The First iPhone 18 Pro Leaks Are Already Right here

Do you like the iPhone 17 Pro’s two-tone aluminum and glass design? Don’t get too used to it.

GF Securities tech analyst Jeff Pu, who has a dependable observe document of sleuthing by the availability chain to foretell what Apple is engaged on, says subsequent 12 months’s “iPhone 18 Pro” collection may have two defining options that differentiate it from the iPhone 17 Pro / 17 Pro Max that simply launched in September.

According to a report seen by 9to5Mac, Apple may lastly shrink down the Dynamic Island, the pill-shaped cutout that makes up the front-facing digicam and TrueDepth sensor for Face ID. The Dynamic Island was launched on the iPhone 14 Pro in 2022. Unlike typical hole-punch selfie cameras on Android telephones, Apple stunned everybody with its means to point out notifications and reside actions corresponding to music controls, timers, and rideshare arrival and meals supply occasions.

The Dynamic Island isn’t going away, it’s simply getting smaller, in accordance with Pu. And thank god, as a result of it’s far more intrusive than the notch on older iPhones. Don’t imagine me? Just go watch movies in full display screen in a bunch of apps and observe how all of them optimize for the Dynamic Island otherwise. Some present the cutout as a black tablet; others simply make the video smaller to keep away from it or match partially round it. Pu, sadly, didn’t say how a lot smaller the Dynamic Island might be on the iPhone 18 Pro collection, so we’ll have to attend till subsequent fall.

The different broadly speculated change for the iPhone 18 Pro is a tweak to the two-tone design. Apple is reportedly planning to alter the glass cutout to make it mix extra with the aluminum body, matching the anodized metallic higher. While this received’t matter in any respect for individuals who use a case, the cutout—most seen on the silver iPhone 17 Pros—has felt slightly misplaced. The glass pane is important for wi-fi charging, however it doesn’t make for a seamless design.

Pu can be anticipating Apple to launch the iPhone 17e, a refresh to the iPhone 16e, in “mid-Q126,” which might doubtless launch within the spring. The extra reasonably priced iPhone 17 may have an A19 chip and an 18-megapixel Center Stage digicam, two options within the iPhone 17. Both could be notable contemplating the “SE” and the “E” iPhones are sometimes units with several-generations-old components to maintain pricing low.

With Tim Cook doubtlessly able to vacate the CEO place, Apple’s future has by no means been extra unpredictable. Perhaps it’s time to actually swap issues up.