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New Leak Reveals iPhone 18 Pro Display Sizes, Under-Screen Face ID, and More
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maerz001
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this is now 4 years ongoing:
Recapping Rumors About Under-Screen Face ID and Touch ID on Future iPhones
Earlier this week, display industry consultant Ross Young claimed that iPhone 14 Pro models will feature both hole-punch and pill-shaped cutouts that replace the notch. If this design proves to be accurate, it rules out Face ID fully under the display this year. In light of this latest rumor...
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ProbablyDylan
macrumors 68040
this is now 4 years ongoing:
Recapping Rumors About Under-Screen Face ID and Touch ID on Future iPhones
Earlier this week, display industry consultant Ross Young claimed that iPhone 14 Pro models will feature both hole-punch and pill-shaped cutouts that replace the notch. If this design proves to be accurate, it rules out Face ID fully under the display this year. In light of this latest rumor...
And the first comment on that post is complaining about it being repetitive 🤣
A bit bigger display would be nice 7.1“ to 7.2“… maybe iPhone 20 then?
N0ughtsAndCr0sses
macrumors 6502a
The hell with 17, gotta buy the 18. Under the display…yay,
Notch, meh. 😒
Talking about the pro, don’t be an idiot.
Notch, meh. 😒
Talking about the pro, don’t be an idiot.
People forget that the current FaceID is under the screen. 🙂 Under the screen with pixels in front of it would be the novel thing!
Even Android vendors like it. That’s the main reason why I think they’re going to keep unobscured FaceID. They’ve already built the expectation of a black area on the screen in the middle, why change that to a dot on the side which would require a MUCH larger Dynamic Island to “hide”?
goobot
macrumors 604
I miss back when the iPhone 5 had the camera centered. It does make a difference
"breakthrough new feature" - really - this is what counts in 2026
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💀 Center it all, Apple! Ha. It drives me crazy that in recent versions of iOS, when the volume is at 50% it’s off a little bit to the left, ugh
At least the front camera is hidden in the island currently, I don’t have to look at the back very often lol
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I know I knowww… haha. It’s not all their fault, though, there are other companies in The Consortium®
What about 5.4-inch? Please Apple, bring back iPhone mini.
Apple MessagePad
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The under-screen FaceID that we've been told would be on every phone released in the past 5 years. Right about the time the under-screen TouchID that the same folks claimed would be coming the 5+ years before that.
The fact that everybody seems to love the Dynamic Island (despite massive concerns before unveiling it) really shows how good Apple can be at pushing hardware and software to find elegant compromises that turn out to be useful (unlike Camera Control which I hope will be turned into a simple button). I also love it and like its pill-shape more than the circle cutouts on Android. It also makes iPhones look like iPhones, like the notch before, the home button before that. Hopefully Apple will continue to impress us somehow.
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Will be odd if it’s in the corner to connect with the camera cutout though. Here’s hoping they find a way to center the camera
I’d prefer if they just shrink the island if it ends up looking like the under-display cameras on other products (the screen area covering the camera is noticeably lower-resolution, like 1/16 lol, and the pics still look bad), but maybe just for faceID the resolution of the infrared cam is low enough that they can do a retina display over it and still have it be accurate enough
Generally speaking the rumor has been, for a long time, apple slowing moving towards a screen only phone with no punch outs for the 20th anniversary phone. Which exact phones get which changes has fluxed a bit, from the notch to the current design to what seems to be next, but the overall rumor of their target hasnt changed
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This ^^^ For me, the dynamic island almost looks like a call-back to the OG iPhone’s speaker cutout. Apple knows how to make things that look iconic for sure.
I guarantee this is why they’ve kept the iMac chin, when they could have made the design a few mm thicker and eliminated it. It’s what makes it look like an iMac and not a generic display!
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The iPhone 17 is 71.5 mm wide. The first gen Galaxy Note, an actual phablet, was 83mm wide, and nowadays they’re ~78mm
It’s much closer to the size of an iPhone 6 (67mm), than to an actual phablet
They’re not going to make an iPhone for 5% of people that want a very small one, for the same reason I can’t buy a manual VW GTI anymore: there’s likely no ROI for them
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The 17 is the same width as the 11 Pro (which was not a big phone imo), but thinner and weighs less despite a 20% bigger battery 🤷🏼♀️
While I think it would be nice if they brought the mini back with a 5.8” display, which would probably sell a lot better than 5.4”, I just don’t think it’s going to happen
From the notch equipped models forward, iPhones have always been easily recognizable from the front. That's not only because of the components in the notch or the Dynamic Island, but a deliberate styling cue designed by Apple. The relatively new addition of the notch on MacBooks also serves that dual purpose.
Although the idea of eliminating the Dynamic Island is very popular among Apple users, it's hard to imagine the company would give up the clever styling cue. Years ago many other smartphones have hid the camera and various sensors behind the display, proving Apple has simply been procrastinating.
Aaleck
macrumors 6502a
The real question is will they have the black color option available again 🤔
If true and it’s offset to one side it’ll be proof positive Apple has lost their way. Once a company that took design seriously has now resorted to grasping at straws.
Ifti
macrumors 601
I honestly don't mind the current dynamic island - in fact, I quite like it.
What does get to me, for some strange reason, is that camera hole being in one corner and not centered on the screen - maybe I'm being a bit OCD, but that lack of symmetry on the front panel get's me.....
What does get to me, for some strange reason, is that camera hole being in one corner and not centered on the screen - maybe I'm being a bit OCD, but that lack of symmetry on the front panel get's me.....