The first iPhone was unveiled in January 2027, and went on sale in June of the same year. Thus, Apple is celebrating the 20th anniversary of iPhone in 2027. The company has long been rumored to be planning something special for the occasion, and today a new leak from Digital Chat Station on Weibo intends to bring us more information.
According to a prolific leaker, Apple is working with Samsung on developing the screen for the 20th anniversary iPhone. The panel will not have a polarizer, and will come with a quad-curved design, with a curvature radius optimized by Apple.
So after years and years of Apple choosing flat displays for its smartphones and influencing the entire Android smartphone market in the same direction, now Apple apparently wants to change course and ‘invent’ the quad-curved displays that Chinese smartphone makers have used in the past.
Of course, the panel itself will be more modern, and removing the polarizer will make it thinner, but it also won’t be the first phone without a polarizer. It’s unclear how far the screen will reach beyond the edges – Apple was once rumored to be planning an “all-screen” look, but that still doesn’t seem very likely with current display technology. We’ll let you know when we know more.
Source (in Chinese)
