A new iPhone 15 rumor suggests the base model’s biggest weakness isn’t going away, and that’s not okay.
Whether you consider it a gimmick or an innovation, the Dynamic Island is one of the tentpole upgrades for Apple’s freshly-launched iPhone 14 series but I’d much rather Apple concentrate on a different aspect of the display experience; one that it sounds like it’s going to continue to neglect with the iPhone 15.
I was reading colleague David Nield’s news story on one of the first iPhone 15 display tech leaks; the promise of the Dynamic Island making its way to every model of next year’s iPhone range, but the source who revealed this revelation had additional insight to offer on the screens destined for next year’s devices and what he had to say really ticked me off.
Understand that I’m not angry at Ross Young – CEO of Display Supply Chain Consultants (‘DSCC’ for short) and the source of the above tweet – but if what he says is to be believed, it maintains an established precedent that’s already overstayed its welcome on the iPhone. It leads me to think that Apple doesn’t respect its users enough to give them up-to-date technology at a fair price.
While the knowledge that the iPhone 15 line looks set to benefit from the Dynamic Island (currently exclusive to the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max) is a good thing, the second part of the above tweet suggests one of the standard iPhone’s long-standing display shortcomings – its refresh rate – isn’t going to see an upgrade with next year’s lineup.
