Apple is expected to abandon the Dynamic Island punch-hole design when it launches the iPhone 16 next year, not long after it’s available on the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max.
According to BGR, Dynamic Island is a new punch-hole style design language that can transform into different shapes and sizes, rather than looking like a blacked-out dead space at the top of the screen.
Users can even interact with Dynamic Island as Apple has made the entire software experience so that it is really useful and not annoying, where it can be changed to show incoming calls, alerts, notifications, Face ID authentication, turn-by-turn navigation, music playback, etc. Users can tap or press/hold on that area to access different functions or launch apps. Basically, think of Dynamic Island as a multi-tasking shortcut.
Apple is said to apply Dynamic Island on all iPhone 15 models released this year, but the company will switch to using Face ID technology and an under-screen camera for iPhone 16 next year. In fact, the camera under the screen is not a completely unfamiliar concept because, before that, this technology appeared on the ZTE Axon 20 5G. Even Apple’s biggest competitor Samsung already has devices with under-display cameras, like the Galaxy Z Fold4.
The biggest limitation of today’s under-screen camera technology is that they are placed on low-resolution screens that are easily recognizable to the naked eye. Hopefully, that problem will be resolved when Apple launches the iPhone 16 next year.
Most likely, the iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Ultra are the products with this feature first, while Dynamic Island will still be kept on the iPhone 16 and 16 Plus. This means that Dynamic Island has not been completely eliminated and is not entirely surprising in the context that Apple is increasingly wanting to distinguish between high-end and regular models.