Apple’s 20th-anniversary phone probably won’t be as radical as we think, but it’ll still look great.
Back in 2017, when Apple unveiled the iPhone X, it wasn’t greeted with the unbridled adoration we have for it now. After fantastical rumors of a borderless phone with a wraparound design and virtual Home button, people were naturally underwhelmed at first by the notch, the loss of Touch ID, and reliance on gesture navigation.
Now, nearly 10 years later, Apple is reportedly working on another milestone phone with a radical design that seems almost impossible to believe. Rumors of the so-called 20th-anniversary iPhone paint a picture of a handset with curved edges, imperceptible bezels, an invisible selfie camera, and an entirely new design. It’s due to arrive in 2027 following the launch of the iPhone Fold later this year.
Between now and then, rumors and excitement are sure to build to a fever pitch. We’ll see renders, concepts, and wild descriptions that paint the picture of a phone that blows our minds. But as with the iPhone X, we should probably temper those expectations a bit.
That’s why this rumor from Schrödinger on X might be the most truthful of all. He cites and posts a Telegram transcript with three Apple engineers supposedly working on the anniversary iPhone.
