Apple’s 20th anniversary iPhone will be made using the same glass manufacturing process developed for the iPhone Air, according to the leaker known as “Fixed Focus Digital.”
In a new post on Weibo, the leaker said that iPhone Air manufacturing equipment had been changed to produce more rounded glass components for next year’s 20th anniversary iPhone, which helped reduce Apple’s manufacturing costs. The leaker added that overall heat dissipation and thinness have both improved significantly thanks to the changes.
This claim builds on the leaker’s previous report that a supply chain facility had completed renovations ahead of production of the “iPhone 20,” with build quality expected to be somewhere around that of the first-generation iPhone Air. The iPhone Air is Apple’s thinnest iPhone yet at 5.6mm and uses a polished titanium frame with a glass back.
The report adds additional details to a redesign that has been rumored for more than a year. BloombergMark Gurman of reported that Apple is aiming for a “curved iPhone made mostly of glass, with no cutouts in the display” to mark the iPhone’s 20th anniversary, with curved glass surrounding all sides of the device.
The 20th anniversary iPhone models are expected to launch in fall 2027, following the iPhone 18, iPhone 18e, and iPhone Air 2 in the spring.
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