The iPhone 18 Pros new under-display Face ID camera is visible if you look carefully heres why Apple moved it there

Date:
Thu, 05 Nov 2026 23:00:00 +0000

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If youre noticing pixelation in the corner of your iPhone 18 Pro's screen, dont panic its just the under-display Face ID camera.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Sometimes, I have to remind myself that not everyone is immersed in the Apple news cycle like their livelihood depends on it.

If, like me, you were paying close attention to all 24 minutes of the
companys iPhone 18 Pro announcement in September, you may already know why a small amount of pixelation is occasionally visible in the top left-hand
corner of the display on Apples newest flagship. But if you had better things to do (and lets be honest: you probably did), then you may have missed the memo. In any case, dont panic: if you occasionally spot some odd
discoloration on the left side of your iPhone 18 Pros clock, youre not going mad, and your iPhone isnt faulty. What youre actually seeing is Apples new under-display Face ID camera, which makes room for an upgrade elsewhere. Let me explain. Latest Videos From TechRadar Watch full video here:

The iPhone 18 Pro has a new, better Dynamic Island its smaller and can display three Live Activities at once, versus two on the original Dynamic Island. To shrink it, Apple moved the iPhone 18 Pros Face ID infrared (IR) camera away from the Dynamic Island and placed it under the top-left corner
of the phones OLED panel.

As a result, this portion of the display features a modified pixel
layoutthere are larger gaps between pixels here than anywhere else on the iPhone 18 Pro's screen, allowing IR light to pass through and Face ID to function. You may like Why the iPhone 18 Pros variable aperture is its
biggest camera upgrade, by a pro photographer Apple unveils iPhone Duo with partially visible display crease I'm not buying the iPhone Duo 'crackgate' controversy a few faulty units does not constitute a major crisis for Apple To the naked eye, this green circle isn't so visible as it is here but you may spot it occasionally (Image credit: Future) Youll need a pretty serious zoom camera to spot these gaps with the naked eye (as this iFixit video demonstrates), but this pixel trickery does occasionally become visible, particularly when the clock is displayed (it only affects the first half of the clock, but I think thats what gives it away).

I spotted this new under-display Face ID camera when using my iPhone 18 Pro for the first time (I mention it in my video review at 0:56, see below), but its too subtle to have remained distracting. And hey, maybe I went looking
for it because I knew it was there. Get daily insight, inspiration and deals in your inbox Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals,
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your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. iPhone 18 Pro Review: A Better Camera Phone Than the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra? - YouTube Watch On Still, people notice it to varying degrees, as one Reddit forum suggests: I havent noticed it at all. Zero difference to me, wrote one user. Another said, I usually only notice it when the black text of the clock is sitting directly on a solid white background, which isn't very often.

But there are some outright negative responses to Apples Face ID switcheroo: This really bothers me; I always notice it whenever I look at that part of
the display, one user wrote, while another said, I dont know how good peoples eyesight is, but I notice it clearly even with a passing glance. Its actually quite distracting. Id much rather have a larger Dynamic Island than an
obvious screen disparity.

Im not sure Id call the pixelation obvious, but then maybe my eyes are bad.

I did, however, feel like this iPhone 18 Pro oddity was worth explaining to those who may have noticed it and feared the worst. But honestly, its not a big deal as mentioned, the trade-off is a better Dynamic Island and at
least were seeing Apple try new things with its long-standing iPhone
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