
It’s possible that Apple abandons Face ID in favor of under-display Touch ID. What remains unclear is the fate of Face ID. On the iPhone 14 Pro, the “punch-hole” would house the camera that’s currently located in the notch. YouTuber and leaker Jon Prosser also corroborated the punch-hole design, claiming to have seen real-life images of the iPhone 14 Pro Max without a notch. It makes sense for Apple to adopt this design with the iPhone 14.

If the punch-hole design sounds familiar, that’s because it’s currently used on many high-end Android flagships. As such, the standard iPhone 14 will retain the notch design unless Apple exceeds product yield goals. Apple’s current goal is to bring the hole-punch design only to the high-end iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max. Kuo describes the design change as a “punch-hole design.” Meanwhile, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has reported that the iPhone 14 is set to feature a “complete redesign.”įurthermore, Kuo says that the punch-hole design will only come to fruition if Apple’s prototyping and production go according to plan. Reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reports that Apple will drop the notch in 2022, starting with the high-end iPhone 14 Pro. The notch is where Apple houses its sensors for things like Face ID. The notch design was first introduced with the iPhone X, and it has stayed the same since then. The biggest change that we currently expect with the 2022 iPhone is the removal of the notch cutout.

What features and specs is iPhone 14 have? No notch This means we’ll have to wait until 2022 to learn more about what that year’s release will be officially called. This would match what Apple has done to the iPad lineup over the past several years.Īpple marketing names stay under wraps until the last minute. There’s also the possibility that Apple abandons numbers on the iPhone line altogether, and new iPhones are designated simply by their size, “Pro” or non-Pro, and year. Whether or not Apple ever returns to the “S” branding remains to be seen, but rumors indicate the 2022 iPhone will be a big enough upgrade to warrant a new number altogether.

Given that the iPhone introduced in 2021 was indeed branded as the iPhone 13, we expect the 2022 iPhone to be the iPhone 14.
