iPhone 20 Rumors Point to All-Glass 'Waterfall' Screen and Anniversary-Inspired Name
Apple's engineers are prototyping an iPhone internally nicknamed "Glass Wing," according to Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman, speaking on the Geared Up podcast this week, with a display that flows like a waterfall not only down the left and right sides, but also over the top and bottom of the phone.
Gurman called it the "iPhone X design but on steroids," and said that this is the phone that iOS 26 was designed for.
A foldable is expected to release at the end of 2026.
Gurman also floated the idea that Apple could brand the device the "iPhone 20," sidestepping an "iPhone 19" to sync the model number with the anniversary year. A quad-curved, bezel-free screen would mark the iPhone's most dramatic hardware overhaul since the iPhone X killed the Home button in 2017.
Reports out of South Korea's ETNews say Apple is exploring "four-edge bending" OLED tech to make that borderless look possible, while Gurman's Power On newsletter describes a "mostly glass, curved iPhone without any cutouts in the display," hinting that the selfie camera and Face ID sensors could hide under the display.
If Apple really does jump straight to an iPhone 20, the rename would echo this year's jump from iOS 18 to iOS 26 and 2017's leap from the iPhone 8 to the iPhone X, signaling just how big a redesign Apple thinks this phone will be.
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