Apple Supply Chain Finishes iPhone 20 Retooling for 2027 All-Glass Design
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Updated · MacRumors · Jul 14
Apple Supply Chain Finishes iPhone 20 Retooling for 2027 All-Glass Design
2 articles · Updated · MacRumors · Jul 14
Summary
Renovated Apple supply-chain facilities are now waiting for machining to start on the iPhone 20, according to Weibo leaker Fixed Focus Digital.
The work supports a 20th-anniversary redesign centered on a return to glass, with the leaker saying Apple currently prefers an all-glass approach.
Bloomberg previously reported Apple is targeting a mostly glass, curved iPhone with no display cutouts for a September 2027 launch, making the renovations an early production step rather than full-scale manufacturing.
Apple typically reaches mass iPhone output only weeks before release—the iPhone 17 entered trial production in June and was targeting full-volume production in August ahead of a September debut.