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Updated · Notebookcheck.net · Jul 21
Apple Tests 6.96-Inch iPhone Screen for 2027 Debut
Updated
Updated · Notebookcheck.net · Jul 21

Apple Tests 6.96-Inch iPhone Screen for 2027 Debut

3 articles · Updated · Notebookcheck.net · Jul 21

Summary

  • Apple is trialing a 6.96-inch display—marketable as 7 inches—that would be the largest screen ever tested for an iPhone and could arrive in 2027.
  • Supply-chain chatter cited by leaker Digital Chat Station points to a prototype rather than a confirmed product, and the display’s final use remains undecided.
  • The screen is only slightly larger than the 6.9-inch iPhone 17 Pro Max, but it fits reports that Apple is pushing toward a more seamless “single slab of glass” design.
  • That redesign has been tied to the iPhone’s 20th anniversary in 2027, when Apple could launch a special model or fold the changes into Pro and Pro Max phones.

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