klasma
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Having an OLED edge doesn’t imply that the edges will be touch-sensitive.
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20th Anniversary iPhone to Feature Custom 'Micro-Curved' OLED Panel
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transpo1
macrumors 68000
A bezel-less phone would be much cooler than an edge device but that may be what Apple is going for here
I wonder if this will be his "biggest mistake as CEO" when he steps down in 15 years?
klasma
macrumors G4
The same “software magic” that makes tapping between two app icons not open any app. And Apple doesn’t even even need to extend the capacitive grid to the edges.
WarmWinterHat
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It sounds like crap, worthless and fragile. I put my phone face down when I don't want to see the screen. I don't want to still be able see the screen.
mrgraff
macrumors 65816
a. The Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh TAM was released during Apple's 20th year, not the Mac's.
b. The joke was "FAP" is slang for the sound of masturbation.
klasma
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MrRom92
macrumors 68000
It’s an interesting concept but having the cameras constantly active will destroy battery life, not to mention raise privacy concerns. All for a visual effect that doesn’t improve the functionality of the device in any real capacity.
Ta_whirimatea
macrumors regular
Technically impressive it’l be but trying to pick it up off your desk will likely set the Siri/camera etc. my iPhone 17 with a case is a nightmare, Siri (colour thing around the screen) goes off all the time, I’ve had to disable the daft camera button & I never use Siri as it’s only good for setting cooking timers!
Mrkevinfinnerty
macrumors 68040
iPhones have always been this way. I genuinely don't understand how anyone can use them without a case.
So this beautiful, sleek phone is going to have an ugly bumpy plateau and multiple cameras on the back? I like the concept but find it hard to believe it will ever happen. I just ordered a 17e...love the simplistic look of just one lens and no plateau. I used to be an early adopter of all the highest end stuff but have come to realize that it's just another phone that I'm really only upgrading to get the newer processor. Actually sad to be giving up my 13 mini. I'm not filming a Hollywood action movie or taking dramatic portraits with my phone. Yes I know the pro cameras are better, but they just aren't really necessary for the type of pictures I usually take. The only way I can see this iPhone XX design looking good is with a simple sleek lens on the back. And then it's gonna get all of the criticism that the iPhone air is getting now!
Jean Claude
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I like this idea conceptually, I just don't really get it practically. I think eventually, what could possibly work, is if they're able to manufacture solid pieces of glass that would essentially become the "module" for the phone's UI. And that UI would somehow be digitally projected/superimposed/overlaid within the glass module ... if that makes sense? So it's almost like two separate entities. The physical glass apparatus - but which would essentially be semi-"disposable." You drop it? No problem ... it's a pane of shaped glass with an inexpensive OS node inside. The real challenge would be how the OS and UI node(s) are made to interact with the glass shell - but I don't think we're even close to that technology.....
CATiNTHESTORE
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Jony was a big loss for Apple. His latest work for Ferrari UI is insanely good. Also, he did some kinda liquid glass implementation on it… overall, I'm impressed.
swm
macrumors 6502a
oh, another vanity project to make sure someone left a mark.
btw: buttons are necessary. at least one.
but then there's the volume adjustment.
button events - binary signals on a GPIO interface - can trigger low level events, interrupts if you wish, which then can be captured and if nothing else, they can be used to break out from a loop which makes the device hang. if your trigger events are all implemented in software only, you're screwed as the stuck code might never get to the point which could evaluate the state of a capacitive on-screen virtual button.
btw: buttons are necessary. at least one.
but then there's the volume adjustment.
button events - binary signals on a GPIO interface - can trigger low level events, interrupts if you wish, which then can be captured and if nothing else, they can be used to break out from a loop which makes the device hang. if your trigger events are all implemented in software only, you're screwed as the stuck code might never get to the point which could evaluate the state of a capacitive on-screen virtual button.
I hope this is like when the X came out and there’s only one model that has the same screen size as the air.
I love the Air’s 6.5 but too much is missing and the Max is just too big to use one handed.
I love the Air’s 6.5 but too much is missing and the Max is just too big to use one handed.
How do you protect a dropped phone with such a design since the edge of the iPhone has always been its most vulnerable point? Any protective case will totally need to obscure the design element.
For its 20th-anniversary iPhone, Apple is tapping Samsung to produce a custom micro-curved OLED display that is brighter and thinner than existing panels, according to new supply chain information out of China.
Apple is reportedly considering a radical redesign for the 20th-anniversary iPhone that could feature a completely bezel-less display that curves around all four edges of the device.
To that end, Apple is said to be seeking from Samsung an equal-depth quad-curved panel design that uses "micro-curves" to keep the curve very shallow, as opposed to the aggressively curved "waterfall" edges of some existing Samsung panels.
Apple's preference for slightly rounded edges may ensure that the device feels softer in the hand and that swipes from the edge of the display feel more natural. It could also prevent distortion of on-screen content around the edges.
The latest supply chain information comes from Weibo-based leaker Digital Chat Station, who also says that Apple wants a "pol-less" display from Samsung – in other words, a panel design that removes the polarizer layer that sits on top of most current OLED screens.
That claim lines up with a September 2025 report out of Korea that said Apple will adopt a Samsung-made OLED technology called COE (Color Filter on Encapsulation) to make the 20th-anniversary iPhone's display brighter and thinner than previous panels.
COE displays remove the polarizing film from an OLED panel, applying the color filter directly onto the encapsulation layer of the display.
The technique reduces the thickness of the overall display stack, and it lets more light through to improve brightness while reducing power draw. Reflections are harder to deal with when there's no polarizing film, but in its latest iPhones, Apple added a new anti-reflective coating that is expected to be improved for future versions of the iPhone.
Apple is also said to be employing a crater-shaped light diffusion layer in the display to even out the brightness so that the screen looks uniformly lit across all areas.
2027 will mark the 20th-anniversary of the iPhone, and Apple reportedly wants to create a high-end all-glass model that doesn't have cutouts in the display.
Display analyst Ross Young said that Apple won't have under-display Face ID ready to go for a 2027 iPhone, but other leakers think it's possible. If Apple can't get everything under the display, we may see under-display Face ID and then a small hole-punch cutout on the front for the front-facing camera.
The latest rumors suggest that Apple is still testing an under-display iPhone camera for 2027, so it remains a possibility.
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I hope they do something like this an innovate, I just want no part of the first generation to implement it.
If this happens I might finally buy an iPhone again. I am a Samsung user and Samsung's curved display phones were very premium looking, and IMO some of the best phones Samsung ever made. No doubt a curved display phone from Apple would look awesome.
I mean, the answer is obvious, because Apple stopped making curved iPhones.
I’m not even saying that to be some type of “Apple apologist” or anything, it’s literally there in the data.
Apple released the iPhone 6 with slightly curved edges and glass that seamlessly curved into the aluminum sides in September 2014.
Literally six months later and early 2015 Samsung introduced the curved edge Galaxy S6 and the first S6 “Edge” phone literally took the curved design to its limits with 2015 technology.
Likewise, apple flatten the edges in 2020, made them titanium in 2023 and… What do you know it, Samsung flattened their edges in 2024 and makes them titanium.
