iPhone 18 Pro: Rumors back and forth about Dynamic Island
Apple's iPhone front has been dominated by the Dynamic Island area for years. Mistranslated rumors recently caused a stir as to whether it would disappear.
Dynamic Island, here on an iPhone 14 Pro.
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Will the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max soon come without the so-called Dynamic Island – or will it at least change? The display area, behind which the Face ID facial recognition and selfie camera are located, once started with a notch. With the iPhone 14 Pro from 2022, Apple then decided to make it a system component: The oval area is used for the quite clever display of app information and live activities. Since then, the Dynamic Island has shrunk slightly from iPhone generation to iPhone generation, but it has not been completely abolished so far.
All the more exciting were the recent rumors that claimed this. Apple is allegedly planning to abandon the Dynamic Island and instead use a so-called punchhole camera, as known from the Android sector: a round camera hole that should move to the left. However, as has now emerged, the rumors are incorrect – and were based on failed translations from Korean or Chinese. Nevertheless, a change to the Dynamic Island is expected.
Separation of components planned?
Information about the punchhole idea was spread by, among others, the controversial leaker Jon Prosser and Korean media, and there was also a report in the IT news medium The Information (paywall). The well-known display analyst Ross Young put an end to the discussion last week: According to his information, which he has had “for months”, there will be a separation between the components, but not an end to the Dynamic Island itself. This also corresponds to the statements of the Chinese leaker Instant Digital, who had pointed out the mistranslations.
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Apple's idea is therefore as follows: The Dynamic Island will be (again) slightly smaller, but will continue to contain the selfie and infrared camera (IR sensor) for Face ID.
Under-display camera is taking its time
What is new is that the so-called flood illuminator, an infrared projector that enables facial recognition by projecting invisible dots onto the user's face, will be moved to the left, under the display. This area could in turn be arranged "under display" and thus become invisible – whether this is really the case remains to be seen. Corresponding component images at least support the separation.
The old dream of an iPhone where the camera and Face ID module completely disappear under the screen will therefore probably not be realized with the iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max. Whether Apple will even advertise the further shrinking of the Dynamic Island remains to be seen. Apparently, the company is more concerned with arranging its components more sensibly than saving space.
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