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Apple Still Aiming for 20th Anniversary iPhone With All-Screen Display

kalsta said:
The article does say, “a quad-curved display that wraps around all four edges”.
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Yeah, but that’s thrown in at the end as a very vague rumour, which isn’t new. It wasn’t anything to do with the main content of the article. It feels like that was thrown in to justify the use of the picture.
 
ipedro said:
Going back to the first iPhone, almost 20 years, I've never used a case. I've cracked one screen, got it replaced on Apple Care+. That's my "case" for fluke accidents and peace of mind. I don't keep my keys and coins in the same pocket as my phone. Basic care.
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Too rough with mine. I toss mine on my workbench at home with metal shavings and sawdust, throw it my hiking backpack or work backpack, use it with wet hands over tile floors at work... Mine would be broken once a week without a case. I always lay my phone face-down too, to prevent distractions.

Plus, I just don't like the feel of a iPhone without a case and I can't remove the case from work phone, as our agreement says it has to stay in the provided case.

Anyway, a wrap around screen would suck. I'm just complaining.
 
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The glass sides will have side facing cameras and thus better surveillance of the user and their location and who their "friends" are.....
 
I already know this thing is going to be underwhelming and look nothing like that render (which is a good thing). But I'm still rooting for something distinctly different than previous models, like what the iPhone X did back in the day.
 
Every screen is by definition an all screen display. I get what you were trying to say, but that was a hilariously ineffective way to say it.😀
 
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macaron35 said:
there are so many smartphones with fingerprint reader under the screen, I don't understand why the iPhone still has a
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They've invested a tremendous amount in Face ID, it's more seamless, and, for Apple, it's about doing it at scale and at cost.
 
WarmWinterHat said:
Yea it is.

I don't need or want screen on the sides. What a terrible idea.
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Let's see what they use the screen real estate for.
macaron35 said:
there are so many smartphones with fingerprint reader under the screen, I don't understand why the iPhone still has a
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They've invested a tremendous amount in Face ID, it's more seamless, and, for Apple, it's about doing it at scale and at cost.

sdf said:
Every screen is by definition an all screen display. I get we were trying to say, but that was a hilariously ineffective way to say it.😀
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LOL. Hilarious writing by Macrumors. It's an all display phone; or perhaps a better way to say it is an edge display phone.
pcd213 said:
I would like to believe that this will come in time for the 20th anniversary device, but I am not optimistic.

What I don't understand about the 'curved screen' nature of this device is how it will function with phone cases. I am sure phone case usage is at a rate of 95%+. While I don't think the screen will be curved like in the image, I don't understand how phone cases will function with such a curved screen.

And, for what it's worth, I am not clamoring for a curved screen. I would love a screen without the Dynamic Island ever-present. I would love a brighter screen. I would love a higher resolution front facing camera. I would love to see them remove the bezels entirely. Lastly, I would love to see a anti-reflective screen like the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra has. But I don't see the benefit in a screen to wrap around the edges.
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I hope this comes to pass because I anticipate buying whatever the 20th Anniversary iPhone is, if it has feature parity with the Pro phones. If the screen real estate is used on the edges for notifications or something useful that adds to the experience, I'm all for it. Samsung never really made a use case for it.

What I'd be just as interested in (and perhaps where Apple should focus their attention) is a Pro device with a true, bezel-less design-- no borders, no cutouts, just screen. Don't need the sides to be made up of screen. That would be enough for me.

Also: have you seen the Samsung privacy display? Apple definitely needs to copy that. Kind of gimmicky but very useful during those city commutes.
 
All rumors and most without credible track records.
Samsung has underscreen Face ID so why not Apple
Hopefully Apple doesn’t prioritize the Dynamic Island over under screen Face ID
 
The picture is ridiculous. It will just have no edge bezel and if they can figure out their engineering, no island or hole punch. But worrying about those things just seems like OCD nonsense to me. It would have a miniscule impact on the experience of using an iPhone.
 
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Apple continues to test under-screen camera technology as it works toward a 20th-anniversary iPhone with an uninterrupted display, according to Chinese leaker Digital Chat Station.

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Apple has long been rumored to be planning a major redesign for 2027. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported last May that the company is aiming for an all-glass device "without any cutouts in the display."

More recently, however, there have been signs that Apple's under-display ambitions could take longer to materialize. In January, display analyst Ross Young said the smaller Dynamic Island expected on this year's iPhone 18 Pro models is likely to persist through 2027. Just this week, leaker Fixed Focus Digital similarly claimed Apple is still facing challenges with under-display Face ID, and may instead focus on gradually shrinking the cutout.

Digital Chat Station's latest comments suggest a similar incremental approach. According to the leaker, Apple's roadmap moves from a smaller Dynamic Island with some Face ID components under the display – potentially for the iPhone 18 Pro – to a further reduced cutout with a hole-punch camera and fully under-display Face ID by 2027.

However, the timeline suggests the fully uninterrupted display could be reserved for a higher-end 20th-anniversary model. Indeed, Digital Chat Station says Apple is continuing to test an all-screen device with a quad-curved display that wraps around all four edges, creating a more borderless look.

For Apple to realize a true all-glass design, though, it will need to eliminate the remaining front-facing cutout entirely. Whether current under-display technologies can meet Apple's standards in time remains to be seen.

Article Link: Apple Still Aiming for 20th Anniversary iPhone With All-Screen Display
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Sad. I love my Air.
 
Think Apple will definitely try hard to have an all screen iPhone for the 20th anniversary. Wonder what the pricing will be, probably it might start at $1499. Looking forward to hearing more rumors about the device in the coming months.
 
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t0rqx said:
“This smells like #UnderDisplayCameraGate.”
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Attaching the word Gate on to anything these days makes people look uneducated & ignorant of history. People could use scandal as to their actual meaning but no. If President Nixon had bugged a different hotel say a Hilton, would you use Ton to mean scandal instead? As to your actual post: physics is a bitch, and Apple is always pushing the envelope, but along the way they fail a lot of the time. That’s to be expected, if you’re not failing you’re not learning. Apple has high standards and if something is rumored but not announced (or is later than advertised) you consider it a scandalous failure? 🤷
 
All I want is the design of the iPhone X. Even if they couldn't incorporate all the underscreen Face ID sensors, I want that polished glass design again and the stainless steel on the edges. And please, leave that huge camera island to the iPhone Pro and Air
 
JohnLuke said:
All I want is the design of the iPhone X. Even if they couldn't incorporate all the underscreen Face ID sensors, I want that polished glass design again and the stainless steel on the edges. And please, leave that huge camera island to the iPhone Pro and Air
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The X was their 2nd best design after the iPhone 4. Would be awesome if they one day did "vintage reissues" and launched these same designs with the latest chips and features. An iPhone 4 reissue would surely satisfy all those on here who want the return of the Mini 😛
 
I think the 20th Anniversary iPhone will effectively replace the iPhone Pro models. It will come in 6.3" and 6.9" screen sizes.
 
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