According to smartphone-leaker Ben Geskin, the company is reportedly testing different methods to create a smaller TrueDepth Camera system notch for 2020 iPhones while designing wider antenna lines to support 5G.
William Gallagher for AppleInsider:
A series of reports from Benjamin Geskin, a reliable source of data on the smartphone industry, say that Apple is testing different prototypes of its 2020 iPhones as it tries out new Face ID options. The options appear to be concerned with reducing the size of the notch, either in height or width…
Geskin has recently claimed that the 2020 iPhones may be able to fit the Face ID technology into the bezels instead of having a notch at all.
Geskin also says that Apple is revising the antennas on the 2020 iPhones in order to support the forthcoming 5G.
MacDailyNews Take: Hopefully they can dispatch of the inelegant kludge as soon as possible, even if not as early as 2020!
Apple is testing a few Face ID prototypes with new optics, some are smaller in width, some are narrower to fit in the top bezel.
— Ben Geskin (@BenGeskin) October 22, 2019
2020 iPhone prototypes include wider antenna lines (>1mm) for 5G ⚡️
Instead of plastic lines it will use a new material (glass, ceramic or sapphire) pic.twitter.com/69z02kSTa8
— Ben Geskin (@BenGeskin) October 22, 2019
Apple long-term plan is to get rid of the Lightning port for the Wireless charging and data transfer (UWD technology – 480Mbps (USB 3.0) speed at 3 meters, 110Mbps at 10 meters) pic.twitter.com/w7jwgZrGD2
— Ben Geskin (@BenGeskin) October 22, 2019
“This year, we’re just going to have to get a smaller tent, with a smaller snake” – Alice Kramden
Everything is on the small side with you methinks.
Not my audacity!
So it will be even harder to tell at a glance which end is up.