(Pocket-lint) - Apple's iPhone 14 Pro models whitethorn driblet the notch astatine the apical of the show successful favour of a hole-punch camera.
That's according to a caller instrumentality connected the caller rumour from Korean outlet The Elec, who - citing anonymous sources - claims that some the 6.1-inch iPhone 14 Pro and 6.7-inch iPhone 14 Pro Max volition diagnostic the much subtle show design.
Now seen connected plentifulness of Android phones, with Samsung debuting the plan backmost successful 2019, the hole-punch is capable to minimise disruption to the show by cutting retired a tiny ellipse for the front-facing camera.
The tract besides suggests that the notch volition stay for the modular iPhone 14 models, portion the flagship Pro enactment volition besides clasp the 120Hz displays featured successful the predecessors.
Interestingly, astir of what's being tipped present really backs up erstwhile rumours.
Back successful September, reliable manufacture tipster Ming-Chi Kuo indicated the iPhone 14 Pro models would correspond the archetypal Apple smartphones to driblet the notch and diagnostic a hole-punch camera.
And, aboriginal successful the month, this was corroborated by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, who suggested that iPhone 14 volition so spot a redesign and notch-less Pro models.
Despite the spot increasing down the hole-punch theory, however, it inactive feels similar an unthinkable departure for Apple to favour different company's plan implicit their own.
However, it could beryllium to beryllium a stop-gap plan until the institution is capable to rotation retired an under-display mentation of Touch ID and Face ID - besides tipped earlier this year.
With the latest iPhone models lone conscionable entering the wild, we inactive person plentifulness of clip for the iPhone 14 representation to develop. Stay tuned for much rumours arsenic they develop.
Writing by Conor Allison. Originally published connected 10 December 2021.