iPhone 14 Pro Models To Reportedly Sport Hole-Punch Cutout

The iPhone 14 Pro could get a major design refresh, with rumours indicating that it’ll be dropping the longstanding notch in favour of a hole-punch cutout.

iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini. Credit: Apple

Renowned leaker DylanDKT and South Korean tech news outlet The Elec similarly reported that the 6.1-inch ‌iPhone 14‌ Pro and the 6.7-inch ‌iPhone 14‌ Pro Max will sport a pill-shaped cutout, where the front-facing camera will be housed. The Face ID, meanwhile, will be placed under the display.

If these claims are true, Apple’s forthcoming flagships will look dramatically different from its predecessors. Unlike a lot of Android phones, the iPhone wasn’t as quick to adopt an all-screen design for its display, largely retaining the same notch that debuted with the iPhone X throughout its last few iterations. The notch was noticeably thinner with last year’s iPhone 13, but it was still a conspicuous intrusion in what could otherwise be an almost seamless display.

The new rumours were backed up by Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo and