iPhone 20 Pro Leak: Quad-Curved Glass Sample Surfaces

Apple may be about to bring curved screens back — and a fresh leak offers the clearest look yet at how it could happen. Leaker Ice Universe has shared a video of what is said to be a sample of the iPhone 20 Pro’s cover glass, and it bends on all four sides.

Tipped highlights: Display (tipped): 6.41-inch OLED on the iPhone 20 Pro, 6.96-inch on the Pro Max. Design (tipped): 3D quad-curved glass, front and back, hiding the metal frame. Front camera (tipped): smaller Face ID and selfie camera cutouts, close to a punch-hole. Launch (tipped): September 2027, with Apple reportedly skipping the iPhone 19 name.

Please note: the image above is a concept illustration based on the leak, not an official Apple image — the iPhone 20 Pro has not been announced.

The leaked cover glass

Ice Universe posted the video on X on November 14, 2026, describing the piece as a “3D quad-curved” sample cover glass — the glass layer that sits over the front of the phone. In the clip, the edges bend downward toward the frame on all four sides, the corners are rounded, and the cutouts for Face ID and the front camera look smaller than on current models.

A cover glass sample is not a finished phone. Apple typically finalises a new iPhone design about a year before launch, so this design could still change before 2027. Apple has also shelved a more ambitious all-glass design before, after it failed to hold up in testing.

A glass-first redesign for the 20th anniversary

The 2027 iPhones will mark 20 years since the original iPhone launched in 2007, and Apple is reportedly planning to mark the occasion by skipping the iPhone 19 name altogether. The new models are expected to get a glass-centric overhaul, with glass on the front and back curving into the sides and effectively hiding the metal band in the middle.

The design may be paired with a brighter and thinner Samsung-made OLED panel, and it fits with the Liquid Glass interface Apple introduced last year. Internally, the successors to the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max are reportedly codenamed V73 and V74. For context on the current generation, see our iPhone 18 Pro Max review: https://mobileinner.com/iphone-18-pro-max-review-variable-aperture-camera-battery/

Bigger screens tipped

The 2027 models could also mark the first screen size increase since 2024. Tipster Digital Chat Station has reported that the iPhone 20 Pro could grow from 6.27 inches to 6.41 inches, with the Pro Max expanding from 6.86 inches to 6.96 inches. The reported curvature is said to be extremely subtle, using optical effects to make the bezels look almost invisible rather than a dramatic waterfall curve.

Why curved screens went away — and why they may return

Curved displays were once an Android signature, pioneered by Samsung, but most makers moved away from them around 2020. Accidental touches, distracting glare and screen protectors that peeled off made them more trouble than they were worth. Apple’s version, if the leak is accurate, would be far gentler — a flat OLED panel under curved glass, designed to look bezel-free rather than to spill the display over the edges.

That distinction matters. If Apple can make a subtle curve work without the old drawbacks, other brands may follow it back to the shape they spent years leaving behind. See also our earlier report on the iPhone 18 delay and Samsung camera sensors: https://mobileinner.com/iphone-18-delay-samsung-camera-sensors/

It is still early, and every detail here is unconfirmed — but the leak lines up with months of reports from several tipsters pointing to the same glass-first redesign. Source: PhoneArena, https://www.phonearena.com/news/iphone-20-pro-curved-cover-glass_id184824