Since the iPhone 14 series of exclamation point modeling came out, it has been complained by many users, but because the current iPhone 14 series has entered the engineering verification stage, it is impossible to change, and then some people will buy it. But it can also be seen that Apple wants to gradually reduce the area of the bangs screen, so that the screen ratio is higher, it may be that there is really no good design idea that leads to the emergence of the exclamation point shape. In fact, in the early years, there was the concept of an off-screen camera, and there are many manufacturers actively engaged in research and development, and Apple is no exception. Recently, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced a patent filed by Apple on September 24, 2019, implying that Apple will launch a full-screen iPhone in the near future.
According to the exposed patent diagram, it can be seen that there is no exclusive iron bangs or exclamation point shape on the iPhone device, and the front camera TrueDepth camera system is hidden below the display panel. The patent also publishes a detailed hardware scheme, the iPhone with the front display and the back display, the camera can be hidden under the screen mezzanine, and the camera part is not necessarily in contact with the screen part. In addition, there is a camera located on the back of the monitor, which is functional to capture images, and can take images through the display without affecting its quality.
It is not difficult to see from the schematic diagram that this patent is not fundamentally different from the current under-screen camera technology, but it also means that Apple also needs to face the imaging problems of the current under-screen camera technology. According to the news released by Tianfeng International analyst Guo Mingxi earlier this month, Apple plans to install the camera technology under the screen on the iPhone 16 series in 2024 to achieve a full screen. Although it only exposed a patent information, it cannot be denied that Apple will also launch a full-screen mobile phone in line with the times.