{"podcast":{"title":"The MacRumors Show","slug":"the-macrumors-show-4654070","podcast_index_feed_id":4654070,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5096144.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5096144","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/40966349.png","author":"The MacRumors Show","episode_count":191,"summary":"Join MacRumors' Dan Barbera and Hartley Charlton for discussion about all of the latest news and rumors from the world of Apple. Whether you’re wondering what’s next for the iPhone, looking for insights into the rumor mill, or just have an interest in the latest gadgets, we’ll be bringing you everything you need to know about the Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and more.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T00:19:24.636852+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-macrumors-show-4654070"},"episode":{"title":"202: iPhone XX? Next Year's Major Upgrades Change Everything","slug":"202-iphone-xx-next-year-s-major-upgrades-change-everything","published_at":"2026-07-17T13:50:08+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-macrumors-show-4654070/202-iphone-xx-next-year-s-major-upgrades-change-everything","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-macrumors-show-4654070","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8929399","audio_url":"https://clrtpod.com/m/pscrb.fm/rss/p/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8929399.mp3?modified=1784301421&sid=5096144&source=rss","summary":"This week's episode of The MacRumors Show looks ahead to the 20th anniversary iPhone, the radically redesigned model that Apple is expected to launch in 2027. 0:00 Introduction 1:51 What Will Apple Call the 20th Anniversary iPhone? 5:03 Is It Time to Abandon iPhone Numbers? 7:29 Sponsor: Shopify 8:44 The Biggest iPhone Redesign Since iPhone X 14:07 Under-Display Technology and the End of Dynamic Island 18:22 Haptic Buttons and Apple’s All-Glass Vision 22:03 Apple’s Custom Camera Sensor 24:34 The Ideal iPhone and the Future of Foldables 29:20 Battery Life, Denser Batteries, and Reverse Charging 36:02 Why Apple’s Charging Ecosystem Needs an Overhaul 38:14 Apple Needs to Reinvigorate Its Accessories Apple's plans for the device's name remain unclear. The company skipped \"iPhone 9\" and moved straight to the iPhone X for the handset's 10th anniversary in 2017, and it is widely expected to skip \"iPhone 19\" in the same way. Rumors have referred to the 2027 models as both the \"iPhone 20\" and the \"iPhone XX\" as placeholder names, and it is still possible that they will sit above the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max as a separate, higher-tier directly, even though they are more likely to replace them as usual. Apple has reset iPhone branding before with the iPhone Air , whose successor is expected to be the iPhone Air 2 . The 2027 iPhone is rumored to be the biggest redesign since the iPhone X . Apple is reportedly aiming for a near bezel-less design with curved glass that wraps around all four edges and a return to a glass back , in line with the single slab of glass that former design chief Jony Ive long described as a goal. The frame is said to be a thin polished band, potentially in a material other than the aluminum used on Apple's straight-edged models, with the display curving o…","meta_description":"This week's episode of The MacRumors Show looks ahead to the 20th anniversary iPhone, the radically redesigned model that Apple is expected to launch in 2…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2848,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-macrumors-show-4654070/episodes/202-iphone-xx-next-year-s-major-upgrades-change-everything/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-macrumors-show-4654070/202-iphone-xx-next-year-s-major-upgrades-change-everything.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}