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iPhone Reportedly Moving to All-Screen Design in Two Stages

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Apple has long been working towards an iPhone with an all-screen design, and it might finally achieve the feat in a few more years from now.

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In his Power On newsletter today, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said that Apple will shrink the size of the Dynamic Island on new iPhone models released next year. A year after that, he expects Apple to release a redesigned 20th-anniversary iPhone model.

Gurman has previously said that the 20th-anniversary iPhone will feature curved glass edges, extraordinarily slim bezels, and a truly edge-to-edge screen with no cutout. It would be the first iPhone model with a truly seamless, all-screen design.

Last month, The Information's Wayne Ma reported that next year's iPhone 18 Pro models would feature under-screen Face ID. He said that the devices would have only a small hole in the top-left corner of the screen, to accommodate the front camera. He also said that the devices would no longer have a pill-shaped cutout at the top of the screen, so we are unsure what to make of Gurman saying there will still be a smaller Dynamic Island next year.

In any case, it sounds like the first all-screen iPhone model with both under-screen Face ID and an under-screen front camera will be released in 2027.

The transition to an all-screen design has been gradual. With the iPhone X in 2017, Apple moved from Touch ID and thick bezels to Face ID and a notch. With the iPhone 14 Pro in 2022, Apple moved from a notch to the Dynamic Island.


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Mark Gurman said that Apple will shrink the size of the Dynamic Island on new iPhone models released next year. A year after that, he expects Apple to release a redesigned 20th-anniversary iPhone model.
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… and the year after that, another slab…
Yawn
 
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B.B.B.: Bring back bezels! See the thread in the link below for reasons why why:
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idahoidahoidaho said:
Where is the earpiece for calls. Microphone for calls. Idk how you can have a full wraparound screen like this unless the earpiece is under the screen too?
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top and bottom edges... like where you charge them. and the antenae lurk... ;)

where is the speaker for your ear now? i see nothing up near the camera and the screen protector covers that area.
 
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The way i see it the iphone 19 pro max will be the next epic design change since the X.

Fingers crossed it will be worth the wait as Apple for almost half a decade has been lacklustre with design changes and innovations.
 
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haha and then you put a case on and you can't see the "new" feature... I don't use case on my phone, never did, but this one looks like a recipe for disaster, one drop and the thing will 'explode' heheh
 
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wbeasley said:
top and bottom edges... like where you charge them. and the antenae lurk... ;)

where is the speaker for your ear now? i see nothing up near the camera and the screen protector covers that area.
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Presumably wireless charging on the back only.

Unless they want to put the charging port on the back like the magic mouse.
 
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I think Steve used to taper in Ive and that brought out the best of both usually. That said a solid piece of glass? Probably an end game but Steve would have figured out the how and the distilled the correct ideas.

Tim on the other hand defers to his VPs and coasts on being a very good Operations guy. So whom is the lead of product design and figures out what should be the next thing?
 
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frownface said:
I used a galaxy s8 for awhile and still have it in my drawer at home; i don't need to imagine 💀

It's a beautiful phone though.
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To be fair apple’s got a *lot* of experience tuning accidental touch rejection on trackpads, they may manage to do it better than samsung
 
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frownface said:
Presumably wireless charging on the back only.

Unless they want to put the charging port on the back like the magic mouse.
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there's still side... it's just glass front edge to edge.
the device with have thickness. even if you made it glass too (which they wont for strength reason) so you put speaker holes and charging there...
 
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