iPhone With Under-Screen Face ID: Here's What the Latest Rumors Say

When will the iPhone get under-screen Face ID? Rumors continue to surface.

Beyond iPhone 13 Better Blue Face ID Single Camera Hole
In April 2023, display industry analyst Ross Young shared a roadmap showing that iPhone 17 Pro models would feature under-display Face ID. In May 2024, however, Young said he heard this change had been delayed until 2026. If so, that means that under-screen Face ID could debut on the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max next year.

In his Power On newsletter today, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman offered a similar timeframe. He said that by 2026 or 2027, the Pro models should have a smaller Dynamic Island, as a result of Apple moving more components within it to under the display.

iPhone 18 Pro models with under-screen Face ID would presumably still have a pinhole at the top of the display for the front camera, similar to newer Android smartphones like Google's Pixel 9 and Samsung's Galaxy S25.

In the past, Young has said that he expects iPhones to eventually have both under-screen Face ID and an under-screen front camera. If so, the iPhone would finally have a true all-screen design, as Apple's former design chief Jony Ive dreamed of.

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magicvash Avatar
12 hours ago at 10:31 am
It will 100% happen at some point between now and 3025
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Cuesca Avatar
12 hours ago at 10:12 am
I will just wait for the iPhone 19 Pro Max, my iPhone 3G is struggling to make a call though. It only works under wifi and takes 2-3 minutes to launch the phone app. Plus the battery only lasts 5 minutes, so I only get a good 30 seconds to 45 seconds of use out of it.
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cdsapplefan Avatar
12 hours ago at 10:13 am
Tim Cook’s Apple ?: We’ll save that feature for next year. ?
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vegetassj4 Avatar
11 hours ago at 10:56 am
And all of the promised AI features will be released any day now….any day now
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nfl46 Avatar
11 hours ago at 11:00 am

It will 100% happen at some point between now and 3025
Mark in 2025: it will happen in 2026 or 2027
Mark in 2026: it will happen in 2027 or 2028

…he will eventually get it right.
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maxfromdenmark Avatar
9 hours ago at 01:03 pm
In case anyone had doubts, that little hole at the top of the screen is a ventilation opening so that Apple Intelligence can breathe.
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