Smaller iPhone 13 notch shown in dummy unit

The Japanese Supply Chain Blog Macotakara shared photos and videos of what it claims is a dummy unit mockup of the iPhone 13 Pro. This mockup offers the rumored redesigned notch up close, as well as design changes to the selfie camera on the front.

iPhone 13 notch visualized

This iPhone 13 Pro dummy unit was probably created based on leaked schemes from the supply chain sources. This type of information is regularly shared among accessory manufacturers before Apple’s official announcement of a new iPhone.

The report says that the iPhone 13 Pro notch is 5.35 mm high compared to the 5.3 mm of the iPhone 12 Pro notch. In terms of width, the iPhone 13 Pro notch measures 26.8 mm versus 34.83 mm on the iPhone 12 Pro. This means that the iPhone 13 Pro notch is likely to be smaller in terms of width, but slightly larger.

This is probably because of how Apple moves the speaker from the earpiece to the top edge of the iPhone 13, thus pushing everything slightly lower. This design change was rumored for the first time for the iPhone 12 series last year, but it ultimately did not happen. Instead, the iPhone 12 has the same notch as the iPhone X, iPhone XS and iPhone 11.

The dummy unit obtained by Macotakara also shows that Apple is considering repositioning the front camera from the right side of the iPhone’s notch to the left side. There is no clear explanation for this change, but it may have something to do with the internal layout of the notch sensors.

Except for the smaller notch and shifted camera on the front, there is not much else to pick from this dummy unit. The iPhone 13 is expected to be very similar to the iPhone 12 in terms of design, with other changes under the hood such as improvements to the screen and the possibility of Touch ID.

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