Dynamic Island expected to replace notch on all iPhone 15 models

The Dynamic Island of the iPhone 14 Pro will probably make it to the rest of Apple's iPhone range, an analyst believes, with the display of standard iPhones expected to get the replacement for the infamous notch.

Apple's inclusion of the Dynamic Island as a way to provide notifications and hide cut-outs in the display has seemingly become a hit for users keen to get away from the notch. While limited to the Pro models in 2022, one analyst thinks that the 2023 releases may all get the feature.

Posting to Twitter on Sunday about the iPhone 15 range's display features, Ross Young of Display Supply Chain Consultants claims Dynamic Island is "expected on standard models on the 15." Such a change would also mean Apple will be making alterations to the cutouts in the iPhone display to enable the UI feature.

In further discussion, Young doubts that other major 2022 Pro model additions will make the cut for 2023. A switch to "120Hz/LTPO on standard models" isn't expected, effectively ruling out features like ProMotion and an always-on screen.

Young insists that the "supply chain cannot support" such changes at this time. "I don't think BOE will be ready for LTPO in 2023 at Apple's scale," Young reasons, adding 2024 "would be a better bet."

If correct, users could end up waiting until the iPhone 16 for an always-on display, if they don't upgrade to Pro models in the meantime.

15 Comments

darkvader 1146 comments · 15 Years

About 2 years ago

How unfortunate.

There's a much better technology that will eliminate the vacant spots in the display entirely.

It's called a bezel.

hmlongco 580 comments · 9 Years

darkvader said:

How unfortunate.

There's a much better technology that will eliminate the vacant spots in the display entirely.

It's called a bezel.

This is only being repeated for like the 1,822,828,992th time, but... since the top of the display is taken up by status icons and the navigation bar, a top bezel would result in less overall screen space available for messages, mail, and most of the other applications people use daily on their devices.

I'd get used to it if I were you. I don't think Apple would have leaned so heavily into the concept if it was just going to be around for an iteration or two.

sbdude 290 comments · 5 Years

Unless all iPhone 15 models are OLED (or mini-LED, for that matter) I don’t see this as well-executed on the “lesser” iPhones. Without the absolute black you get with an OLED panel, the dynamic island will look funky on an LCD.

bsimpsen 400 comments · 14 Years

sbdude said:

Unless all iPhone 15 models are OLED (or mini-LED, for that matter) I don’t see this as well-executed on the “lesser” iPhones. Without the absolute black you get with an OLED panel, the dynamic island will look funky on an LCD.

All iPhone 12, 13 and 14 models are OLED. Why do you think they'd walk the iPhone 15 backwards at all, let alone all the way to iPhone 11?

Robots78 21 comments · 7 Years

After using my new 14 Pro for a couple days, I'm not really a fan of the Dynamic Island. The animations are nifty, but having the camera hole floating out in the screen area makes it SO MUCH more distracting and noticeable than the notch was. The notch was far more discreet being along the edge of the screen, but having a bit of screen above the Dynamic Island pushes it away from the edge and makes it stand out way more. It's not a huge deal, neither the notch or the DI really bother me (and I appreciate the extra screen space it affords), but the DI seems like step backwards to me.