iPhone 20 Pro tipped to bring Apple’s biggest redesign since the iPhone X

According to a detailed MacRumors summary, the anniversary models, widely expected in September 2027 and possibly called iPhone 20 Pro and Pro Max, could be the biggest visual jump since the iPhone X ten years ago. The front glass is said to curve on all four sides, which would hide or shrink the metal frame so the phone looks almost borderless when you’re just holding it. Screen sizes being talked about are around 6.41 inches for the regular Pro and 6.96 inches for the bigger one, which might get marketed as close to 7 inches.

The way you interact with it is also changing. The side, volume, Action, and Camera Control buttons are rumored to go solid-state. Instead of actual moving parts, they’d use pressure sensors and haptic motors. The buttons stay in the same places, but they wouldn’t click or travel like traditional ones. That should help with water resistance and give the whole phone a cleaner, more solid feel. Apple has done similar things before with the iPhone 7 Home button and MacBook trackpads.

On the display side, Apple is still testing under-display Face ID and, more ambitiously, an under-display front camera so there are no visible holes at all. Whether both are ready for production by 2027 is still up in the air. Some reports say a smaller punch-hole or Dynamic Island-style cutout could still show up if the under-display camera doesn’t perform well enough. Next-gen OLED panels made with Samsung are in the works, though some of the more advanced manufacturing tricks (like Color Filter on Encapsulation) might slip past 2027.

Hardware upgrades are also on the table. The Pro models are expected to get a second-generation 2nm A21 Pro chip, possibly with vertically stacked DRAM for better memory bandwidth and stronger on-device AI. Apple is also working on its own stacked image sensor that uses LOFIC technology, which could deliver up to 20 stops of dynamic range. Silicon-anode batteries might pack more energy without making the battery bigger, and a third-generation in-house cellular modem is in the mix to improve network performance and AI-related connectivity features.

Features this ambitious have slipped before, especially the under-display camera and Face ID. But the consistent direction across multiple reports suggests Apple is treating the 20th anniversary as a real chance to reset the design and the technology underneath it.

(Source: MacRumors)