- A leaker has claimed the iPhone 17 will get a new Dynamic Island
- This could feature a smaller, narrower design
- However, not every leaker agrees that the Dynamic Island will change
The Dynamic Island in the iPhone 16 is a handy little area that stores information about your apps, such as timer durations and scores for your favorite football team, so that you can keep an eye on important information. With the iPhone 17 just a couple of months away, however, there could be significant changes coming to the Dynamic Island.
Weāve gleaned this information from leaker Digital Chat Station on Chinese social media site Weibo. There, the poster claimed that the iPhone 17 series āhas a new smart island UI,ā according to a machine translation.
Digital Chat Station didnāt share any more details about the Dynamic Island this time, but theyāve previously stated that it will be the smallest-ever iteration in the iPhone 17 series. That smaller design could also come to a foldable iPad and future iPad Pro, the leaker said, suggesting a much wider rollout in future Apple products.
However, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has offered an alternative possibility, stating in January that the Dynamic Island will āremain largely unchanged across the 2H25 iPhone 17 series.ā Who will be correct is anyoneās guess.
Island life
Since upgrading from my iPhone 12 Pro ā with a solid, static notch at the top of the screen ā to an iPhone 16 Pro, Iāve become a big fan of the Dynamic Island. I love how flexible it is and how it makes multitasking far easier than it was on my old phone, all without hindering my experience or adding any unnecessary complexity.
Its size doesnāt bother me, as I value its utility more than its appearance. But if Apple can shrink it down without losing any of the functionality, thatās a winning situation in my mind. It wouldnāt be enough on its own to tempt me to upgrade to the iPhone 17 series, but anyone experiencing it will likely be pleased with the result.
The Dynamic Island was not the only subject of Digital Chat Stationās post. The leaker also hinted that the Pro models in the iPhone 17 series will feature a āhorizontal large matrix new designā (presumably referring to the rumored horizontal camera bar) and a ā5X High-Pixel Periscopeā zoom lens.
All will become clear when the iPhone 17 series arrives in September, and weāll finally get a glimpse of the new (or not) Dynamic Island. That will settle the question of whether itās been shrunk down to ever-smaller proportions or remains exactly as it currently is.
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