Dynamic Island expected to stay the same on iPhone 17

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in iPhone edited January 24

Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo continues to offer insights into the iPhone 17, this time saying that Dynamic Island isn't getting a redesign.

Dynamic Island on iPhone 14 Pro
Dynamic Island on iPhone 14 Pro



It's 2025 which means we're beginning the nine-month march toward the iPhone 17. As a result, we're seeing an influx of rumors and leaks surrounding the next-gen iPhone.

This one comes from Ming-Chi Kuo, who posted on X on Friday that he believes Dynamic Island size isn't changing much, if any, across the iPhone 17 lineup.

2H25 iPhone 17

I expect the Dynamic Island size to remain largely unchanged across the 2H25 iPhone 17 series

-- (Ming-Chi Kuo) (@mingchikuo)



It seems plausible, as the iPhone 17 is rumored to get a redesigned chassis, but likely will still take cues from previous iPhone models. There may not be a compelling reason for Apple to switch up Dynamic Island just yet.

Kuo's report is the first one in 2025 discussing the Dynamic Island size or design. It was originally expected to shrink a bit, but the provenance on those rumors was a bit questionable at the time.

Dynamic Island made its debut on the iPhone 14 Pro, replacing the previous and often bemoaned notch, which first showed up on the iPhone X. Dynamic Island, for the most part, has been received positively.

That's likely one reason Apple rumored to bring Dynamic Island to the iPhone SE 4. The iPhone SE 4 is also expected to ditch the home button in favor of an edge-to-edge display with Face ID.

Rumor Score: Likely

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  • Reply 1 of 6
    How boring and such a waste of space. Why can't Apple make their screens like the Samsung Galaxy?
    williamlondonAfarstarWesley Hilliardwatto_cobra
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    thttht Posts: 5,814member
    How boring and such a waste of space. Why can't Apple make their screens like the Samsung Galaxy?
    Samsung employs a less secure facial recognition technology, which last I read was through the front camera. This method can be spoofed by using a picture. Not sure what they do when it is dark. It does have under-screen fingerprint recognition. 

    Apple’s facial recognition uses an infrared camera, infrared light and a specular dotted light to determine 3 dimensionality. These sensors, and the front camera and prox sensor are in the notch or hole. They don’t use under-screen fingerprint recognition. 

    So, the answer is essentially Apple prefers more secure facial recognition. That comes at the cost of having a larger notch or hole in the display. 

    There is some speculation that the notch or hole can decrease by about half when Apple can use a meta lens for the infrared camera. Not this year. 
    Afarstardewmewatto_cobramuthuk_vanalingammpantone
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  • Reply 3 of 6
    charlesncharlesn Posts: 1,311member
    "There may not be a compelling reason for Apple to switch up Dynamic Island just yet."

    Ummm... hello? How about it would free up a nice chunk of new screen real estate and give us the first uninterrupted full-screen iPhone? Considering how much effort Apple puts into narrowing the bezels by 4 molecules with each new iPhone release to give us more screen, ditching Dynamic Island would be a much more effective way of doing that and would yield A LOT more screen. Or, If Apple wants to keep both lovers and haters of Dynamic Island happy, then make it a feature that can be toggled on or off. 
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  • Reply 4 of 6
    grandact73 said:
    How boring and such a waste of space. Why can't Apple make their screens like the Samsung Galaxy?
    Why are you here? You act like a child venting petty frustrations to demonstrate what an adult you are? Grow up. FFS.
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  • Reply 5 of 6
    iPhone 17 = iPhone 16 = iPhone 15 = iPhone 14
    watto_cobraneoncatwilliamlondon
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    dewmedewme Posts: 5,873member
    charlesn said:
    "There may not be a compelling reason for Apple to switch up Dynamic Island just yet."

    Ummm... hello? How about it would free up a nice chunk of new screen real estate and give us the first uninterrupted full-screen iPhone? Considering how much effort Apple puts into narrowing the bezels by 4 molecules with each new iPhone release to give us more screen, ditching Dynamic Island would be a much more effective way of doing that and would yield A LOT more screen. Or, If Apple wants to keep both lovers and haters of Dynamic Island happy, then make it a feature that can be toggled on or off. 
    All good points. I’m not bothered by the notch a.k.a,, Dynamic Island, because my brain has basically normalized its presence out of my visual focus and attention. While this makes the bigger picture, i.e., the rest of the lovely screen, more pleasant to view it also means that I’m largely oblivious to whatever they heck Apple is doing in that little chunk of ignored screen real estate. If I were to take a test that required writing down everything I’ve ever seen in that little black hole it would be a very short list. I do think I’ve seen a tiny rendition of my AirPods in the hole, but seeing it there was like seeing a fly land on a wall 10 ft away and then fly away.

    I wouldn’t dismiss my experience out of hand or think it’s simply as a personal idiosyncrasy. I’ve had a few eye surgeries and I still have a lot of floaters in one eye that occasionally bug the crap out of me. But for the most part my brain “cancels” the floaters and I don’t even notice them. If I actively focus on the floaters they are truly very annoying. So in my case Apple has spent a lot of time and money promoting a “feature” that my brain does a very good job of canceling out. It’s not like the Dynamic Island is a total waste on me because the notch does help me know which end is “up” when I pull my iPhone out of my pocket and the screen lights up. It’s akin to the little tag they put on t-shirts that help you tell which side is the front and which side is the back.

    I do believe the canceling effect is more common than Apple may . This means it’s value as a feature is lost on a lot of us.
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