iPhone 18 Pro Leak Adds New Evidence for Under-Display Face ID

[Unregistered 4U]

Bookmarked. We’ll revisit this next September to see who is right. If the pill goes away Apple will have to renovate live activities. And by definition live activities take up screen space.

That’s what I think. Live Activities was created to give a black space on front of the phone a reason for existing. No under display camera will ever have the quality of a camera that can simply “collect all the light” (Samsung’s even given up on it because, in the end, consumers take a LOT of selfies and that’s more important to them than ‘you can’t see the camera!’).

So, since consumers want better selfies and Apple has a reason for there to be black space on the front, they’re set. And, that’s before taking into account that no other manufacturer is trying to do anything like FaceID, and that’s a much larger problem to move under a screen.

 

[WarmWinterHat]

Bookmarked. We’ll revisit this next September to see who is right. If the pill goes away Apple will have to renovate live activities. And by definition live activities take up screen space.

You don’t need a pill to do that. They could have done exactly the same thing they do now with the notch, or a pill, or a circle, or nothing at all.

 

[SmugMaverick]

They'll copy Google's way of doing live activities with just a little pill in the corner of status bar

 

[Kidseeghost]

Yes. I believe the Dynamic Island will become more dynamic.

And it’s also not the first time they kept some things as they were.

The Dynamic Island will just become like the liquid glass UI instead of black and will only pop up when there is a timer, music, notification etc. Its definitely not going to be black and visible all the time. Its only black and permanent there to hide face ID and the camera. The goal since the iPhone X was a full screen iPhone and this matches also the reports about the iPhone 20 becoming exactly that with a display similar to the Apple watch.

 

[CarAnalogy]

I hope the Dynamic Island 🏝️ will still be available as an option (via virtual means) from within settings for all of us who have gotten so used to using it on a daily basis on so many apps these days

I finally accepted it and don't mind it on my 17PM, due to the aspect ratio there's not really anything in that space anyway.

They could have always had the DI design, whether it was the notch, a cutout, or nothing. They can still just use that area of the display. They backed themselves into it out of necessity but it actually works out.

 

[mabaker]

Serious Q: why has Apple struggled with this for so long? Isn't this "old tech" by now?

They are just a startup. Give them a break!

 

[jecowa]

Please give it under-the-display Touch ID.

 

[The Game 161]

only took like 10 years, we should have faster innovation

nobody else has this on the market with high level cameras. so this would be a first

 

[The Game 161]

so all this is on track for all under screen for 2027 then....very interesting

 

[tomtad]

I hope the Dynamic Island 🏝️ will still be available as an option (via virtual means) from within settings for all of us who have gotten so used to using it on a daily basis on so many apps these days

It's not going anywhere, just the central camera part will get smaller enabling it to display more information if needed. Currently it can get a bit tight especially if there's multiple live activities happening.

One thing I'd like to see are some more options for the DI. For Podcast playback it would be great to how long is left rather than just the waveform for example. A toggle to just tap rather than long press to expand it would also be nice.