The iPhone is set to celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2027 and Apple is looking to bring some excitement with a bold redesign and some naming changes to go along with it. If we’re following the numbers, the 2027 iPhone should be called the iPhone 19, but Omdia senior researcher Heo Moo-yeol suggests that Apple will skip the number and go straight to the iPhone 20.
This move would be similar to what Apple did with the iPhone X in 2017. The tenth anniversary release of the iPhone marked the first major redesign in the series, traces of which can still be seen today.
The iPhone 20 series is expected to be another turning point for iPhone design with previous reports suggesting a bezel-less display panel, which combined with sloping lines, will make the device appear as a single piece of glass when viewed from the front.
The new report also mentions that Apple may ditch the vanilla iPhone 18 next year and instead offer the much-anticipated iPhone Fold alongside the Air and Pro models. A year later, Apple is expected to bring its iPhone 20 series, which will include a vanilla model, but will launch in the first half of the year alongside a cheaper iPhone 18e. Apple will then introduce the redesigned iPhone 20 Pro, Air and Fold 2 models at a separate event in the fall.
source (In Korean)
