14 DAY TRIAL // Apple is gearing up for some pretty big changes on the iPhone as far as the design goes, as the company is getting ready to kill off the notch, or better said, the notch as we know it.
People familiar with the matter have said on several occasions that Apple wants to give up on the notch and introduce a punch-hole screen on the iPhone 14, and a leaked schematic that’s now making the headlines appears to suggest this is indeed the direction the company wants to use.
More specifically, the schematic shows a pill-shaped cutout in the screen which essentially replaces the notch completely. In theory, this should substantially improve the available screen estate, as Apple uses the pill-shaped component to integrate all front-facing parts, including the Face ID module.
The selfie camera will have its own round cutout right next to it.
Four iPhone models launching this year
Previous reports on this new approach suggested that only some iPhone models launching this year would give up on the notch for this punch-hole screen.
Apple will take the wraps off four different iPhone models this year, and this time, the mini form factor would no longer be included.
The 2020 generation will include the standard iPhone 14 with a 6.1-inch screen, as well as an all-new larger sibling with a 6.7-inch display and called iPhone 14 Max. The Pro model would remain unchanged, so we’ll be getting two versions, the iPhone 14 Pro and the iPhone 14 Pro Max.
As it turns out, Apple wants the punch-hole design to only make its way to the Pro versions this year, with the notch to continue to be used on the standard models. The upgrade could be expanded to the entire lineup in 2023 with the launch of the iPhone 15.