iOS 26's Liquid Glass Design is Precursor to 20th-Anniversary iPhone With Curved Glass Edges

iOS 26's shimmery new Liquid Glass design will be a precursor to the 20th-anniversary iPhone, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

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In his Power On newsletter today, Gurman said that the 20th-anniversary iPhone will feature curved glass edges, extraordinarily slim bezels, and a truly edge-to-edge screen with no cutout. Inside Apple, he said that the device is known as the "Glasswing," in reference to a type of butterfly that has transparent wings.

The new iOS design will pair nicely with the simplistic, all-glass 20th-anniversary iPhone, which is expected to launch in September 2027.

The new Liquid Glass design will be unveiled during Apple's WWDC 2025 keynote this Monday.

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The_Auryn Avatar
2 weeks ago
Never heard of the "Glasswing." I learned something new today.



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thiscatisfat Avatar
2 weeks ago

is anyone else fascinated by the absolute collapse of what used to be an extremely secretive culture at Apple? rumors used to be exactly that, rumors; now we just get a play-by-play of everything that will happen, weeks if not months in advance, by way of Gurman. like, does anyone remember when the pic of an iPad stapled down to a table made the rounds mere hours before the keynote? how crazy that was? let alone what happened with iPhone 4. idk I know I sound like the most “back in my day” boomer ass ever I just miss having a shred of mystery to these keynotes
I wish we still got actual keynotes instead of these prerecorded hour long ads.
Score: 25 Votes (Like | Disagree)
phenste Avatar
2 weeks ago
is anyone else fascinated by the absolute collapse of what used to be an extremely secretive culture at Apple? rumors used to be exactly that, rumors; now we just get a play-by-play of everything that will happen, weeks if not months in advance, by way of Gurman. like, does anyone remember when the pic of an iPad stapled down to a table made the rounds mere hours before the keynote? how crazy that was? let alone what happened with iPhone 4. idk I know I sound like the most “back in my day” boomer ass ever I just miss having a shred of mystery to these keynotes
Score: 20 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Jill Sandwich Avatar
2 weeks ago
so now we know what next year’s Samsungs are going to look like.
Score: 19 Votes (Like | Disagree)
jz0309 Avatar
2 weeks ago
2+ years to go - what can possibly happen?
Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Lounge vibes 05 Avatar
2 weeks ago

is anyone else fascinated by the absolute collapse of what used to be an extremely secretive culture at Apple? rumors used to be exactly that, rumors; now we just get a play-by-play of everything that will happen, weeks if not months in advance, by way of Gurman. like, does anyone remember when the pic of an iPad stapled down to a table made the rounds mere hours before the keynote? how crazy that was? let alone what happened with iPhone 4. idk I know I sound like the most “back in my day” boomer ass ever I just miss having a shred of mystery to these keynotes
Well, let’s think for a second, why might that be?
In 2007, Apple sold 1 million iPhones over three months. It took them three months to sell 1 million iPhones.
Before that, it took Apple almost 2 years to sell their 1st million iPods.
Success for the Mac was measured in hundreds of thousands of units a quarter.

Now, Apple sells over 200 million iPhones every year, about 600,000+ a day.
Apple sells 6 Million or so Macs every quarter.
Apple sells about 60 million iPads every year.

Now tell me, exactly how would *you* create 200 million devices out of absolutely nothing every single year, and keep that completely secretive? While being one of the most valuable companies in the world?
That’s right, you couldn’t.
If anything, it’s still a shock that Apple is ever able to surprise us with anything.
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