Apple Retools iPhone Air Gear for 2027 Anniversary iPhone as Curved Glass Cuts Costs
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Updated · MacRumors · Aug 24
Apple Retools iPhone Air Gear for 2027 Anniversary iPhone as Curved Glass Cuts Costs
3 articles · Updated · MacRumors · Aug 24
Summary
Modified iPhone Air equipment is now being used to make more rounded glass parts for Apple’s 20th-anniversary iPhone, according to leaker Fixed Focus Digital.
Those changes are said to lower manufacturing costs while materially improving heat dissipation and device thinness for the anniversary model.
The effort builds on earlier supply-chain renovation work tied to “iPhone 20” production, with manufacturing quality reportedly tracking near the first-generation iPhone Air.
Bloomberg has reported Apple is targeting a mostly glass iPhone with curved sides and no display cutouts for a fall 2027 launch after the iPhone 18 line and iPhone Air 2.