Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso is a couple of folksy American soccer coach employed to assist a stumbling British soccer membership, however gadget nerds had been buzzing about one thing else noticed in final Friday’s episode: a probably notch-free iPhone 13.

The forged of Ted Lasso is regularly seen utilizing Apple merchandise throughout the present, however eagle-eyed viewers seen one thing uncommon in a scene the place a character whips out her iPhone to test a message. As you possibly can see within the photograph above, tright here was no notch in sight. The again of the telephone seems to be an iPhone 12, however the entrance doesn’t have the distinctive notch we’ve all come to like and respect with no animosity in any way. The telephone additionally seems to have the identical default wallpaper utilized in iOS 14.

Apple is infamous for its secrecy, so it appears unlikely that it is a deliberate sign that the notch is disappearing from the iPhone 13. That mentioned, it’s been rumored for months now that the iPhone 13 would have a a lot smaller notch or a hole-punch selfie digicam. However, a totally notchless show isn’t believed to be within the playing cards for this yr’s iPhone. It’s additionally attainable that this was an unintentional goof throughout the post-editing course of. After all, there are a number of close-up photographs of iPhones throughout the similar episode the place the notch is visibly current. Though customers on Twitter did appear to spot more than one instance of the notchless telephone, so who can say?

CGI is definitely used fairly closely in Ted Lasso, largely throughout scenes the place the fictional soccer membership AFC Richmond performs their matches in crowded stadiums. (You can try a neat video over at The Mary Sue to see how intensive these visible results photographs might be.) Viewers are additionally satisfied in varied corners of the web that Brett Goldstein, the actor who performs the cantankerous Roy Kent, can also be someway a completely CGI character as a part of a broader Apple conspiracy. The latter is clearly a bit on the market, however on condition that CGI is part of the present’s DNA, it’s not solely implausible that maybe an editor received a bit too heavy-handed by chance.

Whether it’s a cheeky nod or an entire gaffe, it’s not as if we’ll have to attend too lengthy to see what the iPhone 13 will appear to be. The telephones are rumored to go on sale on Sept. 17, which means we ought to be getting phrase about an iPhone launch occasion within the coming weeks.