On February 27, display industry analyst Ross Young said on Twitter that the "double punch hole" design of the iPhone Pro model will appear on all 4 new models in 2023. If the analyst's prediction is correct, the iPhone 15 series released next year will be equipped with a new punching screen as standard, just like the iPhone 14 Pro/Pro Max released this year.
Earlier this year, Ross Young also exposed the screen design of the iPhone 14 Pro/Pro Max, saying that this year's Pro version of the iPhone will use this "exclamation point" design of "pill + single hole". Xiao Lei thought that the design of Apple's switch to a mid-positioned pill after canceling the bangs was quite good, but adding a digging hole next to the pill would really be a bit of "compulsive compulsive disorder".
In Xiao Lei's impression, Ross Young's prediction of Apple's new products is not low, he once accurately guessed that the new iPad mini will cancel Touch ID and use a new full-screen design, and he also took the lead in breaking the ProMotion display on the current MacBook Pro. It is estimated that in the iPhone exposé, his information is still relatively credible.
Ross Young also said bluntly that he hopes that the screen opening aperture of the iPhone 15 series is a little smaller, probably implying that the digging area on the iPhone 14 Pro/Pro Max will be relatively large, possibly because Face ID and front camera components do not allow Apple to adopt a more aggressive design.
According to Apple's approach, the new digging design will use at least 4 generations or so, that is, we may not have a chance to see the iPhone 17 series with smaller screen openings in 2026. As for the off-screen camera and Face ID, it may have to wait a few more years, if you really don't like Liu Haiping, you can look forward to this year's iPhone 14 Pro/Pro Max, or wait for the iPhone 15.
In addition to the screen, the appearance of the iPhone 14 series may also have a lot of changes, such as no raised back plate design, but in Xiao Lei's view, the weight of the iPhone in the past two years is getting bigger and bigger, and the impact of the straight border on the sense of the opponent is becoming more and more difficult to ignore, and it is time for Apple to do a little chamfering to the straight right angle border.