Overview
- Fresh reporting from The Korea Herald points to Samsung Display making a custom OLED with gentle curves on all four edges for Apple’s 20th‑anniversary iPhone in 2027.
- The screen is rumored to carry “Liquid Glass Display” branding and to use optical refraction and internal light‑guiding so bezels look invisible without waterfall‑style edge distortion.
- Leakers say the panel drops the usual polarizer using color filter on encapsulation, a change that thins the stack, boosts brightness by about 30 percent, and lowers power use by roughly 25 percent.
- Ice Universe describes the curve as very slight to keep edge viewing natural, with the visual trick coming from how the display bends and guides light rather than from deep physical curvature.
- The timeline and features remain unconfirmed, and analysts note under‑display Face ID may not be ready by 2027, while separate reports say Chinese brands have copied Apple’s Liquid Glass UI and OPPO is rumored to test similar bezel‑illusion hardware.