Apple's 2022 iPhone 14 Pro predicted to have hole-punch display

A new report claims that Apple will be replacing the iPhone notch with a hole-punch design in 2022, but solely for the Pro models.

The move to a hole-punch display instead of the current notch has previously been predicted by Ming-Chi Kuo. More recently, claimed renders of the 2022 "iPhone 14" range leaked just ahead of the iPhone 13 launch.

Now according to The Elec, unspecified sources say that the 2022 equivalents of the iPhone 13 Pro, and iPhone 13 Pro Max, will gain the hole-punch design. And the next equivalent of the iPhone 13 in the range will retain the current notch.

The Elec also repeats previous claims that there will be a larger-display yet non-Pro iPhone. The publication says that this, too, will utilize the current notch design.

At present, the notch contains both the iPhone's selfie camera and its Face ID system. Separately, Ming-Chi Kuo has predicted that Apple will be able to place the Face ID system underneath the display in 2023's iPhone range.

25 Comments

OutdoorAppDeveloper 1292 comments · 15 Years

About 3 years ago

This year, at least one cell phone maker managed cover up the hole punch with visible pixels. It would be great if Apple lead the market on display technology rather than following it by two or three years.

elijahg 2842 comments · 18 Years

About 3 years ago

OutdoorAppDeveloper said:

This year, at least one cell phone maker managed cover up the hole punch with visible pixels. It would be great if Apple lead the market on display technology rather than following it by two or three years.

I imagine they are only using a single camera and a fingerprint reader rather than FaceID. FaceID is better than TouchID imo, apart from when it's not due to masks. TouchID makes a lot of sense right now, and in years gone by Apple's nimbleness would have allowed them to "skate to where the puck is going" and they would have added it in the upcoming model. Unfortunately under Cook, Apple's dexterity has melted away to leave a more traditional sluggish behemoth.

We're two years into the pandemic and Apple's not caught up to the many Android manufacturers who have an under-screen fingerprint reader. Apple even has a finished in-power-button reader, why isn't that on the iPhone 13? Come on Apple.

saarek 1586 comments · 16 Years

About 3 years ago

Guess my iPhone XS Max will last until 2023 then.

I’m not replacing it until it either dies or they kill off the notch completely and have it all under the display.

Beats 3073 comments · 4 Years

About 3 years ago

OutdoorAppDeveloper said:

This year, at least one cell phone maker managed cover up the hole punch with visible pixels. It would be great if Apple lead the market on display technology rather than following it by two or three years.

Apple follows NO ONE dude. They do whatever the fu** they want and always in the face of nay-sayers who think their choices will fail.