that haters promote based on their own assumptions.
 
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If it has USB-C and still has the SIM card tray I’ll probably upgrade.
 
They need to ditch the baseline model and just sell only “pro” iPhones. They’re practically the same price already anyway.

Or maybe go the old 5c route, and put (for example) the 14pro in an aluminum shell when the 15pro comes out.

The lineup is ridiculous…. I can only buy the 14 pro (and can’t buy the 13pro or 12 pro); but I can buy the 14, 13, AND the 12? (*From Apple)

Just sell the iPhone pro. And leave the aluminum phones for last years’ tech.
Because they would have to sell the last years Pro models at a discount, and most people would upgrade to that vs the new Pro, and/or to last years Pro over this years non-Pro. It makes no sense but that’s Apple. At the end of the day, there is very little to separate a 13 Pro from a 14 Pro, however, the 13 Pro is still a better device than the 14 non-Pro. Better display, better cameras (and could argue better materials with stainless steel).
 
Gotta laugh at the "it's multitasking" fans. I'm not saying it's them, but whenever someone mentions multiple windows on iPhones they always get slammed. The concept of multi windows doesn't have to be 2 equally sized windows browsing dense webpages, although that still makes sense to me personally, but I can see where some would complain of the small elements. I always pictured multi window sort of like dynamic island, one smaller window with easily manipulated elements like a timer, phone options, etc, and a larger window with apps that need the larger format.

It's just really amusing that this dynamic island stuff is literally now covering up the lack of multi window/multi tasking on an iPhone AND the big black blobs covering the screen, yet everyone is still going crazy for them.
 
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Just a guess:

Dynamic Island
pro (2022), standard (2023)

USB-C charging port
pro (2023), standard (2024)
 
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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.
Exactly my thoughts. Dynamic Island will only get better as it shrinks in width and can offer more space for interactive widgets and information, to the point where the whole area is gone and we’re left with a huge area to have extra information displayed. Could probably be done in a more seamless way once it doesn’t need to be black, and they’ll probably give it a stupid new marketing name like Information Station or something equally ridiculous, despite it being really useful.

I look forward to the day where it can use the full space to have play-by-plays of sports, multiple stock and crypto quotes, in-line play/pause and skip buttons for music and podcasts, full weather conditions, etc and control their display with Focus Modes.
 
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It can't because it relies on OLED for true blacks.

Unless all iPhone screens stop being IPS LCD, this ain't going to happen.
 
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