{"id":235852,"date":"2026-04-26T09:58:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T13:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/26\/apple-could-bring-curved-displays-back-in-vogue-with-the-20th-anniversary-iphone\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T10:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T14:00:08","slug":"apple-could-bring-curved-displays-back-in-vogue-with-the-20th-anniversary-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/26\/apple-could-bring-curved-displays-back-in-vogue-with-the-20th-anniversary-iphone\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple could bring curved displays back in vogue with the 20th anniversary iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple could bring curved displays back in vogue with the 20th anniversary iPhone<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\/phones\/apple-could-bring-curved-displays-back-in-vogue-with-the-20th-anniversary-iphone\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-04-26 09:58:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.digitaltrends.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Apple doesn\u2019t do anniversaries quietly, and we\u2019ve seen that with the iPhone X in 2017. As 2027 approaches, marking 20 years since the first iPhone launched, fresh supply chain rumors suggest the company is planning something that isn\u2019t just a spec bump.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 20th anniversary iPhone, as it seems, may be accompanied by the most radical design overhaul ever.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\t\tRachit Agarwal \/ Digital Trends<\/span><\/p>\n

What kind of display is Apple actually planning?<\/h2>\n

According to information from Chinese tipster Digital Chat Station (via Weibo), the Cupertino giant is working with Samsung on a custom \u201cmicro-curved\u201d OLED panel, one that curves around all four edges of the device.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Unlike the traditional \u201cwaterfall\u201d edges we\u2019ve seen on Samsung phones (on the popular S Edge series), Apple wants something that\u2019s deliberately more subtle, just enough to soften the feel in the hand but make the device look like no other iPhone ever launched.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While the subtler edges would make the design feel more natural, it would also prevent on-screen content from distorting at the sides. The display could also drop the polarizer layer entirely and instead use a Samsung technology called Color Filter on Encapsulation (COE), which, as the name suggests, applies the color filter directly onto the encapsulation layer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Apple<\/p>\n

\t\tNirave Gondhia \/ Digital Trends<\/span><\/p>\n

This technique reduces the overall display thickness while allowing more light to pass through, improving brightness and reducing power draw. At the same time, Apple has also incorporated a crated-shaped light diffusion layer to keep the brightness uniform across the entire panel.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Will the front camera and Face ID finally go under the display?<\/h2>\n

They could, possibly, but it\u2019s complicated. While display analyst Ross Young has previously said that an under-display Face ID won\u2019t be ready for a 2027 iPhone, other leakers claim that the engineering achievement remains pretty much…<\/p>\n

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