Apple is ‘speeding up’ work on the 20th anniversary iPhone it plans to launch next year, reports Bloomberg. Several rumors suggest that the device will have an edge-to-edge display with curved glass on all sides for a near-borderless visual effect.
There will be two anniversary models of similar size to the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max that will launch in September. The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max are expected to be the same size as the current iPhone 17 Pro models, suggesting the anniversary iPhone could come in 6.3- and 6.9-inch sizes.
Apple plans to launch the 20th anniversary iPhones alongside a second-generation foldable iPhone. All three devices will adopt a 2-nanometer A21 chip. Apple also has an iPhone 19 in the works, and it’s set to run a different A21 chip, likely a base chip instead of a Pro chip.
The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max coming this year will have an A20 Pro processor built on Apple’s 2-nanometer process. The A20 will mark the first node upgrade in several years and will see Apple move to 3-nanometer chips for its flagship iPhones.
The standard iPhone 18 won’t arrive this fall, with Apple instead planning to launch it in spring 2027. It will use a less powerful A20 chip that’s also built on the 2nm process.
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