GoKawiilYesterday saw two conflicting reports about next year’s 20th anniversary iPhone, said to embody Apple’s long-term vision of “a single slab of glass.”
There have already been contradictory reports about exactly what we should expect, but yesterday’s disagreement was the biggest yet …
The story so far
Former Apple design chief Jony Ive frequently referred to his long-term vision of the iPhone effectively becoming a single slab of glass. The company is widely believed to have retained this vision beyond Ive’s departure.
While Apple generally isn’t noted for making a big deal of its various product birthdays, the consensus view is that it’s aiming to get as close as possible to this vision in time for the iPhone’s 20th anniversary. This is likely to include embedding the Face ID tech beneath the display, with the possibility of the front-facing camera likewise being hidden beneath the screen.
We’ve already seen conflicting reports about what to expect, however. While it was initially thought that this would be a standalone model along the lines of the iPhone Air and upcoming iPhone Ultra, more recent reporting has suggested that this design will instead be used for next year’s iPhone Pro models.
Sequentially, this would be the iPhone 19 Pro, but it’s possible Apple may want to mark the anniversary by skipping this and jumping straight to the iPhone 20 naming.
Yesterday’s conflicting reports
Things got a little more confusing yesterday when an analyst suggested that Apple had given up on the idea of launching an all-glass iPhone next year.
While Jefferies once viewed the release of an all-glass iPhone as plausible, Lee believes development has come to a halt. According to the analyst, supply chain checks suggest the project was cancelled due to low yield.
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