If a brand new report is correct, Apple could also be upping the show sizes on at the least a few of its iPhone fashions subsequent yr, marking the primary time we’ve seen any important modifications in display screen sizes in 4 years.
When Apple unveiled the iPhone X in 2017, it arrived with a 5.8-inch OLED display screen, a dimension enhance that got here from eradicating the bezels from the 4.7-inch display screen of the iPhone 6 to iPhone 8 period. The 2018 iPhone XS saved these dimensions, whereas Apple additionally launched its first “Max” model that yr with a 6.5-inch show. The iPhone 11 Professional and iPhone 11 Professional Max adopted swimsuit in 2019.
In the meantime, a brand new lower-tier iPhone XR confirmed up in 2018 with a 6.1-inch “Liquid Retina” LCD display screen. This identical show was used on the usual iPhone 11 the next yr.
In 2020, Apple modified issues up a bit when it unveiled the iPhone 12 lineup with its new flat-edged design. The iPhone 12 saved the identical 6.1-inch display screen however moved to utilizing OLED show expertise. At that time, it seemingly made extra sense for Apple to make use of the identical display screen on the iPhone 12 Professional, in order that’s exactly what it did. The smaller Professional mannequin grew to a 6.1-inch display screen, whereas the iPhone 12 Professional Max elevated to six.7 inches to remain forward of its smaller sibling.
Since then, aside from the ill-fated iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 13 mini, 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch screens have turn into the usual. After abandoning the 5.4-inch mannequin, Apple went in the other way, releasing an iPhone 14 Plus final yr with the identical 6.7-inch display screen dimension because the iPhone 14 Professional Max. By all stories, that pattern will proceed with this yr’s iPhone 15 lineup.
Bigger iPhone 16 Professional Shows?
In keeping with show trade analyst Ross Young, who regularly shares correct insights into Apple’s plans for its display screen expertise, the iPhone 16 Professional and iPhone 16 Professional Max could also be rising subsequent yr to function 6.3-inch and 6.9-inch shows, respectively.
Whereas 0.2 inches might not seem to be a lot, it could nonetheless be a noticeable enhance. What’s much less clear is whether or not Apple will accomplish this by shrinking the bezels even additional, growing the dimensions, or a mix of each.
Since Younger’s data comes from the businesses manufacturing Apple’s shows, he doesn’t essentially know the scale of these future iPhones, however he does have the display screen dimension right down to a second decimal place. Technically, the measurements shall be just below the 6.3-inch and 6.9-inch marks, with Younger reporting “6.2x” and 6.8x” and promising to disclose the second decimals throughout his presentation on the Show Week Convention later this month in Los Angeles.
Up to now, Younger notes he’s solely listening to concerning the new sizes on the Professional fashions, which suggests the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus will retain the identical 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch screens. Nevertheless, that’s not a positive factor,
Younger additionally adds that the facet ratio will “enhance barely” on the iPhone 16 Professional fashions, which means that the dimensions enhance might solely be in a single route. Whereas we’ve heard little about what the iPhone 16 Professional lineup will appear like, it’s conceivable {that a} transfer to extra subtle under-display digicam expertise may enable Apple to shrink the higher bezel sufficient to accommodate a bigger display screen.
Whereas Younger suspects most of those modifications received’t arrive earlier than the iPhone 17, some stories counsel Apple will take a phased strategy, putting extra sensors beneath the show on subsequent yr’s iPhone in preparation for adopting an under-display major picture sensor in 2025. This is able to be much like the way it’s reportedly tweaking the Dynamic Island barely on this yr’s iPhone 15.
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