Gurman: iPhone 14 Pro Cutouts Will Indeed Look Like 'One Wide Pill'

[MacRumors]

The iPhone 14 Pro models have long been rumored to include a notch replacement that consists of a pill-shaped cutout and a separate hole-punch cutout for the Face ID system, but pre-event rumors this morning suggested that the cutouts will be combined into one wider cutout using software.

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has now confirmed that this is true, and he says that the two separate cutouts will look like "one wide pill shaped cutout" as distinct cutouts would "look odd" when the iPhone is in use.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1565072601952784387

Apple is expected to combine the pill and hole cutouts into one single cutout for a more streamlined visual experience. The new pill-shaped cutout will not connect to the top of the device, but it will, as a result, look similar to the notch. Apple will deactivate the pixels in the dead space between the two cutouts to emulate a unified cutout.

The original source of the rumor that we shared this morning has also claimed that Apple will expand the blacked-out areas around the cutouts for content purposes. Apple might, for example, make the area wider to fit status icons on the left and right sides, or extend it downward into a large square for certain notifications.

It is only the iPhone 14 Pro models that are getting the new pill-shaped cutout, as the standard iPhone 14 models will continue to use a notch.

Article Link: Gurman: iPhone 14 Pro Cutouts Will Indeed Look Like 'One Wide Pill'

 

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[t0rqx]

Why not just cut out a pill instead of disabling pixels?

 

[SW3029]

Dude hears previous rumor then chimes in.

 

[Mendoza_559]

So they got rid of the notch…but not really 😂

 

[antiprotest]

Am I still gonna pay for those pixels or are they free?

 

[Freida]

Yeah, I wonder about the same. What is the benefit to have the pixels there instead of just have one cutout? Seems like an odd choice

Why not just cut out a pill instead of disabling pixels?

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Gurman just wanted to chime in. How about showing us what the iPhone 14 Pro/Pro Max models will look like? Come on!

If the pill shape will be connected via software optimization.. why not just build it that way and make it look more aesthetic?

 

[Berti10]

Make sense. E.G. when the front facing camera is on, you might see a full orange circle around the camera. Otherwise it is black

 

[Tinny]

So what’s the purpose of that space in between?

 

[Itsedstech]

Well that’s dumb. should have just smushed it closer together then. ueah there’s probably some minimum distance separation or something but still.

 

[appleguy123]

It’s probably something you can toggle on and off. I doubt they designed the screen to accommodate two small holes just to use it as if there were one larger hole.

 

[Rychiar]

 

[erikkfi]

It is only the iPhone 14 Pro models that are getting the new pill-shaped cutout, as the standard iPhone 14 models will continue to use a notch.

How did I not catch this in any prior coverage? Crazy.

 

[Rychiar]

How did I not catch this in any prior coverage? Crazy.

They’ve stated it many times. Regular iPhone 14 is a wash

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

I have a feeling in upcoming weeks the pill-shaped cutout and a separate hole-punch cutout will contain a lot of controversies.

Can you imagine if the hole punch does not align with the pill due to production issues?? OMG!

 

[klasma]

Why not just cut out a pill instead of disabling pixels?

Maybe the pixel disabling was decided after the hardware was already finalized.

 

[B_mark_R]

It’s probably something you can toggle on and off. I doubt they designed the screen to accommodate two small holes just to use it as if there were one larger hole

So what’s the purpose of that space in between?

To show the world you have a 14 and Not a 13.

 

[Eldaerenth Faexidor]

I’m looking forward to how this is going to work. Maybe this is the place where they store the spare pixels. Lol.

 

[klasma]

It would be funny if they had a setting to disable the pixels in a notch shape. For those who prefer the notch.

 

[B_mark_R]

Maybe the pixel disabling was decided after the hardware was already finalized.

I think your right. Just like reverse wireless charging that was never enabled with the 11, high refresh rate not enabled on the 12, satellite connectivity never enabled on the 13. Seems as if Apple likes to finalize the hardware and figure out the experience later.

 

[anthogag]

Mark Gurman can predict yesterday’s weather today.

Pill+hole FTW 👂

 

[munpip214]

Why not just cut out a pill instead of disabling pixels?

Maybe structural integrity of the display

 

[vikingjunior]

The pill and punch hole looks dumber than the notch.

 

[ps3zocker]

They must have some cool idea from a UI perspective to do this. Otherwise it makes no sense. In direct sunlight you will see the separation. Also making two holes into the display sounds more expensive then just one pill shape cutout. I doubt that Apple makes such last minute decisions like hiding this in software. This was probably in development for a few years and they would've decided then and do it in hardware.