This is Rumor Replay, a weekly column at 9to5Mac offering a quick rundown of the most recent Apple product rumors, with analysis and commentary. Today: iPhone 18 display leaks, Siri’s Gemini tidbits, and iPhone Air 2 upgrades. Here are this week’s Apple rumors.
iPhone 18 lineup screen sizes, Dynamic Island plan
This week leaker Digital Chat Station shared an overview of what to expect from the iPhone 18 lineup’s displays.
The specs he shared match the exact screen dimensions of last year’s models. That means the iPhone 18, Air 2, 18 Pro, and 18 Pro Max will have the same screen sizes as their predecessors.
More interestingly, a new kind of display cutout is mentioned for the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max only. Meanwhile, the iPhone 18 and Air 2 are expected to get the standard Dynamic Island design.
My takeaways
It may be reading too much into Digital Chat Station’s post, but his choice of language makes it seem like iPhone 18 Pro is getting more than just a “reduced Dynamic Island,” like some prior reporting has said.
Though I’m sure the Dynamic Island will live on in software, I’m hopeful that the new cutout could be more like the top-left hole-punch design that was originally reported by The Information. Something more radically new like that would further differentiate the Pro line.
Apple’s Gemini deal for Siri: All the little details
Following the official confirmation of Apple and Google’s new deal to power Siri with Gemini-based technology, The Information published a report offering new details.
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