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Apple may be working on developing it iPhone With an under-screen camera, and if it works, it will be a great achievement.
Recent rumor from Weibo user digital chat station (Translated to English) indicates that such a camera may appear on the 20th anniversary of the iPhone, which could be called the iPhone 20 and is expected to debut in 2027.
The idea of an under-screen camera for the iPhone may be new, but it’s a feature we’ve seen on… numerous Android phonesWith mixed results at best.
The camera under the screen is just that. The phone’s selfie camera is actually located behind the display, rather than being placed in a hole or notch, like the current camera. Dynamic island Outage on newer iPhone models. In versions of this on Android phones, e.g Galaxy Z Fold 6the part in front of the camera features fewer screen elements and transparent wires, allowing the selfie camera to “see through” the screen, just like looking out of a window with open curtains in front of it.
RedMagic 11 Pro places the front camera below the screen to provide more space for gaming.
The presence of an under-display camera adds reasonable appeal. Most of the gaming phones we’ve seen, such as those made by RedMagic, as well as previous models of the Samsung Galaxy Fold, allow for uninterrupted viewing free of cutouts and notches.
Over the past decade, since the launch of bezel-less phones, we’ve seen Apple, Samsung, OnePlus, and Google experiment with all sorts of approaches that make room for the selfie camera without compromising the display, including screen holes, cutouts, and even a screen. Mechanical pop-up camera. So finding a way to hide the camera under the screen seems like a logical development.
However, for now, the under-screen cameras do a great job of hiding the camera, but they don’t fulfill their primary purpose of taking good photos or making you look stylish on video calls. I have tested many Red Magic phones Which has an under-display camera – an excellent idea for a gaming phone, where taking full advantage of the screen is much more important than taking selfies.
For example, this photo taken with the 16MP under-screen selfie camera on the RedMagic 11 Pro makes me look very flat. My skin tone looks dull, like I’m wearing makeup.
Captured on a Manhattan rooftop using the RedMagic 11 Pro’s selfie camera.
Samsung has also had challenges with under-screen cameras. It began integrating it into the internal screens of its foldable phones starting in 2021 Galaxy Z Fold 3. This often resulted in sub-par images; For example, the Z Fold 6 has a 4-megapixel camera below the main screen, which delivers lower-resolution images.
However, my former colleague Lisa Edesiko found that Samsung’s camera software helped improve photos somewhat, although there was still noticeable “early 2010” blurring. It’s no wonder, then, that Samsung ditched the under-screen camera with this year’s Galaxy Z Fold 7 and opted for a more traditional camera hole on the main screen.
This selfie was taken using the Galaxy Z Fold 6’s 4MP internal camera.
So, if Apple is indeed developing an under-display camera for the next iPhone, hopefully it will find a solution that differs from what we’ve seen from other phone makers. This isn’t like how Apple took its time adding the always-on display option to the base iPhone 17while other $800 Android phones have long made it a standard feature.
An under-display camera that meets the current standard for Apple’s new 18-megapixel Center Stage selfie camera would need a bold reinvention of how an under-display camera performs.
This new camera — which has a square sensor for taking portrait and landscape photos while holding the phone vertically — is so beautiful that it would be strange for Apple to move away from it so quickly just to have a camera under the screen. Apple doesn’t usually skimp on cameras, and it’s worth noting that even this year is weak iPhone Air It includes the same selfie snapper as all other iPhone 17 models.
If Apple can pull this off, it could mark the company’s return to making really big announcements about “something else.” If Apple can create a good under-display camera, it can show other phone makers how to do it and set an industry-wide standard.
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