Apple isn't resizing Dynamic Island on iPhone 17

Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo continues to offer insights into the iPhone 17, this time saying that Dynamic Island isn't getting a redesign.

It's 2025 which means we're beginning the nine-month march toward the iPhone 17. As a result, we're seeing an influx of rumors and leaks surrounding the next-gen iPhone.

This one comes from Ming-Chi Kuo, who posted on X on Friday that he believes Dynamic Island size isn't changing much, if any, across the iPhone 17 lineup.

2H25 iPhone 17

I expect the Dynamic Island size to remain largely unchanged across the 2H25 iPhone 17 series
— (Ming-Chi Kuo) (@mingchikuo) January 24, 2025

It seems plausible, as the iPhone 17 is rumored to get a redesigned chassis, but likely will still take cues from previous iPhone models. There may not be a compelling reason for Apple to switch up Dynamic Island just yet.

Kuo's report is the first one in 2025 discussing the Dynamic Island size or design. It was originally expected to shrink a bit, but the provenance on those rumors was a bit questionable at the time.

Dynamic Island made its debut on the iPhone 14 Pro, replacing the previous and often bemoaned notch, which first showed up on the iPhone X. Dynamic Island, for the most part, has been received positively.

That's likely one reason Apple rumored to bring Dynamic Island to the iPhone SE 4. The iPhone SE 4 is also expected to ditch the home button in favor of an edge-to-edge display with Face ID.

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grandact73 3 Years · 71 comments

About 3 weeks ago

How boring and such a waste of space. Why can't Apple make their screens like the Samsung Galaxy?

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tht 24 Years · 5736 comments

About 3 weeks ago

grandact73 said:

How boring and such a waste of space. Why can't Apple make their screens like the Samsung Galaxy?

Samsung employs a less secure facial recognition technology, which last I read was through the front camera. This method can be spoofed by using a picture. Not sure what they do when it is dark. It does have under-screen fingerprint recognition.

Apple’s facial recognition uses an infrared camera, infrared light and a specular dotted light to determine 3 dimensionality. These sensors, and the front camera and prox sensor are in the notch or hole. They don’t use under-screen fingerprint recognition.

So, the answer is essentially Apple prefers more secure facial recognition. That comes at the cost of having a larger notch or hole in the display.

There is some speculation that the notch or hole can decrease by about half when Apple can use a meta lens for the infrared camera. Not this year.

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charlesn 12 Years · 1308 comments

About 3 weeks ago

"There may not be a compelling reason for Apple to switch up Dynamic Island just yet."

Ummm... hello? How about it would free up a nice chunk of new screen real estate and give us the first uninterrupted full-screen iPhone? Considering how much effort Apple puts into narrowing the bezels by 4 molecules with each new iPhone release to give us more screen, ditching Dynamic Island would be a much more effective way of doing that and would yield A LOT more screen. Or, If Apple wants to keep both lovers and haters of Dynamic Island happy, then make it a feature that can be toggled on or off.

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williamlondon 15 Years · 1432 comments

About 3 weeks ago

grandact73 said:
How boring and such a waste of space. Why can't Apple make their screens like the Samsung Galaxy?
Why are you here? You act like a child venting petty frustrations to demonstrate what an adult you are? Grow up. FFS.