The iPhone has not seen a truly radical change in designs since switching from the home button to a notch in 2017, and some models have hardly been visually distinguished from their predecessors. (Line Up iPhone 14 Pro, 15 Pro and 16 Pro on Apple’s comparison page and you are struggling to see a lot of evolution.) But it is reportedly set to change in the near future.
Later this year, as ordinary readers will know, we expect to see the launch of the iPhone 17 Air, a handset long slimmer (and in some respects potentially far less practical) than any smartphone apple has previously sold. But this bold feature will bleach in comparison to “Product Blitz”, which the company has planned for 2027, according to a new report.
In the latest edition of his power on newsletter, Bloomberg predicts Mark Gurman that 2027 will be a “monumental year for new units” on Cupertino, with launches ranging from the company’s first smart glasses to table top -robotics. But the new products that are most relevant to the average consumer will be foldable and curved iPhones.
Apple’s first foldable iPhone, writes Gurman, “should be on the market in 2027.” It suggests very delicate that we may not have to wait until 2027, and also suggest rather stronger that we may have to wait until later – but it is true for some product plans so far out.
However, the time frame seems strengthened by Gurman’s claim that Apple-Iniders consider it foldable as an element of the iPhone’s 20th anniversary celebration, which would not really fly if it came out in 2028. It could in principle be advertised In January 2027, to match the date when Steve Jobs revealed the first iPhone in January 2007, with a launch to be followed in June, but an 11-month waiting time would be clearly evident.
We’ve heard a lot about foldable iPhones over the years, and it’s one of Apple’s most long -lasting and eagerly awaited products. Part of the problem, after all this time, is that Samsung, Motorola and others have built up years of experience releasing high quality foldable, making it difficult for Apple to break on the market. But Gurman believes that Feeding will be separated by its superior build quality, and specifically the folding line, which, unlike those with most rival products, will be “almost invisible.”
The folding iPhone will be followed later in 2027, according to the report, by a redesign to the classic iPhone look, which has also been rumored, but far less often: a “mostly glass, curved iPhone – without any cuts on the display.” This will not be the first general iPhone’s 20th anniversary, but Gurman says the company will tie it in with the 10th anniversary of the groundbreaking iPhone X mentioned earlier.
The report offers few details about this device, but we probably shouldn’t expect an extravagant curve across the full surface of the screen on a curved screen. It seems more plausible that it will only curl towards the edges where the majority remain flat and functional. But again, time will show how Apple tackles this concept. And about 2027 is a realistic goal, or only the latest in a large number of reputation launches that come to nothing.