If the iPhone 14 will reduce its notch to the minimum expression, simply with the hole in the front camera screen and the Face ID “pill”, it seems that in the iPhone 15 Pro We can only see the camera, since the TrueDepth sensors will be hidden under the panel.
Undoubtedly, it would be a shocking novelty in iPhone iconography. With just one transitional model, the iPhone 14, we would go from the current top of the range to just a very small circle
The elect just released a report today explaining that Apple is planning to adopt a new technology from Samsung, which allows TrueDepth sensors to be housed under the display panel. And the first iPhone to adopt such a system will be next year’s iPhone 15 Pro.
The report notes that Samsung Display is currently developing new under-panel camera technology and will manufacture such panels so that Apple can hide your Face ID under the screen on the next iPhone next year. With this, the Korean company ensures the manufacture of the panels of at least the iPhone 15 Pro.
It is also explained that the said new technology from Samsung Display will first be applied to Samsung Electronics’ foldable phones which will be launched next year, and once in the market it will also be seen in the iPhone 15 Pro.
Thanks to this new technology, it will be possible to hide a camera under the panel, which will include a metallic pattern layer using cathode mask materials. In OLED panels, light emitted from the emission layer at the bottom passes through the cathode at the top. This is called “overcast”.
The cathode must therefore be transparent for the under-panel camera technology to work. Said cathode is designed in such a way that it can be transparent while absorbing light from outside at the same time.
In this way, it is possible to house a camera under the electroluminescent panel towards the outside, and which can capture the light which comes from the outside towards the sensor of the camera. If this theory really works, the iconic image of future iPhones will radically change, without a doubt. We will see.
