Counterpoint Analysis VP Ross Younger at the moment solid doubt on the Twentieth-anniversary iPhone that includes a really all-screen design, however he nonetheless expects Apple to make some progress in the direction of that formidable aim over the following few iPhone generations.
In a put up on X at the moment, he reiterated that a minimum of some new iPhones launching in 2026 shall be outfitted with under-screen Face ID. Whereas he didn’t point out any particular fashions, he’s very doubtless referring to the iPhone 18 Professional and iPhone 18 Professional Max.
Regardless of the transfer to under-screen Face ID, Younger mentioned that the 2026 iPhone fashions will nonetheless have some seen Face ID components, and for that reason he believes that the units will nonetheless have a “notch” (aka the Dynamic Island), however he mentioned that will probably be “smaller” in comparison with the one on the iPhone 14 Professional by iPhone 16 fashions.
Younger’s info appears to battle with a report final month from The Info‘s Wayne Ma that mentioned the iPhone 18 Professional and iPhone 18 Professional Max would have “solely a small gap cutout within the top-left nook to accommodate the front-facing digital camera.” This wording urged that the units may not have a Dynamic Island in any respect, however Younger has implied that there’ll nonetheless be a smaller Dynamic Island, which might nonetheless be an enchancment.
In his Energy On e-newsletter over the weekend, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman additionally mentioned that Apple would shrink the dimensions of the Dynamic Island on a minimum of some iPhone fashions launching subsequent yr, so there at the moment are a number of sources who imagine that iPhone 18 fashions will nonetheless have a smaller Dynamic Island fairly than solely a entrance digital camera gap.
Younger mentioned he’s not sure if the entrance digital camera gap will nonetheless be moved to the top-left nook of the iPhone 18 display, or if it’s going to stay extra centered.
Younger does count on all Face ID components to finally be moved beneath the display, however he now believes that change won’t occur till 2028.
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