Here's What the Curved Glass 2027 iPhone Could Look Like
Apple might celebrate the iPhone's 20th birthday in 2027 with its most radical redesign yet. According to Korean publication ETNews, the company is exploring "four-edge bending" display technology that would curve the screen around all sides of the device. Not just left and right, but top and bottom too.
The result? A truly bezel-less iPhone with content flowing seamlessly across all edges, with no visible frame whatsoever.
Bloomberg and The Information have published similar reports, with the former describing a "mostly glass, curved iPhone without any cutouts" for 2027. Quoting from the most recent Bloomberg report published over the weekend:
Then comes 2027, when Apple celebrates its smartphone's 20th birthday with a curved-glass "iPhone 20." This design will finally break from the squared-off slab we've lived with since 2020 and move to an approach with curved glass edges all around. It should fit nicely with the new Liquid Glass-based interface for iOS and other operating systems due to be released next month.
Of course, major technical challenges remain. Where do Face ID sensors, cameras and speakers go? Under-display technology exists, but has it reached Apple's standards yet? And that doesn't even take into account structural durability issues. With displays wrapping around every edge, what happens if you drop the thing? Would an iOS "Case Mode" be necessary, for example? And what about palm-rejection algorithms to avoid accidental side touch?
ETNews suggests Apple might pair this futuristic screen with next-gen 16nm display driver chips and pure silicon batteries for improved power efficiency. If Apple's rumored iPhone 17 Air is anything to go by, it might even be a super-thin device.
While these are just rumors, multiple corroborating sources suggest Apple is indeed planning something special for the iPhone's milestone anniversary in 2027. Just start saving now – revolutionary design rarely comes cheap.
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