Dynamic Island expected to stay the same on iPhone 17
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
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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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.
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.
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.