Did Apple TV Plus' Ted Lasso just leak a notch-free iPhone?

The latest episode of the brilliant Apple tree Tv set Plus sitcom Ted Lasso may have offered a glimpse at the future of the company's iPhone handset, minus the annoying notch.

The show, which features an eccentric American college football bus (played by Jason Sudeikis) in charge of a fictional English football team called AFC Richmond, frequently depicts characters using Apple products. We quite oftentimes see not-so-subtle product placement of iPhones and Macs, every bit well equally software like FaceTime on show.

However, in the episode that debuted on Fri, a graphic symbol appeared to be wielding an iPhone without the notch that houses the Confront ID sensors and front end-facing photographic camera.

The more observant Ted Lasso fans noticed this item iPhone did non have a notch, while the handset features the iPhone 12 camera array and the iOS 14 wallpaper.

While information technology'southward highly unlikely Apple has decided to reveal that handset within 1 of its flagship original series, it is a strange bibelot.

The iPhone xiii, due adjacent month, is expected to accept a slimmer notch and a slightly different Face ID sensor, merely a completely notch-free design isn't expected this time around. A recent report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has said that's the eventual goal for Apple, just it isn't expected to get in until at least 2022.

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As Gizmodo suggests, it's possible this is the piece of work of CGI, which is used quite heavily in the show to describe the oversupply during the bodily football scenes (of which in that location have been very few this season).

When you consider the series wrapped shooting dorsum in June, when prototypes phones might have been bachelor, it is plausible this handset could have been on set up. While information technology isn't out of the realms of possibility, information technology isn't that likely Apple (either on purpose or past blow) has shown its hand here.