The iPhone 17 sequence, together with the iPhone Air, is out there for preorder on-line forward of this Friday’s launch, and Apple’s newest lineup seems to be promoting fairly nicely. Whereas patrons admire the most recent iPhones, some folks may already be questioning what’s coming subsequent 12 months, particularly the gang of iPhone customers who will not improve to one of many 4 iPhones Apple unveiled final week.
In spite of everything, Apple is rumored to launch its first foldable iPhone subsequent 12 months, as a part of the iPhone 18 sequence. Rumors additionally say that Apple will tweak its launch schedule subsequent 12 months, with the usual iPhone 18 mannequin launching solely in spring 2027. Apple will supposedly reserve the September 2026 occasion for the premium iPhone 18 fashions, together with the Air, Professional, Professional Max, and the Fold.
However one of many first iPhone 18 rumors to floor in the course of the iPhone 17 on-line launch interval focuses on a design change for the subsequent iPhone era. In response to Chinese language leaker Instantaneous Digital, the iPhone 18 fashions will function smaller Dynamic Island cutouts on the prime of the display screen than their predecessors. Nonetheless, Apple will not place the selfie digital camera or the Face ID parts underneath the show subsequent 12 months.
The acquainted Dynamic Island rumor
The iPhone 17 launch occasion confirmed most of the rumors we noticed beforehand Nonetheless, the Dynamic Island design was one notable exception. A number of reviews mentioned Apple would shrink the digital camera cutout this 12 months on the iPhone 17 Professional or Professional Max fashions. Now that the iPhone 17 Professional fashions are official, we all know Apple has not lowered the Dynamic Island’s measurement.
Leaker Instantaneous Digital now affords an identical rumor for the iPhone 18 sequence. The rumor is sensible given what Apple has accomplished in earlier years. Earlier than introducing the Dynamic Island on the iPhone 14 Professional fashions, Apple had lowered the dimensions of the notch (on the iPhone 13 sequence) that debuted with the iPhone X.
Apple is rumored to launch an all-screen iPhone 20 mannequin with curved visible results just like the Apple Watch in 2027 to rejoice the iPhone’s twentieth anniversary. The iPhone 20’s show mustn’t function a cutout. Shrinking the Dynamic Island could be the subsequent step earlier than Apple can place cameras underneath the iPhone’s show.
Wonderful that we referred to as all iPhone 17s going LTPO with 120Hz almost 2.5 years in the past. Too unhealthy the underneath panel Face ID roadmap obtained delayed…. pic.twitter.com/XCg9baZmpp
— Ross Younger (@DSCCRoss) September 9, 2025
Apparently, well-known analyst Ross Younger shared the replace on X after Apple unveiled the iPhone 17 sequence, noting one among his 2023 predictions for the 2025 iPhone sequence was correct. All iPhone 17 fashions now function LTPO OLED panels, which help 120Hz (ProMotion) refresh charge. That 2023 prediction additionally mentioned that the iPhone 17 Professional fashions would function under-panel Face ID and a hole-punch show. The roadmap was delayed, Younger mentioned in his tweet final week. That roadmap additionally claimed that Apple might launch iPhone Professional fashions with an all-screen design, with all digital camera and Face ID parts positioned underneath the display screen.
