iPhone 13's smaller notch might have leaked in a new dummy unit video

By Oliver Haslam
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Iphone 13 Dummy Mockup
Iphone 13 Dummy Mockup (Image credit: Macotakara)

What you need to know

  • iPhone 13 is heavily rumored to have a smaller notch than previous iPhones.
  • A new video from Macotakara claims to show a dummy unit based on the unannounced iPhone.

Apple is heavily rumored to be launching a new iPhone 13 with a smaller notch than previous models later this year. If that's the case it will be the first time the infamous notch has changed since its introduction as part of the iPhone X design in 2017. Now, a new video claims to show that smaller notch thanks to a dummy unit mockup.

Shared by Macotakara, the new video and accompanying images show a dummy unit that appears to have been built using details from supply chain sources. The device in question is said to be an iPhone 13 Pro.

The notch itself has been made smaller as we've been hearing, with the Face ID hardware moving around to accommodate the change.

From Macotakara, via Google Translate:

Regarding the size of active area of the center housing, the height becomes from 5.30mm to 5.35mm, and the width becomes from 34.83mm to 26.80mm, which is smaller.The infrared camera and light shooting illuminator placed on the left hand side of the speaker / mic are moved to the area of the speaker / mike of iPhone 12.The position of the speaker / mic of iPhone 13 gets closer to the body,The front camera used to be the right hand side of the speaker / mic, but it is moved to the left.

The rest of the iPhone 13 dummy mockup looks almost identical to the iPhone 12 Pro that's on sale today. Beyond the potential arrival of Touch ID beneath the display and the smaller notch, iPhone 13 isn't expected to be a huge upgrade over iPhone 12 which is still the best iPhone available right now.

Oliver Haslam
Oliver Haslam
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Oliver Haslam has written about Apple and the wider technology business for more than a decade with bylines on How-To Geek, PC Mag, iDownloadBlog, and many more. He has also been published in print for Macworld, including cover stories. At iMore, Oliver is involved in daily news coverage and, not being short of opinions, has been known to 'explain' those thoughts in more detail, too.

Having grown up using PCs and spending far too much money on graphics card and flashy RAM, Oliver switched to the Mac with a G5 iMac and hasn't looked back. Since then he's seen the growth of the smartphone world, backed by iPhone, and new product categories come and go. Current expertise includes iOS, macOS, streaming services, and pretty much anything that has a battery or plugs into a wall. Oliver also covers mobile gaming for iMore, with Apple Arcade a particular focus. He's been gaming since the Atari 2600 days and still struggles to comprehend the fact he can play console quality titles on his pocket computer.

2 Comments
  • A smaller notch is worthless if it's still basically making 1/4" of the screen's height unusable. The issue with the notch isn't the width, it's the fact that it basically turns the top of the screen into a bezel de facto.
  • Meh. How 'bout "no notch"?