Do you plan to skip the iPhone 18 and wait for the iPhone 19? Then we have bad news, because Apple is reportedly not releasing an iPhone 19.
No iPhone 19
Apple has released all new iPhones from 2025, so it’s time to look ahead. Next year will be exciting again for Apple, because the first foldable iPhone is expected then. In addition to the iPhone 17e, iPhone 18, iPhone 18 Pro and the iPhone 18 Pro Max, the iPhone Fold is planned. The following year may be even more interesting, as Apple reportedly plans not to release an iPhone 19.
Instead, the iPhone 20 Pro (Max) will be released in 2027. It is not the first time that Apple has skipped a generation of the iPhone. For example, Apple did not release an iPhone 9 in 2017, but the iPhone This means that we will not see an iPhone 19 from Apple.
Releases at different times
According to rumors, Apple plans to better spread the release of new iPhones over the calendar year. For example, this year we saw the iPhone 16e in the spring, followed by the iPhone 17 series in September. This will be the case again in 2026, when Apple will release the iPhone 17e in the spring and the iPhone 18 Pro (Max) in the autumn. The regular iPhone 18 will not follow until the spring of 2027, together with the iPhone 18e. So no iPhone 19 will follow in the autumn, but the iPhone 20 Pro and the iPhone 20 Pro Max.
In this way, Apple tries to keep iPhone sales stable throughout the year. The regular iPhone 20 will not follow until 2028, probably together with the iPhone 20e. Spring will be the time for Apple to release the entry-level models, followed by the more expensive and advanced iPhones in the second half of the year. To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the iPhone, the iPhone 20 (or the iPhone XX) will not be released in 2027, but the iPhone 19.
More about the iPhone 20
In 2027 it will be exactly twenty years since the first iPhone was released and that is reason for Apple to go big. According to rumors, Apple is working on an iPhone without physical buttons. The iPhone 20 is expected to work with Haptic Touch, so you can no longer press the ‘buttons’. These updated buttons are part of the completely new design of the iPhone 20.
In its anniversary year, Apple is overhauling the design of the iPhone. The phone will have a Face ID sensor and front camera under the screen. The Dynamic Island will disappear and the screen will reportedly have no bezels. The fact that Apple is not releasing an iPhone 19 is good news, because big changes are coming to the iPhone 20 in 2027. Don’t want to miss any of that? Then sign up for our daily or weekly newsletter so you always stay informed!
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