iPhone 14 Pro Now Rumored to Feature Both Pill-Shaped and Circular Cutouts

[contacos]

So it’s basically the same? They just removed the black plastic?

And even if it’s smaller than the notch, it stands out even more and it’s not like Apple is going to give us choices to add additional information on the extra space like a tiny weather icon or the battery stats

 

[furou]

Maybe it’s just wishful thinking, but what if the cutouts are under the screen and actually Apple found a way to cover them so it appears like the entire front is a screen, like a certain Chinese phone manufacturer, but without losing selfie images quality?

 

[August West]

Still looks better than the notch

Exactly what I was going to say. The sooner the notch is gone, the better.

 

[VulchR]

Well, if true, that should make the production and fitting of screen protectors interesting.

On my part I am not buying another Apple product until they commit unambiguously to removing the CSAM spy software, but in regard to the notch, it currently obscures the VPN icon on my iPhone. The use of the VPN is required at my work for business use, so either get rid of the notch (my preference) or use some other way of indicating the active VPN (so perhaps the WiFI/4G icons can be shown in red for access without VPN and green if a VPN is used).

 

[GIZBUG]

Really, who cares about the cutout
Give us a bigger better battery!

 

[blairh]

Someone’s just trolling us at this point. I believe Apple’s sticking with the notch until I see reliable evidence to the contrary.

Ah yes. Ross Young. Known internet troll. ?

 

[bobcomer]

Still looks better than the notch

Pill, yes, hole, yes, but Pill and hole, I'll have to see it. And I'm a notch hater.

 

[alpi123]

Really, who cares about the cutout
Give us a bigger better battery!

you literally got it with the last models
if history repeats itself, the 14 lineup will have smaller batteries... then the 15 bigger

 

[PaladinGuy]

I just don’t see the point in this. You still have a notch in essence. They could easily allow battery percentage to show on the top right of the iPhone 13/Pro. You literally gain nothing but a tiny bit of color around the holes…

 

[jonnyb]

New leak!

 

[legis_arvum]

Was this impossible a year ago? No way. Is it possible to completely abandon cutouts right now? Undoubtedly.
Tech advancement oddly coincides with Apple's marketing cycle ?

 

[svish]

This seems possible. The design will be unique to Apple. Also Ross is accurate.

 

[bobcomer]

There is no way this is true, it's very unlike Apple to have an asymmetric design like that, plus it looks awful

Apple does asymmetric all the time, the screen is vertically asymmetric because of the notch and by a good margin. It's why I hate the notch, it trips up my like of symmetry.

 

[applyr]

So it’d be like having a notch but without having a notch. lol. Just keep the notch until tech is good enough for under display sensors.

 

[EugW]

The notch has never bothered me. I mean it just sits in the status bar, no big deal.

In portrait mode, the notch doesn't bother me much (although I don't like the fact I can't get the battery percentage indicator). However, in landscape mode while watching some videos, I find it really irritating.

The landscape mode exclamation point would still be irritating, but at least it would be better than the notch.

 

[Whathappened]

If this is true, it is not a good idea. I get it being unique and having the unique look. But who cares, if it looks that bad.

Forums aside, nobody will care at all. Doesn’t matter.

 

[Mick-Mac]

Replacing a notch with a pill that has a tiny unusable piece of screen above is just dumb. All it does is waste a little more power and make the screen a little more expensive. Either get rid of the notch altogether or just leave it as is.

 

[bobcomer]

New leak!
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That would probably bother me less than the notch we have now, but no way would i buy it!

 

[Mr.Blacky]

I heard, iPhone 14 will have a pill-shaped cutout, a circular cutout AND a notch! ?

 

[cyanite]

Why couldn’t the MacBooks of done this instead of a huge notch just for a small camera and sensor

Why couldn’t the MacBooks.. of?.. done.. what??

 

[bobcomer]

So it’d be like having a notch but without having a notch. lol. Just keep the notch until tech is good enough for under display sensors.

It would show less than the notch because it's smaller.

 

[krspkbl]

that makes more sense. makes the product stand out more and i don't think face id is ready to work under display.

so it's basically just what we have now but trimming away all the fat so to speak.

i like the look of it. the notch doesn't bother me though.

 

[Shin-Ra]

Factualish part: based on the render, which is proportioned reasonably based on sensor/emitter sizes, this design frees extra horizontal space (portrait) for status icons, time, date, active cell provider(s) etc.

Opinion part: this double cutout still looks much better than previous iPhone notch designs.

 

[a m u n]

I see what you want to do, Apple! 😁

 

[krspkbl]

I see what you want to do, Apple! ?

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maybe they've planned this all along! lol ?