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Sorry, but the iPhone’s hideous notch probably won’t get smaller until 2019

Apple is reportedly designing a smaller notch for the 2019 iPhones.

  • Apple may be designing a smaller notch for future iPhones, according to a report from Korean news site ET News.
  • The notch currently houses Apple's TrueDepth camera system, but Apple may combine the front-facing camera and the facial recognition module on future devices.
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If you're not a fan of the "notch" at the top of the iPhone X, there's some good news: its design may change, but not until 2019.

According to a report from Korean IT site ET News, Apple is currently looking into combining the facial-recognition module with the camera module on future iPhones, which would shrink the overall size of the "notch" that houses Apple's TrueDepth camera system.

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