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  • Rumor: Apple working on bezel-free “Liquid Glass Display” design for 20th anniversary iPhone in 2027

    Rumor: Apple working on bezel-free “Liquid Glass Display” design for 20th anniversary iPhone in 2027

    Apple’s 20th anniversary iPhone is en route for next year and may used a new type of curved screen technology that more effectively hides the display bezels from the user’s line of sight.

    Per Chinese leaker Ice Universe, the display will reportedly use an equal-depth quad-curved panel supplied by Samsung, and it sounds like it’s going to be quite different from typical curved screens.

    “It is not a traditional quad curved display, nor is it anything like the curved screen solutions we have seen on Android phones over the years,” stated Ice Universe. The device will use an extremely subtle curvature, with other factors aiding this effect.

    “What truly creates the visual impact may be a sophisticated combination of optical refraction, light guiding structures, and carefully engineered visual illusion,” said Ice Universe, writing in a post on X. “The end result could be a display where the bezel nearly disappears from sight, while edge viewing remains natural and undisturbed.”

    Apple is also said to have adopted a Samsung-made OLED technology called COE (Color Filter on Encapsulation) to make the 20th-anniversary iPhone’s display brighter and thinner than previous panels. The company is rumored to have dubbed it the “Liquid Glass Display,” as well, stated the leaker.

    Finally, Apple is said to want its 20th-anniversary iPhone model, which is scheduled for next year, to feature an uninterrupted display with no cutouts for the most visual impact, but concealing the Face ID system and selfie camera under the panel, which is going to be a challenge.

    Display analyst Ross Young has said that Apple won’t have under-display ‌Face ID‌ ready to go for a 2027 iPhone, but other leakers think it’s possible. Should this prove impossible, there could be an under-display Face ID system as well as a small hole-punch cutout of the front for its front-facing camera.

    Only time will tell as to what’s delivered, and stay tuned for additional details as they become available.

    Via MacRumors and @UniverseIce

  • Rumor: Two additional Display Studio 2 models hinted at in internal code references

    Rumor: Two additional Display Studio 2 models hinted at in internal code references

    Apple may have two new Studio Display models in the works.

    According to Macworld, and code references to “internal Apple files” that were found in a macOS Tahoe Kernel Debug Kit that leaked online last year, both of the new Studio Display models will feature ProMotion, enabling up to a 120Hz refresh rate, as well as HDR support for increased brightness and dynamic range.

    The higher-end Studio Display could feature two more potential upgrades, including superior speakers and more and/or higher-spec ports. Apple says the current Studio Display has a “high-fidelity six-speaker system” that supports Spatial Audio, and the monitor has one Thunderbolt 3 port that connects to and charges a Mac, and three USB-C ports for connecting accessories.

    The new model could feature at least one Thunderbolt 5 port, which could ensure enough bandwidth for both 5K resolution at 120Hz as well as accessories. Somewhat contrary to this, a recent leaker has claimed that at least one of the new Studio Display models will max out at 90Hz, so customers will have to see which rumor is correct.

    It’s also been rumored that the higher-end Studio Display could feature a 32-inch screen, while the lower-end model would remain at a 27-inch screen. A 32-inch screen would not allow for 5K resolution to be Retina quality, so the resolution would have to increase to 6K like on Apple’s higher-end Pro Display XDR.

    Per noted display industry expert Ross Young, at least one of the new Studio Display models would feature mini-LED backlighting. This could indicate that Apple might discontinue its Pro Display XDR with full-array LED backlighting and instead offer both lower-end and higher-end Studio Display configurations, albeit this is just speculation.

    Finally, it’s been rumored that at least one of the new Studio Display models could feature an A19 or A19 Pro chip, which would be a substantial upgrade from the A13 Bionic chip in the current model. This would contribute to improved performance, camera enhancements, and more. Other new features could include a higher 120Hz refresh rate, HDR support for increased brightness and contrast ratio, improved speakers, performance, and camera enhancements, and hopefully a larger 32-inch screen.

    No major design changes are expected.

    Apple is reportedly planning to release the new Studio Display models in the first half of 2026. The company first launched the Studio Display in March 2022, alongside the first Mac Studio desktop.

    Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.

    Via MacRumors and Macworld

  • Noted analyst Ross Young corroborates iPhone 18 Pro model front display/Face ID leak

    Noted analyst Ross Young corroborates iPhone 18 Pro model front display/Face ID leak

    Apple’s upcoming iPhone 18 Pro may have some interesting changes coming this way, the rumored changes having been corroborated by veteran display analyst Ross Young.

    In a new post on X/Twitter, the now-retired analyst said that Chinese leaker Instant Digital’s latest explanation of how Apple will shrink the Dynamic Island is what he was alluding to in a report last year.

    Last June, Young stated that while some parts of Apple’s Face ID system would move under the display of the iPhone 18 Pro model handsets, the devices would still retain visible Face ID elements. As such, the Dynamic Island feature would persist, albeit in a smaller form than on the iPhone 14 Pro through iPhone 17 Pro.

    Young went on to explain in his post that only the IR flood illuminator component would move under the display to the top-left corner. Other components, such as the dot projector, infrared camera, and selfie camera, would remain housed in a reduced, centered Dynamic Island.

    Young’s corroboration directly contradicts a recent report by The Information’s Wayne Ma that said Apple would move the selfie camera to the top-left corner of the iPhone 18 Pro’s display, resulting in a hole-punch cutout and the removal of the pill-shaped Dynamic Island.

    Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 18 Pro models in September.

    Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.

    Via MacRumors, @DSCCRoss, and The Information

  • Rumor: MacBook with foldable display could be delayed to 2027, 2028

    Rumor: MacBook with foldable display could be delayed to 2027, 2028

    If you’re hankering for a futuristic MacBook with a folding screen, you might have to wait a while longer.

    Three or four years, to be exact.

    Per noted Apple analyst Ming-Chi Juo, Apple’s rumored foldable notebook may not arrive until the end of 2027 or 2028 given current technical challenges.

    Previous reports from display industry analysts have suggested that Apple is developing an all-display foldable laptop that will feature a 20.2-inch or an 18.8-inch screen.

    When folded, the notebook was rumored to feature a full-size on-screen keyboard that integrated directly with the screen itself. When completely unfolded, the device was said to function as a standard monitor. Paired with an external keyboard, it essentially transforms into a large-screen desktop setup.

    Kuo stated back in May that LG Display was looking to begin mass production of display panels for a MacBook with a 20.2-inch or an 18.8-inch foldable screen in the fourth quarter of 2025. Kuo recently posted on X/Twitter that Apple has canceled the 20-inch design and has now settled on a display size of 18.8 inches.

    Kuo’s post offered the following:

    “Some market participants previously expected Apple to launch the foldable iPad in 2025. But the current supply chain survey indicates that the foldable ‌iPad‌ has no visibility. This may also be because some call this foldable MacBook a foldable ‌iPad‌.”

    Apple has been experimenting with various devices with foldable displays, including a foldable iPad and MacBook. The MacBook is already foldable, but Apple has reportedly been exploring an all-display MacBook form factor that has no standard keyboard.

    Display analyst Ross Young stated back in July 2022 that the computing industry could bring a notebook with a foldable screen to market in 2026 or 2027, although it remains unclear if the device would be classified as a Mac, an ‌‌iPad‌‌, or something in between.

    Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.

    Via MacRumors and @mingchikuo

  • Rumor: Apple to debut M4-based MacBook Pro in late 2024

    Rumor: Apple to debut M4-based MacBook Pro in late 2024

    If you’re eagerly awaiting an M4-based MacBook Pro, it might be en route later this year.

    Per a tweet by noted display analyst Ross Young, Apple will release M4-based MacBook Pro notebooks in the fourth quarter of 2024. Young said that panel shipments for new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models are set to begin in the third quarter of 2024, which suggests a launch toward the end of the year.

    Apple began its M4 chip refresh in May with the surprising move of incorporating the M4 chip into the iPad Pro, and the first Macs with the M4 chip are slated for a 2024 launch. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has also stated that Apple will refresh both the MacBook Pro and Mac mini lineups this year.

    The entry-level 14-inch MacBook Pro is expected to get an M4 chip, while the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models will be updated with M4 Pro and M4 Max chips. The ‌Mac mini‌ will get M4 and M4 Pro chips. The MacBook Air, Mac Studio, and Mac Pro models won’t be updated with M4 chips until 2025, and it is not yet clear when the iMac might see an update with the refreshed chip technology.

    The M4 chip is built on an upgraded 3-nanometer node, and Apple introduced its 3-nanometer technology with the M3 chip line. According to Geekbench 6 benchmarks, the M4 chip is up to 25 percent faster than the M3 chip when it comes to multi-core performance, which could promise similar gains for the M4 Pro and M4 Max chips.

    Aside from M4 chips, the upcoming MacBook Pro models are not expected to have significant feature updates. Apple is working on OLED display technology, but an OLED MacBook Pro is not expected until 2026 at the earliest.

    Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.

    Via MacRumors, Bloomberg, and @DSCCRoss