Insiders told foreign media Apple still plans a glass‑centric redesign for its 20th‑anniversary iPhone, contradicting analyst reports that the project was scrapped. Apple expects to launch next year (2027) an iPhone Pro with a new glass exterior on both front and back that curves to the sides with a metal midframe; internal codenames are V73 and V74. A more radical, near‑all‑glass variant was abandoned in early development after engineers could not meet mass‑production requirements for joining t

Insiders told foreign media Apple still plans a glass‑centric redesign for its 20th‑anniversary iPhone, contradicting analyst reports that the project was scrapped. Apple expects to launch next year (2027) an iPhone Pro with a new glass exterior on both front and back that curves to the sides with a metal midframe; internal codenames are V73 and V74. A more radical, near‑all‑glass variant was abandoned in early development after engineers could not meet mass‑production requirements for joining the glass panels.