The iPhone 14 range can seem very strange very quickly, as the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max are rumored to have two camera cutouts on the front, one in the shape of a circle and the other in the shape of a lozenge. This design could last only One generation.
According to The Elec, Samsung Display is developing new under-panel camera technology that Apple plans to employ in the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max to hide Face ID components under the screen.
From the looks of it, the actual camera will still be housed in a drilled hole, but that would mean that Apple would only need a small cutout like we see on many Android phones, instead of having one a second bigger.
The end result would be a less self-contained design, but also probably less divisive and, most importantly, less clutter on the screen.
Although we are going to take that statement with a grain of salt for now, it is not the first time we have heard it, with the renowned analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, for example, who also stated in April that the iPhone 15 Pro I would have underestimated. Teach facial identification.
Other high-profile leakers like Ross Young and Mark Gurman have also claimed that Apple will give under-display Face ID sooner rather than later, so it seems like it's probably just a matter of time, until XNUMX. Whether the year or not.
But if that happens as soon as 14, the iPhone 15 Pro could soon feel like the (*XNUMX*) in Apple's lineup.
Analysis: obstacles to overcome
While under-display Face ID sounds like a great idea, it's only going to be really good if Apple delivers it properly, and early examples of under-display cameras haven't been great.
That's partly due to its image quality, which isn't a consideration with Face ID (and that drawback is probably why Apple still wouldn't move the selfie camera under the screen).
However, another drawback is that they are not completely hidden under the screen. They leave a small area that looks noticeably different from the rest of the screen, and while it's ultimately less distracting than a hole punched, it's also probably uglier and certainly not a perfect solution.
We hope that Apple avoids this: it would have used a new technology to hide Face ID, so perhaps this new technology will solve the problem.
Apple really isn't the kind of company that comes up with such poor solutions anyway, and it could be that the reason we've waited so long for the company to adopt under-display technology is that it wants Face ID components be really invisible.
Via Apple Insider