The smaller iPhone 13 notch shows up again in another image leak
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It’s been another busy week foriPhone 13rumors, and the latest leak aroundApple’s upcoming handset involves that smaller notch that we’ve been hearing a lot about. Now we’ve got new pictures purporting to show exactly how much smaller it’s going to be.
Shared by @duanrui1205 onTwitter(viaAppleInsider), the images show what looks like a film protector designed to go over the top of the 2021 iPhone, and a couple of shots of theiPhone 12notch are included for comparison.
While speculation that the iPhone 13 is going to come with a shrunken notch at the top of the display isn’t new, this gives us perhaps the best look yet at exactly how small it’s going to be, and how much extra space will be saved on the phone’s status bar.
With the notch said to be going down to about two-thirds of its current size, there’ll be more room for notification icons, battery information and so on up at the top of the screen – though as yet we haven’t had any official confirmation of the design change.
pic.twitter.com/KfHhh1fNBoApril 17, 2021
The iconic iPhone display notch has been around since 2017 when it made its debut on theiPhone X. Since then it has barely changed at all, and it’s still in place on the current iPhone 12 range that Apple unveiled in October 2020.
While the Face ID tech and the selfie camera aren’t going anywhere, the iPhone earpieceis said to bemoving up into the bezel of the device, meaning space can be saved underneath. We’ve now seenquite a fewscreen protectors showing off this more compact design for the iPhone 13.
None of this is certain for the time being, but there does seem to be a lot of momentum behind this particular rumor. Apple is also said to be working on ways ofditching the notchentirely, but that might have to wait until 2022.
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Another rumor doing the rounds is that Touch ID isgoing to returnwith the iPhone 13, and will be fitted under the display. Previously this week we’ve also heard predictionsabout the chipsetinside the iPhone 13, and a few potentialdisplay upgrades.
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