Kuo: iPhone 14 Pro Models to Feature Hole-Punch Display and 48MP Wide Camera

[iGüey]

Finally. Why do we have always to be years behind Android??? By 2024 they will probably have removed the hole (1 manufacturer already did this year) and we will have to wait years probably before they do so on the iPhone.

By 2024, we will get a foldable iPhone 😉

 

[zombierunner]

I am selling salt.

 

[rockitdog]

Front Page Tech hit on all of this a few weeks back. iPhone 14 Pro is gonna be sick!

 

[rockitdog]

By 2024, we will get a foldable iPhone 😉

I'm assuming by the time Apple makes one, they will have figured out a way to have an unseen crease unlike the current generation of Samsung devices.

 

[DocMultimedia]

1.) I like the new design; much better than current !

2.) NOT a BIG fan of the Higher Res image sensors, but that has been the trend the past few years with other smartphone manufacturers; better low-light perf is the key benefit.

3.) The 256 GB NAND Flash storage requirement to get 4K ProRes effectively killed my desire to upgrade this year !

Will stick with my 11 Pro Max for one more year !

4.) The A15's CPU (High-Perf core) is still a BIG UN-known, & needs to be fully Analyzed BEFORE pulling the trigger on ANY $1K+ buy anyway, so there are actually two issues, at least in my case.

Most likely the 48Mpx is just going to be 4 of the 12 Mpx and it will get put together. But who knows. Just seems no one predicts the camera stuff very well, especially a year out.

 

[iGüey]

I'm assuming by the time Apple makes one, they will have figured out a way to have an unseen crease unlike the current generation of Samsung devices.

I’m also assuming that. Samsung’s current generation are 2021, and we won’t see any foldable iPhone before 2024, so I think Apple is taking so long (3 years from now) because they are refining every detail to bring us a great product.

 

[szw-mapple fan]

Front face camera hole 🕳

Sounds like Samsung had it for years

Mr. Kuo, tell Apple to implement this design, please.

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We’d all like that, but cameras can’t physically shrink enough to be placed that close to the edge yet (and probably not anytime soon). Remember there are components behind the visible lens.

 

[ColdShadow]

This makes it very hard to go ahead with 13 Pro Max ordering.
I hate the notch and I’m pretty sure once they get rid of it,owners of notch models will instantly feel outdated just like iPhones with home button.

 

[anthogag]

If there's going to be a hole punch, make it a very good selfie camera.

 

[Broadside]

I am tipping hoverboard phones by 2033, bookmark it.

This makes it very hard to go ahead with 13 Pro Max ordering.
I hate the notch and I’m pretty sure once they get rid of it,owners of notch models will instantly feel outdated just like iPhones with home button.

if you hate the notch don't order it. If it will feel instantly outdated suggest you avoid buying any consumer electronics products!

 

[ActionFigures]

I believe Kuo. It's time to move on from the notch.

 

[MacBH928]

but why? I thought no one notices the notch is even there after few days 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

 

[Denzo]

The iHomers haven’t even got their chance to say how great the ip13 is yet.

The ihaters haven’t missed a beat though!

 

[code-m]

2022 iPhone 14 will include the LiDAR sensor, pin this post it’s coming.

It would also be nice if 2022 iPhone 14 Pro includes a macro camera.

 

[Neebee]

Kuo kinda reminds me of an Asian version of Trump. He's now full of talk but no longer delivers. He was reasonably credible long ago, but now he's just giving false hope or reassurances on what many iPhone users want.

 

[Neebee]

And what about Face ID? Do people that make predictions have any idea what's in the notch?

Kuo has been repeating the same rubbish about FaceID for the last three or more years. He's banking one day he will be right.

 

[Juraj22]

BS

 

[Bethanie21]

Not a fan of the hole punch, too Android-looking. Plus remember these are his expectations, not leaks!

 

[bobcomer]

I’m also assuming that. Samsung’s current generation are 2021, and we won’t see any foldable iPhone before 2024, so I think Apple is taking so long (3 years from now) because they are refining every detail to bring us a great product.

Meanwhile, people like me went and got a Samsung instead, just to get the new tech. (I got a Flip3 instead of an iPhone this year)

 

[svish]

New design with hole punch and much better cameras!! Will surely be great if iPhone 14 has these features.

 

[Black Magic]

Meanwhile, people like me went and got a Samsung instead, just to get the new tech. (I got a Flip3 instead of an iPhone this year)

So you are beta testing a phone that's not ready for prime time and hanging out in Apple forums hoping for others to follow? How much Samsung paying you?

 

[bobcomer]

So you are beta testing a phone that's not ready for prime time and hanging out in Apple forums hoping for others to follow? How much Samsung paying you?

Not beta testing, it's fully released device and it's definitely ready for prime time -- even better than the iPhone 13 which is what I was going to get.

I'm a long time Apple fan for my home stuff and still have multiple iPads (including the new iPad Mini 6), an M1 MBA (which I rarely use), an Intel Mac Mini I bought in 2020, and a 2017 iPad Pro. And I've had numerous iPhones starting with the 4 up to the last one I bought the 11 MP. However, with Apple's CSAM scanning push, and the iPhone really getting far behind on the state of the art phones, I decided a change was necessary. Even the rumored iPhone 14 is behind what I'm carrying today.

And no Samsung doesn't pay me a cent, nor does Apple. I make my money being an IT Manager in a Windows shop.

 

[cmaier]

48MP in a phone sounds incredibly unrealistic. For example, Canon's top end DSLR has less than that.

There are already phones that do that. The number of pixels is not what makes DSLRs better - it’s the size of the pixels.

 

[Burger Thing]

48 megapixels doesn’t necessarily mean 48 megapixels. Android phones for a while now have used a technique called pixel binning. This is a technique whereby the camera sensor’s pixels are programmed to work together as if they were one pixel and thus get the added benefits of larger pixels (ie: better light gathering, less noise). Typically it’s four pixels grouped together to form a single pixel on outpost, thus the resulting output from a 48 mp sensor using pixel binning would be a 12 mp image. This allows the camera to be somewhat flexible. In ideal light it can shoot up to the native 48 mp, or it can use digital zoom and output 12 mp cropped from the native 48 mp, or it can turn on pixel binning for better performance in low light.

The technology’s been around in the Android world for several years. Apple tends to adopt these technologies only when it feels they’ve matured enough for prime time so it’s likely they’re working on an implementation of this for iPhone.

That's what I believe as well. 48 MP in good light and pixel pinned otherwise. Makes sense. Even DJI had this on their Mavic Air 2 drone around 2 years ago already - however on a bigger sensor.

 

[transpo1]

tbh, that looks worse than a "notch" (and the notch doesn't bother me). The notch at least looks contiguous with the edges of the phone / bezel, whereas the "hole punch" just looks, well, like someone shot a hole through your screen.

Totally agree with this— the hole punch looks uglier than the notch. The notch gets a bad rap, but I actually don’t mind it as a design choice, as it serves to remind you which is the correct orientation of the device. The hole punch just looks like a defective screen.