Apple's 20th Anniversary iPhone: What We Know So Far

2027 will mark the 20th anniversary of the iPhone, and Apple is planning to celebrate with an all-new ‌iPhone‌ design. With the 10th anniversary of the ‌iPhone‌, Apple unveiled the all-display ‌iPhone‌ X with no bezels at the top or the bottom for the camera or the Touch ID home button. It marked the debut of Face ID, and dictated the next decade of ‌iPhone‌ design.

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For the "‌iPhone‌ XX," Apple needs to do even better, and rumors suggest that the company has some big ideas that it's aiming for.

Apple wants to create an all-glass iPhone that doesn't have cutouts in the display, so there could be a high-end ‌iPhone‌ 19 Pro model that fulfills that requirement. Apple wants a true edge-to-edge display

Design

The 20th anniversary ‌iPhone‌ that Apple is planning for 2027 could feature a radical design, offering a display that has no visible frame or bezels. An early rumor suggests that Apple is aiming for a display that curves around all four edges of the device, for a borderless visual experience.

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Apple wants a mostly glass ‌iPhone‌ with a curved display and no cutouts, which would necessitate under-display ‌Face ID‌ and an under-display camera.

An all-glass ‌iPhone‌ with a wraparound display that covers all four edges of the device would be less durable than current ‌iPhone‌ models that have titanium or aluminum frames, so Apple may need to come up with more durable glass before such a device is a possibility.

While multiple rumors have suggested the 20th anniversary ‌iPhone‌ will feature under-display ‌Face ID‌ and a design with no cutouts, display analyst Ross Young does not believe under-display ‌Face ID‌ and an under-display camera will come until 2030. Without both components under the display, the 20th anniversary would not have an all-glass look.

Battery

Apple is developing new battery technology that could make it into the 2027 ‌iPhone‌ models. Apple is looking into using pure silicon anode batteries, which are able to store more lithium ions per gram than current batteries, resulting in significant increases in battery life without major increases in battery size.

RAM

Apple could use advanced AI memory technology for the 2027 ‌iPhone‌ models. Apple is rumored to be considering Mobile High Bandwidth Memory (HBM), a type of DRAM that stacks memory chips vertically and connects them through tiny vertical interconnects to boost signal transmission speeds.

In smartphones, the technology would provide high data throughput while minimizing power consumption and the physical footprint of RAM dies.

Name

Technically, the 20th anniversary ‌iPhone‌ lineup would be the ‌iPhone‌ 19 lineup, but in 2017, Apple released a surprise "‌iPhone‌ X" alongside the ‌iPhone‌ 8 models. This year, Apple could have similar plans for the high-end device, though what it might be called is unclear.

Apple could decide to call it the ‌iPhone‌ 20, like the decision it made for the ‌iPhone‌ X in 2017, or the company could stick with the ‌iPhone‌ 19 naming. Alternatively, the all-display device could have an entirely new name, like iPhone Ultra.

The ‌iPhone‌ that Apple has planned could be a replacement for the ‌iPhone‌ Pro models, or it could be sold alongside them. With plans for a foldable ‌iPhone‌ in 2026, though, it may not make sense to add yet another phone to the lineup.

Launch Date

The 20th anniversary ‌iPhone‌ would presumably come out in the fall of 2027.

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Top Rated Comments

OGdrknight Avatar
23 weeks ago

Cost is probably one of the biggest issues, at least for U.S. consumers. I'm guessing starting at $1,499 depending on conditions in 2027?

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They’ll probably try for $2,000 to celebrate the 20th anniversary.
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im2fast4u Avatar
23 weeks ago
iPhone 2037 will be called ‘XXX’
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
turbineseaplane Avatar
23 weeks ago

Apple should skip a number, call it the iPhone 20 without changing anything, and people will still buy it.
Isn't that basically what's been going on for years now?
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
tekkierich Avatar
23 weeks ago

Stop the numbering naming! Gah!
They should just normalize the numbering of iPhone and iOS to the year.

iPhone 30, running iOS 30 in 2030.
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
saudor Avatar
23 weeks ago

Iv'e always thought that Apple should just use Roman Numerals for all of their iPhone models. I just think it would be a much cleaner look.
My iPhone XVI Pro is pretty good enough so probably wont get the iPhone XVIII Pro Mega Max Ultra Plus. I hear the iPhone XXX or the iPhone LXIX might be nice though.
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
ThailandToo Avatar
23 weeks ago
There is zero reason to believe this is true. Would it be magical to get under display FaceID to not ruin our user interaction with the design, yes. Apple is so focused on irrelevant crap that they cannot innovate. Focused on Apple Car, Vision Non Pro, and just about anything else that they now are in the business of make believe what they can do, for example the new Apple Intelligence and Siri. They can't handle simple things that competitors have done for years. This year's iPhone they're stepping down to Aluminum frames. Somehow two years later they're going all glass with display wrapped around it. Won't believe it, and even if they pull it off, it will be a joke. Much more likely that Tim Crook is gone and a visionary steps in before Apple can truly innovate. They're not going to fix Apple Intelligence without buying not just IP but also a team of coders and leader who can actually make it happen. Apple has been stagnate with the same leaders who aren't visionaries for a long time. Can Craig talk a good game, sure. Can they make a great SoC, sure. But they want to own the whole vertical and horizontal production. And their anticompetitive business mode will come tumbling down. I call BS on the all glass iPhone while Tim is at the helm. He will do anything to save a buck for the shareholders and rake in $100m annually in stock vesting. He doesn't care about anyone but his shareholders which means himself, as that's who determines his pay. Cannot wait for Tim's days to be over and a real visionary to take the helm. At least at a level equal to the financial decisions. Tim has sold the future for the present. Too many CEOs do this thanks to GREED.
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