The iPad could be the first device to get Apple’s under-display Face ID technology instead of the iPhone, according to insightful display analyst Ross Young.
The comments, made on the latest episode of The MacRumors Show, provide insight into Apple’s future plans for the iPad. Young thinks Apple’s under-display TrueDepth camera may come to the iPad before it comes to the iPhone, as the technology is easier to introduce under a larger display with fewer pixels per inch.
This under-display implementation would also be more feasible because the iPad is manufactured in smaller volume than the iPhone. He added that this new feature could theoretically emerge as early as next year, well before the technology is expected to appear on the iPhone.
Additionally, Young claimed that getting enough protective glass has been a key limiting factor in Apple’s failure to bring a foldable iPhone to market so far. The company is not expected to face such issues with a larger foldable iPad or MacBook, hence why a larger Apple foldable device might also hit the market before a foldable iPhone.
It’s not unprecedented for Apple to introduce new technologies to the iPad rather than the iPhone. For example, while innovations such as Face ID and Touch ID were the first to arrive on the iPhone, True Tone, greater amounts of memory and storage, ProMotion refresh rates and the LiDAR scanner have all arrived for the first time on the iPad.
Earlier this year, Young said he expected the “iPhone 18 Pro” in 2026 to be the first iPhone with both Face ID and an under-display camera. With the news that the technology may be coming to the iPad first, customers can expect an iPad Pro model to arrive with the technology at an earlier date, possibly sometime between 2023 and 2025.
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