Apple said to plan iPhone with smaller 2:1 display
Since the iPhone 13 mini was discontinued, Apple has no longer offered a truly compact smartphone, and smaller smartphones are also scarce among its competitors. According to the latest information from leaker Instant Digital, Apple iPhones could become somewhat more compact again in "a few years." Interestingly, the tech giant is reportedly planning to adopt a new form factor.
This new model is said to be about as wide as the Apple iPhone 18 Pro, but use a shorter display with an 18:9 or 2:1 aspect ratio instead of 19.5:9. This would reportedly make the device more comfortable to use with one hand, as it would be easier to reach the entire screen with your thumb. Apple is said to be considering combining the status bar with the top navigation bar of many apps, which would leave the display area available for app content only slightly smaller.
According to Instant Digital, this will be made possible in part by shrinking the Dynamic Island to a circular punch-hole, or potentially hiding it entirely beneath the AMOLED panel, depending on how far Apple can develop under-display cameras by then. The leaker emphasizes that these are very early plans that could still change, so these rumors should be treated with caution.
Smartphones with a wider aspect ratio are currently trending – the Huawei Pura X View is one example of a device with a 15:9 display that is already available, but at 87 millimeters, it is also 15 millimeters or 21 percent wider than the Apple iPhone 18 Pro, so it hardly qualifies as a compact smartphone.
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