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This week has seen conflicting reports on whether or not Apple<\/a> has given up on its plan to launch a radical new iPhone design next year, which I\u2019ll refer to as the iPhone 20 Pro<\/a> for now.<\/p>\n An Apple analyst claimed that the company had found the task too challenging, while Bloomberg quickly said this isn\u2019t true and that the design is on track to launch in 2027. Today sees new support for the latter view \u2026<\/p>\n Conflicting reports<\/p>\n Former Apple design chief Jony Ive frequently referred to his long-term vision of the iPhone effectively becoming a single slab of glass, and the company is believed to be all-in on this idea well after his departure.<\/p>\n We\u2019d already seen conflicting reports on the likely name of the new device. Some suggested that it would get a standalone name like the iPhone X and upcoming iPhone Ultra<\/a> (maybe<\/a>). Others said that it will simply be next year\u2019s Pro model, and therefore called the iPhone 19 Pro. Yet others said that Apple would give a nod to the 20th anniversary of the device by skipping a generation in order to call it the iPhone 20 Pro.<\/p>\n Things took a further turn this week when a Jefferies analyst claimed Apple had cancelled the project<\/a> for now, while Bloomberg\u2019s Mark Gurman said this isn\u2019t true<\/a>. I\u2019ve already given my own take on the likely reality<\/a>.<\/p>\n iPhone 20 Pro spotted in the supply chain<\/p>\n Chinese leaker Digital Chat Station<\/a> (DCS) has now weighed in, saying that the display for the device has been spotted in Apple\u2019s supply chain and that it is consistent with what we\u2019re expecting from the device.<\/p>\n We\u2019re expecting Apple to employ a more sophisticated version<\/a> of the optical illusion created by the Apple Watch display in order to give the impression of a screen that wraps around the edges of the device. Fellow leaker Ice Universe<\/a> described the display like this:<\/p>\n What truly creates the visual impact may be a sophisticated combination of optical refraction, light guiding structures, and carefully engineered visual illusion. The end result could be a display where the bezel nearly disappears from sight, while edge viewing remains natural and undisturbed.<\/p>\n DCS uses very similar language to describe what they have seen in the supply chain.<\/p>\n Apple\u2019s four-curved surface [\u2026] uses the optical refraction and form design of the glass to create a visual boundless effect.<\/p>\n This very much reinforces my own view that while next year\u2019s design won\u2019t be the end of the journey towards that single slab of glass vision, it will be a very significant step<\/a> in this direction.<\/p>\n
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