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Here's What Next Year's iPhone 18 Pro Display Could Look Like
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And many others, but yeah I instantly thought of the old Pixel 4a I still have somewhere.
The punch hole is out of the way, but it's awkward as well - the lack of symmetry perhaps.
We don't know what Apple is doing. This is a render based on rumors that might not be true.
They abandoned 3D Touch due to its hardware cost and the ability to replace it with long press combined with Haptic Touch. I doubt Apple would remove the Dynamic Island without offering a proper alternative to users. If the choice is between keeping a smaller cutout in the center - which can be easily integrated with the existing Dynamic Island design - or moving the cutout to the left, which would break the current design, it seems there’s no logical reason to choose the latter.
Speaking of notches: I was never a big fan of the notch to begin with, but I'd still prefer a smaller notch over the dynamic island (which I, honestly, find quite useless). That being said, it seems more likely to me that Apple will keep it in its current center position and not move it to the left.
2030?!?! So if I don’t upgrade until the 20th anni. In 2028, I’d still have two more years to wait…I’m skeptical…
I agree with the first half, second half I wouldn’t say that that’s a “cheap android look”. Trust me, nothing can look like a cheap android except a cheap android…srsly.
But no, I think what differentiates this here is how the camera appears thicker than the small punch-holes found on droid phones…looks more robust, more competent, more trustworthy etc. etc.
Basically yeah it looks apple to me in that regard…
Right….even if you are joking…right….
An apple, no bite mark cut-out!
Waited this long hah
Gaze is only off is not look at the Andrea right? Well even with it in the middle ppl still look away…
Also, isn’t there a feature about your gaze during FaceTime? Apple could just implement a similar feature if they did go off-center…but I highly doubt they do.
I agree with the first half, second half I wouldn’t say that that’s a “cheap android look”. Trust me, nothing can look like a cheap android except a cheap android…srsly.
But no, I think what differentiates this here is how the camera appears thicker than the small punch-holes found on droid phones…looks more robust, more competent, more trustworthy etc. etc.
Basically yeah it looks apple to me in that regard…
Right….even if you are joking…right….
An apple, no bite mark cut-out!
Waited this long hah
Gaze is only off is not look at the Andrea right? Well even with it in the middle ppl still look away…
Also, isn’t there a feature about your gaze during FaceTime? Apple could just implement a similar feature if they did go off-center…but I highly doubt they do.
Well based on those pictures like i gave a option. I prefer the pinhole on the left compared to the smaller DI.
I see the smaller dynamic island like the smaller notch on the iphone 13 pro max a smaller nusance.
I prefer to get this years iphone, than upgrade in 2028 to the pinhole design and than upgrade to the full screen experience in 2030.
I see the smaller dynamic island like the smaller notch on the iphone 13 pro max a smaller nusance.
I prefer to get this years iphone, than upgrade in 2028 to the pinhole design and than upgrade to the full screen experience in 2030.
That hole cutout looks absolutely terrible, they either need to shrink the Dynamic Island a bit or keep it as it is until they finally figured out the under display Face ID and the notch to be gone cause that looks HORRENDOUS.
If you've been following iPhone 18 Pro reports recently, you'll know that there are two competing rumors from usually reliable sources about how Apple plans to integrate Face ID into the display, and both of them likely affect the fate of the Dynamic Island – and in turn the overall look of the display itself.
Last month, The Information's Wayne Ma said that the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max would have "only a small hole cutout in the top-left corner to accommodate the front-facing camera."
Unless Apple opts to still periodically display the familiar pill-shaped interface element in its iOS 27 software, Ma's wording suggests that the devices might not have a Dynamic Island at all. Taking Ma's report as a cue, developer Filip Vabroušek has helpfully attempted to visualize what such an iPhone 18 Pro model could look like (see below – and ignore the iOS version shown).
Concept render of iPhone 18 Pro with top-left cutout (credit: Filip Vabroušek)
All well and good, you might think. However, Counterpoint Research VP Ross Young this week lobbed a grenade into Ma's settled territory by claiming that the iPhone 18 Pro will still have some visible Face ID elements.
For this reason, Young believes that the devices will still have a Dynamic Island, albeit a "smaller" version compared to the one on the iPhone 14 Pro through iPhone 16 models. Vabroušek has again stepped in to give us a peek at this alternative implementation.
Concept render of iPhone 18 Pro with smaller Dynamic Island (credit: Filip Vabroušek)
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has also said that Apple will shrink the size of the Dynamic Island on at least some iPhone models launching next year, so there are now multiple sources who believe that iPhone 18 models will still have a smaller Dynamic Island rather than only a front camera hole.
So there you have it: two rival interpretations of what the iPhone 18 Pro's display could look like. It's quite a big deal for anyone who plans to upgrade their iPhone next year, considering how much time we spend staring at the screen.
As for the 20th anniversary iPhone, due in 2027, Young's roadmap also threw a spanner in the works by refuting claims by the likes of Gurman that it will be the first iPhone with a truly uninterrupted display with no cutouts.
Young now believes that the first iPhone with both under-screen Face ID and an under-screen front camera will be released all the way in 2030, suggesting that a truly all-screen iPhone remains a full five years away.
Article Link: Here's What Next Year's iPhone 18 Pro Display Could Look Like
The Internet: Apple is lame because they are slow updating designs.
Also the Internet: Apple is lame because they are updating the phone design.
Thats like saying that the home button was a flop because we got the Notch. And then the Notch was a flop because we got the Dynamic Island. And now the Dynamic Island was a flop because we are getting a holepunch.
I like the Dynamic Island and use it frequently; I hope they keep it when they move to a centered holepunch screen.
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Reading this on my s10+ from nearly a decade ago with the same design. Apple is making progress 😂😂
If you've been following iPhone 18 Pro reports recently, you'll know that there are two competing rumors from usually reliable sources about how Apple plans to integrate Face ID into the display, and both of them likely affect the fate of the Dynamic Island – and in turn the overall look of the display itself.
Last month, The Information's Wayne Ma said that the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max would have "only a small hole cutout in the top-left corner to accommodate the front-facing camera."
Unless Apple opts to still periodically display the familiar pill-shaped interface element in its iOS 27 software, Ma's wording suggests that the devices might not have a Dynamic Island at all. Taking Ma's report as a cue, developer Filip Vabroušek has helpfully attempted to visualize what such an iPhone 18 Pro model could look like (see below – and ignore the iOS version shown).
Concept render of iPhone 18 Pro with top-left cutout (credit: Filip Vabroušek)
All well and good, you might think. However, Counterpoint Research VP Ross Young this week lobbed a grenade into Ma's settled territory by claiming that the iPhone 18 Pro will still have some visible Face ID elements.
For this reason, Young believes that the devices will still have a Dynamic Island, albeit a "smaller" version compared to the one on the iPhone 14 Pro through iPhone 16 models. Vabroušek has again stepped in to give us a peek at this alternative implementation.
Concept render of iPhone 18 Pro with smaller Dynamic Island (credit: Filip Vabroušek)
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has also said that Apple will shrink the size of the Dynamic Island on at least some iPhone models launching next year, so there are now multiple sources who believe that iPhone 18 models will still have a smaller Dynamic Island rather than only a front camera hole.
So there you have it: two rival interpretations of what the iPhone 18 Pro's display could look like. It's quite a big deal for anyone who plans to upgrade their iPhone next year, considering how much time we spend staring at the screen.
As for the 20th anniversary iPhone, due in 2027, Young's roadmap also threw a spanner in the works by refuting claims by the likes of Gurman that it will be the first iPhone with a truly uninterrupted display with no cutouts.
Young now believes that the first iPhone with both under-screen Face ID and an under-screen front camera will be released all the way in 2030, suggesting that a truly all-screen iPhone remains a full five years away.
Article Link: Here's What Next Year's iPhone 18 Pro Display Could Look Like