In recent months, many rumors and leaks have come to announce the arrival of a thinner notch on the iPhone 13. After several years of recycling the same notch, much larger than in the Android competition, Apple has found the way ofrefine the design in order to provide a more generous display area.
To achieve a reduction in the notch, Apple would first of all have revised the arrangement of the various elements that make it up. Apple now places the speaker above TrueDepth sensors, in the top border, rather than in the center of the notch.
A facial ID sensor of reduced size on future iPads
Citing supply chain sources, Apple also miniaturized an essential component to Face ID: the VCSEL sensor (Vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser). This sensor would be 50% smaller than that present on the iPhone 12. This sensor, present since the iPhone X, makes it possible to digitize the distinctive elements of the face of the user by projecting light points.
This change in internal design would also allow Apple to reduce the production cost of its future iPhone 13. Future iPads, which will be announced by the end of the year, will also ship this face ID sensor of reduced size. A new generation of iPad, with Face ID rather than Touch ID, is therefore in the boxes of the brand.
The iPhone 13 are not expected until the month of September 2021. Smartphones will go into mass production sometime in July. Until then, it is still possible that Apple will change its mind and postpone some new things until next year.
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