{"id":217335,"date":"2026-02-25T11:34:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/the-iphone-18-pro-and-pro-max-could-change-one-of-apples-key-features\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T12:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T17:45:09","slug":"the-iphone-18-pro-and-pro-max-could-change-one-of-apples-key-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/the-iphone-18-pro-and-pro-max-could-change-one-of-apples-key-features\/","title":{"rendered":"The iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max could change one of Apple&#8217;s key features"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theshortcut.com\/p\/the-iphone-18-pro-and-pro-max-could-change-one-of-apples-key-features\">The iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max could change one of Apple&#8217;s key features<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theshortcut.com\/p\/the-iphone-18-pro-and-pro-max-could-change-one-of-apples-key-features\">https:\/\/www.theshortcut.com\/p\/the-iphone-18-pro-and-pro-max-could-change-one-of-apples-key-features<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-25 11:34:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.theshortcut.com\">www.theshortcut.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Credit: Apple)<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!HpTV!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff0e07d13-0280-4f19-8c95-cabbaa45a57d_576x59.webp\" width=\"576\" height=\"59\" data-attrs=\"{\"src\":\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!HpTV!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff0e07d13-0280-4f19-8c95-cabbaa45a57d_576x59.webp\",\"srcNoWatermark\":null,\"fullscreen\":null,\"imageSize\":null,\"height\":59,\"width\":576,\"resizeWidth\":null,\"bytes\":6166,\"alt\":\"\",\"title\":null,\"type\":\"image\/webp\",\"href\":null,\"belowTheFold\":false,\"topImage\":false,\"internalRedirect\":\"https:\/\/www.theshortcut.com\/i\/187856472?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff0e07d13-0280-4f19-8c95-cabbaa45a57d_576x59.webp\",\"isProcessing\":false,\"align\":null,\"offset\":false}\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!HpTV!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff0e07d13-0280-4f19-8c95-cabbaa45a57d_576x59.webp 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!HpTV!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff0e07d13-0280-4f19-8c95-cabbaa45a57d_576x59.webp 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!HpTV!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff0e07d13-0280-4f19-8c95-cabbaa45a57d_576x59.webp 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!HpTV!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff0e07d13-0280-4f19-8c95-cabbaa45a57d_576x59.webp 1456w\" sizes=\"100vw\" class=\"sizing-normal\"\/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>\ud83e\udd0f Apple is rumored to make the Dynamic Island smaller for the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\ud83d\udc40 Rumors suggest that this involves moving Face ID dot illuminator under the screen, plus a smaller front-facing camera<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\ud83e\udd14 There are lots of sources suggesting the same thing, increasing the viability of the rumor as we approach the release date of these next iPhones<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2642\ufe0f Previous rumors had suggested that Apple could ditch the Dynamic Island altogether<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The upcoming iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max models could be set to have a smaller Dynamic Island, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p><span>According to reputable Apple tipster Mark Gurman with <\/span>Bloomberg<span>, the new flagship iPhone 18 models will reduce the size of the Dynamic Island first introduced with the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max models back in 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve seen lots of rumors swirling around that Apple could remove the Dynamic Island or replace it with a holepunch selfie camera with under screen Face ID with the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, although we aren\u2019t there just yet it seems.<\/p>\n<p>Leakers on Weibo and other social media sites have also backed up Gurman\u2019s report that Apple is set to make the Dynamic Island smaller with the upcoming iPhone models, rather than getting rid of it completely.<\/p>\n<p>These rumors began to pick up in late 2025 and early 2026, and the fact we\u2019re seeing multiple sources converge on the same train of thought on a particular topic is usually a good sign of what might occur. It is worth remembering that there were similar rumors with the iPhone 17 Pro in 2025 that didn\u2019t come to fruition.<\/p>\n<p>The other rumors pertaining to under-display Face ID and no Dynamic Island for the iPhone 18 Pro came earlier in 2025, so it would seem they were just guessing, or that Apple has potentially pushed this idea back to a future device.<\/p>\n<p>For the smaller Dynamic Island to be possible, Apple is poised to put the Face ID dot illuminator under the phone\u2019s display, with further speculation suggesting this will employ a smaller&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theshortcut.com\/p\/the-iphone-18-pro-and-pro-max-could-change-one-of-apples-key-features\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max could change one of Apple&#8217;s key features https:\/\/www.theshortcut.com\/p\/the-iphone-18-pro-and-pro-max-could-change-one-of-apples-key-features&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":217336,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!ieHx!,w_1200,h_675,c_fill,f_jpg,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec518872-f25e-484f-94d6-531c7ed68f3c_1366x768.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[132,80,81],"class_list":["post-217335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iphone","tag-iphone-14","tag-iphone-17","tag-iphone-18"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217335"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217335"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":217337,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217335\/revisions\/217337"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}