The iPhone 20 could be one of the biggest leaps forward yet for Apple when it launches in 2027. And we’ve just got more ammunition with another rumored upgrade.
Chinese leaker Digital chat station He claims (via machine translation): “Apple plans to release an under-display front camera on its smartphones in 2027.” 2027 marks the 20th anniversary of the iPhone, fitting with previous claims that Apple would do something special to mark the occasion, similar to how we first saw the iPhone
But Apple is clearly looking for ways to improve UDC image quality in its own attempt. Previous reports on Apple’s activities in this area claimed that the company is looking for new types of lenses to take into account the display layer through which the camera under the display must shoot.
Other sources have indicated that Apple’s first under-display cameras could appear on the display iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Fold next year, at least for the Face ID sensors if not the actual selfie camera. If we get UDCs on these phones, it means next year’s iPhone will use them too.
Other rumored iPhone 20 features
While Apple may not be able to tout the under-display camera as a major upgrade for the iPhone 20, this model still has a lot of unique features compared to the iPhones that came before it. Other leaks claim that Apple will provide A full, edge-to-edge display that curves over all four edges of the iPhone 20, without any bezels or physical buttons in sight.
We’ve got almost two years to wait until we reach the iPhone’s 20th birthday, which means there’s still plenty of room for more rumors to emerge and change our impression of what to expect from the iPhone 20. But as of now, it seems increasingly likely that Apple will go from introducing Face ID on the iPhone
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