Apple is reportedly preparing a special iPhone for 2027 to celebrate the device’s 20th anniversary, with a major redesign that could bring curved glass around every corner and edge, along with much thinner bezels around the display.
The anniversary model is expected to become one of Apple’s biggest iPhone design changes in years, arriving a decade after the iPhone X introduced Face ID, removed the Home button, and pushed the display much closer to the edges of the device.
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Apple is developing the 20th anniversary iPhone with curved glass around all corners and edges, describing it as the biggest redesign of the current iPhone Pro line since the iPhone X launched in 2017.
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Apple is reportedly pushing toward an all-screen design
The curved glass design could give the anniversary iPhone a more continuous appearance around the front and sides, while thinner bezels would allow Apple to expand the visible display area without significantly increasing the overall size of the phone.
Apple has been linked to an all-screen iPhone for several years, although previous reports have changed as display technology, Face ID hardware, and manufacturing plans evolved.
The company still has more than a year before the expected 2027 launch, so parts of the design can change as Apple moves through engineering and production testing.
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Apple is also developing several other products for 2027, including its second-generation foldable iPhone, updated smart glasses, camera-equipped AirPods, and refreshed Macs and iPads.
However, the 20th anniversary iPhone stands out because Apple appears ready to give its flagship smartphone its most significant visual redesign since the iPhone X changed the iPhone lineup ten years earlier.
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