We’ve been talking about the iPhone 14 Pro’s pill-and-hole design all year long. That means we’ve had time to get used to the upcoming new display cutout design for almost a year. But a series of last-minute iPhone 14 Pro leaks revealed Apple’s plans to merge the pill-shaped cutout with the circular one.
The resulting notch replacement is an elongated pill cutout, similar to what various Android vendors did in the years that followed the iPhone X launch. With that in mind, I still hope that Apple will let users customize the pill cutout on the iPhone 14 Pro. Because let me tell you right now, I like the asymmetrical i-shaped cutouts a lot more than just one elongated pill.
Reports this week said that Apple will use the display space between the pill and hole-punch cutouts to show camera and microphone indicators. But when the privacy indicators aren’t in use, the display space between the pill and the hole-punch will supposedly stay black. The result is a longer pill-shaped cutout that should be about as long as the iPhone 13 notch.
This will give the iPhone 14 Pro a symmetrical design, just like the notch. And, just like the notch, the elongated pill will be a great marketing tool. Everybody will recognize this long pill and associate it with the iPhone.
That said, there’s beauty in asymmetry.
Hole-punch cutouts do not have to be placed centrally. We’ve seen that on various Android phones in recent years. And I do like the horizontal “i” shape of the rumored pill-and-hole iPhone 14 Pro display cutouts more than the elongated pill that leaked this week.
With that in mind, I’d certainly love to be abl