Apple’s Dynamic Island has been round lengthy sufficient that most individuals have made their peace with it or forgotten it’s there. In actual fact, I’ve seen individuals associating the pill-shaped notch with newer iPhone fashions (launched within the final 3 years). Now, a contemporary leak means that the notch substitute is about to shrink, not simply on the costly fashions.
Ice Universe / Weibo
What did the leaker truly say?
The tip comes from Ice Universe’s Weibo account (through 9To5Mac). The tipster believes that the Dynamic Island on the iPhone 18 lineup is getting slimmer. It’s the thickness of the Dynamic Island — from left to proper — that’s being talked about.
Whereas the thickness of the bezels would possibly stay the identical, the pill-shaped cutout on the high of the display screen might get smaller throughout the board. “The iPhone 18 sequence retains the identical bezel design, aside from a smaller central island,” reads the Google-translated model of the tipster’s Weibo put up.
That’s a notable departure from how this story has been growing up to now. Each credible whisper a few diminished or eliminated Dynamic Island pointed completely on the Professional variants.
The launch timeline complicates issues a bit
The iPhone 18 getting the identical design improve because the iPhone 18 Professional fashions might mark a real shift in Apple’s normal Professional-first strategy to enhancements. In a follow-up put up on X, the tipster mentions that “all three iPhone 18” fashions will get the smaller Dynamic Island.
Whereas Ice Universe has an excellent monitor document, I’m a bit skeptical about this growth. The Dynamic Island first debuted on the iPhone 14 Professional and the iPhone 14 Professional Max, whereas the common fashions within the lineup have been caught with the big notch up high. It was solely the following 12 months that the revamped notch got here to the common iPhone 15.
Therefore, I’m a bit inclined towards believing that the smaller Dynamic Island may very well be an iPhone 18 Professional unique. However then there’s the delayed iPhone 18 launch consensus, which holds that Apple will possible launch the common iPhone 18 within the first quarter of 2027, possible in March.
This would go away a spot of round six months between the smartphones. And if that occurs, launching the iPhone 18 with a smaller Dynamic Island is sensible.
