After the release of the iPhone 13 series, there was news that the next generation of iPhone 14 will no longer use the bangs screen, but instead use the digging screen design, and it is also after this that many versions of the digging screen are spread on the Internet, such as "exclamation point", "small dot", etc. Recently, the leaker ShympApplePro released a photo that is said to be the iPhone 14 screen panel.
From the picture, you can see that there are two holes on the panel, showing an "exclamation point" appearance, but the circular hole in it is an infrared sensor, which will be hidden under the screen and is not visible, so that the final effect of the iPhone 14 series front should be a "pill" digging hole screen. Of course, it's not just The SharpApplePro that thinks the whistleblowers put out photos, developer Jeff Grossman and other whistleblowers have released the iPhone 14 series of hole-digging screen designs, and are surprisingly consistent with the designs that SharpAppLePro has exploded (some are engineering model machine spy photos or PS renderings).
It can be seen that the front camera of the digging hole is some distance away from the top border of the phone, and the sensory is better than the exclamation point digging screen that was previously revealed. The biggest difference from the current Android flagship is that Apple has placed the opening in the middle, while the Android phone is placed in the left/right corner of the screen, @DylanDKT claimed on Twitter that Apple's FaceID hardware is placed under the display. From the current point of view, this scheme seems to have been decided, and has entered the stage of design verification and real machine multi-scenario testing.
These revelations are consistent with the predictions of well-known Apple analysts Mingji Guo and Mark Gurman at the end of last year, and they all said that the 2022 iPhone 14Pro and 14ProMax will use punch screens, and the front camera will be placed at the punch hole. Ross Young, a consultant on the display industry, previously claimed that the Pro model would have Face ID installed under the display. It should be noted here that the hole-digging screen may only appear on the iPhone 14 Pro series, and as for the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Max, it may still be a bang screen. In addition, Guo Mingxi also said in the report that Apple's under-screen fingerprint plan will not happen until 2023 at the earliest.
In addition to the front of the phone, the shell of the iPhone 14 or the use of titanium alloy, but also with a new sandblasting process, so that the surface of the phone is more shiny, ultra-thin oxide surface coating can also cope with the problem of fingerprints.
In terms of hardware configuration, there have been rumors that the iPhone 14 series will be equipped with A16 chips, 5nm++ process, performance increased by 16%, recently there is news that Apple will continue to improve the storage of the iPhone this year, the maximum capacity may be increased to 2TB, to meet the needs of users shooting video and install a larger system, software updates.
However, flash memory will be changed to QLC, compared with TLC, although the speed is slower, shorter life, poor stability, but it is cheaper, some insiders analyze that Apple may make it catch up with TLC in speed, life and stability through a series of technologies. As for the reason for switching to it, some people say that it is to save costs, and some people say that it is because of the shortage of flash memory chips, Apple will have to use QLC flash memory. It is reported that the iPhone 13 series did not follow Samsung's TLC flash memory particles, but chose armored man, because of the cost problem.
In addition, the iPhone 14 series will also carry a 48-megapixel main camera for the first time, and the sensor size of the upgraded main camera supports 8K video recording. In terms of price, the top version of 2TB may exceed 16,000 yuan.
Whistleblower DylanDKT also said that aside from the iPhone 14 series, Apple will also launch a new iPhone SE in the first half of 2022, the same design as the previous generation, upgrade 5G functions, the price will be about 2999 yuan, so that in 2022 Apple can basically achieve 3000 yuan - 16000 yuan full price coverage, which will undoubtedly bring great pressure to Android manufacturers who are ready to impact the high-end market.