Apple is shrinking the bezels on its upcoming iPhone 15 Professional fashions utilizing a particular manufacturing course of, and the corporate additionally plans to make use of the identical expertise to cut back display borders on future iPads, based on Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman.

Writing in his newest Energy On e-newsletter, Gurman says Apple is utilizing low-injection stress over-molding, or LIPO, to shrink the show border dimension on the iPhone 15 Professional and iPhone 15 Professional Max to 1.5 millimeters (versus round 2.2 millimeters on present iPhones).

Supplied that Apple can keep away from reported manufacturing points, this might imply the iPhone 15 Professional fashions may have the thinnest bezels of any smartphone at the moment available on the market, and Apple is outwardly eager to copy an equal achievement with its iPads, too.

As famous by Gurman, Apple first used LIPO on the Apple Watch Collection 7 to make the gadget’s borders thinner and enhance the scale of the show. If Gurman’s supply is correct, LIPO is ready to comply with the identical product trajectory as OLED show expertise, which went from Apple Watch to iPhone, with OLED iPads anticipated to launch subsequent 12 months. Nevertheless, which iPad mannequin shall be first to profit from the LIPO course of, and when it’ll arrive, stays unclear.

Based on iPhone rumors, the bezels on all 4 iPhone 15 fashions are anticipated to be barely curved across the edges, much like the iPhone 11 sequence. Most rumors have claimed solely the Professional fashions may have a bezel discount this 12 months, however a previously-accurate leaker has shared a picture displaying that the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus may need barely thinner bezels as nicely.

Apple is anticipated to announce its subsequent iPhone lineup in September as ordinary. For all the newest rumors, be sure you learn our devoted iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Professional roundups.