Even though it’s typically notoriously difficult to make accurate long-term predictions about unreleased iPhones and Apple products in general, Ming-Chi Kuo might just be the guy to pull something like that off if anyone can do it.
Under-display Face ID AND under-display front camera on the same device?!
While 2024 is not exactly right around the corner, we can totally understand if Kuo’s prediction for Apple’s “high-end iPhones” from just two years in the future leaves you feeling a little bit skeptical. Two iPhone generations doesn’t seem like enough time to develop, implement, and perfect TWO groundbreaking technologies, each of which comes with its own unique set of challenges, limitations, and issues the company will need to solve before they can be deployed to the masses.
Full screen iPhone concept with under-display Face ID.
That’s all to say that if the iPhone 16 Pro does manage to achieve a “real full-screen” design with no notch, hole punch, or other visible display cutouts, we can reasonably expect the performance of the “invisible” selfie shooter and accuracy of the under-display facial recognition system to be essentially unrivaled in the mobile industry of 2024.
One thing we’re curious to see is whether or not the “full-screen” iPhone 16 Pro design will then be adopted by non-Pro iPhone 17 models, although it’s probably not a good idea to get ahead of ourselves here.
What about the iPhone 15 and 15 Pro?
Unfortunately, reading between the lines of Kuo’s latest tweet suggests next year’s iPhone 15 family might not be very… revolutionary from the perspective of its general appearance.
The iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max could greatly resemble the 14 Pro and Pro Max (envisioned here).
