Leak reveals 2021 iPhone had always-on display similar to Apple Watch – but Android boasted feature for a while

APPLE’S next iPhone might have an always-on display that works similarly to an Apple Watch’s, with rumors saying the phone will have improved battery life and have better video recording.

Rumors that the next edition of the iPhone will have an always-on display have been circulating for years now, but this one may prove to be the right call.

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Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman wrote that the 2021 iPhone will likely come with the always-on display akin to the company’s Apple Watch, and what Android phones have boasted for some time.

The phones will also come with improved battery life, a smaller notch on the screen, better video recording, a 120Hz refresh rate, and a faster A15 chip.

Earlier this year, it was rumored that Apple will use similar panels used in its watches for phones.

That technology, a low-temperature polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) panel, will allow iPhones to have an always-on display.

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The panels allow Apple Watches to refresh its screens while conserving battery life, which was a major hold-up to the phones having such tech in the first place.

Bloomberg previously reported that “at least one” of the four next iPhones will have an always-on display.

Similarly, Apple will likely announce new MacBook Pros “between September and November at the latest,” Gurman reported.