Radical shift in design<\/strong><\/h2>\nLeaked schematics and artist renders had earlier hinted that Apple would radically redesign its flagship iPhones by changing the hated notch around the front-facing camera.<\/p>\n
And now new leaks seem to confirm that Apple will move to a notch-less iPhone 14 for the first time.<\/p>\n
The images, also leaked by DuanRui \u2014 who has a remarkable record of being correct \u2014 show the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max display with a dual-punch hole design instead of a notch.<\/p>\n
And the punch holes are larger than originally predicted in initial reports last year, according to Forbes.<\/p>\nThe camera on the iPhone 14 range is predicted to feature \u201csignificant\u201d upgrades.<\/figcaption>twitter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nChanges to the status bar<\/strong><\/h2>\nThere are also rumors that Apple will fit another icon into the status bar.<\/p>\n
A comparison of screenshots, purportedly from an iPhone 14 Pro\u200c Max and an iPhone 13 Pro Max, show a marked difference.<\/p>\n
It’s been claimed that Apple is planning to enlarge and realign the status bar’s items to account for the new punch hole design.<\/p>\n
Another screenshot of an overlay appears to show the reception signal symbol and battery indicator shifted slightly lower and to the right.<\/p>\n
Apple may have given the game away with a patent application first seen by Patently Apple.<\/p>\n
The application revealed that Apple may be planning to use a \u201clight-folded projector to reduce the footprint of components to maximize the display area.\u201d<\/p>\n
iPhone 14 expected to have bigger camera<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe camera on the iPhone 14 range is predicted to feature \u201csignificant\u201d upgrades on previous models.<\/p>\n
Respected Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo revealed last year that he expected there would be a 48-megapixel camera in the high-end iPhone 14 models.<\/p>\n
The phones will also likely have 8K video recording capacity, taking the iPhone 14 range to the \u201cnext level\u201d.<\/p>\n
This is what Kuo had to say, as reported by MacRumors:<\/p>\n
\u201cIn terms of pixel size, the iPhone 12, iPhone 13, and new 2H22 iPhone are about 1.7um, 2um, and 1.25um, respectively. We believe that the new 2H22 iPhone may support direct 48MP output and 12MP (four cells merge output mode) output simultaneously. With 12MP output, the CIS pixel size of the new 2H22 iPhone increases to about 2.5um, which is significantly larger than the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13, and larger than existing Android phones, and close to the DSC level. We believe that the camera quality of the new 2H22 iPhone will elevate mobile phone camera photography to a new level.\u201d<\/p>\n