Apple is reportedly planning a big redesign for its Twentieth-anniversary iPhone, anticipated to launch in September 2027.
In line with Bloomberg, the corporate is creating a particular Professional mannequin that includes extra glass components to mark its twenty years of existence. The corporate can be anticipated to launch a foldable iPhone alongside the redesigned Professional, however it’s unclear if this could be the primary or second iteration. (Reviews at the moment level to a 2026 launch for a foldable iPhone.) Apple stays the one main smartphone producer with no foldable system.
This anniversary-focused technique may additionally assist reinvigorate iPhone gross sales, which have been sluggish in latest months and might endure beneath the Trump administration’s new tariffs.
Within the meantime, the upcoming iPhone 17 is now anticipated to extra intently resemble earlier Professional fashions. The iPhone Professional lineup has appeared largely the identical because the iPhone 12’s debut in 2020, when Apple launched 5G compatibility, with modifications over time largely restricted to paint updates and a steel change to titanium on the iPhone 15 Professional.
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Bloomberg stated that though the iPhone 17 Professional will nonetheless resemble the 16 Professional, it can characteristic a redesigned rear digital camera structure. The digital camera module is anticipated to take care of its three-lens setup however be positioned on a brand new panel that spans the complete width of the system with a single-tone end.
Apple can be anticipated to introduce a notably thinner mannequin, rumored to be known as the iPhone 17 Air.
It is unclear how Apple will identify its Twentieth-anniversary iPhone, on condition that the 2027 launch would technically fall consistent with an iPhone 19 label. The cadence of the numbers shifted over time as Apple experimented with the names, akin to launching the iPhone 4S in 2011, relatively than calling it the iPhone 5 (the iPhone 5 launched in 2012). The corporate has beforehand adjusted naming conventions for milestone moments, akin to skipping the iPhone 9 and unveiling the iPhone X to mark its tenth anniversary.Â
