At present, more and more news has confirmed that the iPhone 14 Pro series will use a punch screen design.
The Face ID component and camera will be placed in two holes to further expand the iPhone's screen share.
However, whether it is bangs or punching screens, these will not be the end of the iPhone in the design.
Industry insiders generally believe that Apple's ultimate goal is the real full-screen iPhone.
Judging from the current development trend of the iPhone, cutting off the bangs and using the punching screen design should be the first step to achieve this goal, and then the area of the hole will be further reduced until it disappears completely.
Wanting to do this, Samsung, which is quite accomplished in the field of screens, has given a more avant-garde answer on its latest folding screen smart phone Galaxy Z Fold 3.
The Galaxy Z Fold 3 features the latest UPC off-screen camera technology, which embeds the front camera into the display panel, eliminating camera holes. Not surprisingly, the Galaxy Z Fold 4 will also use such technology.
According to the latest report by The Elec, Samsung is developing a new technology with another Canadian company, OTI Lumionics.
In general, in OLED panels, light emitted from the bottom emission layer needs to pass through the cathode section at the top in order to properly capture the image.
Only when the cathode part is transparent can the environment required for off-screen camera technology be achieved.
Samsung's technology can pattern the cathode part to make it transparent, while being able to absorb light from the outside for image capture.
At the same time, OTI Lumionics will provide a precipitation technology for patterned materials, using an open metal mask to precipitate the cathode part, avoiding precipitation on the pattern material and affecting the transparency of the cathode part.
In simple terms, Samsung will work with the Canadian company to make light enter the camera through the screen and image normally through a new technical means, which is a more advanced technology than UPC.
According to The Elec, this technology will first debut on the Galaxy Z Fold 5 released next year, and then the iPhone 15 will also use the technology to hide the Face ID component under the screen.
For Apple, this technology can make the iPhone's under-screen Face ID possible, after using this technology, there is no need to dig holes in the screen, and the Face ID component will also function normally under the screen.
In addition, it is reported that Apple will reserve a hole for the iPhone 15 to place the camera.
Overall, the overall appearance of the iPhone 15 is more like the design of the outside world when the news of the punched screen was just out of the iPhone 14.
At the same time, The Elec reported that it is expected that the true full-screen iPhone, which fully adopts UPC technology, will be unveiled in 2024, and the camera part will be completely hidden under the screen.
If the message is true, this would be a big step for Apple to move towards a true full-screen iPhone.
Although it is still a period of time before the official launch of the true full-screen iPhone, from the perspective of Apple's decision to cut the bangs and use a series of decisions on the appearance of the iPhone such as the use of punched screens, the real full-screen iPhone is not far from us.
You can look forward to a real full-screen iPhone.