Apple may be considering a radical redesign of its iPhone screens for the upcoming 20th anniversary, offering consumers a bezel-less display similar to that found in high-end devices from Samsung, Huawei or Honor.
According to a leaked post by Apple on the Chinese social network Weibo, the company is said to be ready to partner with Samsung to launch an iPhone with a “micro-curved” OLED display. Spotted by MacRumors.
This means the screen will be curved on all four sides of the device instead of creating a hard, straight angle like current iPhones. However, this also means that the curves may be more average than the curved screens found on Samsung devices Galaxy S25 Edgeor even more extreme “waterfall” curved screens, such as those found Huawei Mate 30 Pro.
The leak also says that Apple is planning a “pol-less” display from Samsung. That would mean a panel design that eliminates the “polarizer layer,” the display component that typically sits on top of an iPhone’s screen and controls light, affecting things like readability and contrast.
Apple also plans to use Samsung’s COE (Color Filter on Encapsulation) instead of a conventional polarizer layer, comparing the color filter in OLED directly to the display’s encapsulation layer. MacRumors believes that this can reduce the thickness of the iPhone screen, while improving brightness and minimizing power consumption. This new leak coincides with a report from September 2025 Korean publication ETNews.
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Rumor they were spinning It’s been a while since the iPhone’s 20th anniversary will bring big changes. Mark Gurman of Bloomberg around this time last year informed He said Apple expects a “big shakeup” for the iPhone’s 20th anniversary in 2027. The overhaul was rumored to include a foldable iPhone and a new Pro model that “makes more extensive use of glass.”
The 20th anniversary iPhone launch could also see Apple break away from its usual naming scheme. ETNews reported on this In October, Apple will switch from the iPhone 18 this year to the iPhone 20 in 2027, according to Omdia senior researcher Heo Moo-yeol.
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