Apple is testing two new display panels, and both are physically larger than anything the company sells today. That is according to a fresh post from Chinese leaker Digital Chat Station, describing a roughly 6.4 inch panel and a nearly 7 inch panel intended for the iPhone 20, Apple’s 20th anniversary redesign expected in 2027. Neither figure matches the 6.3 and 6.9 inch pairing Apple has used since 2024. This is the first leak to suggest the iPhone 20 display itself is growing, not just appearing larger because the bezels around it are shrinking.
TL;DR: Digital Chat Station says Apple is sampling a 6.4 inch and a near 7 inch iPhone 20 display, both larger than the current 6.3 and 6.9 inch Pro models. The panels reportedly curve on all four edges for a nearly borderless look. Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro this September stays at 6.3 inches, so nothing about this leak changes what ships next month.
What the iPhone 20 display leak actually says
Digital Chat Station posted the claim directly on Weibo, and MacRumors’ Hartley Charlton was first to translate and report it in English on August 4. The leaker says Apple is currently sampling two display panels for the device widely nicknamed the iPhone 20.
One measures close to 6.4 inches and has a chance of landing on a smaller Pro style model. The other is the approximately 7 inch panel that Digital Chat Station separately described back in July for a larger Pro Max equivalent.
Both figures describe physical panel size, not a marketing description of how big the screen looks once the bezels shrink. According to the leaker, the aspect ratio stays the same as current models, and the size increase applies across the entire 20th anniversary lineup.
How this compares with the iPhone 18 Pro
A 6.4 inch screen sounds like a small jump, and in isolation it is. The iPhone 18 Pro and the current iPhone 17 Pro both use a 6.3 inch display, unchanged since Apple last grew its Pro lineup with the iPhone 16 Pro in 2024, when the smaller model went from 6.1 to 6.3 inches and the larger one from 6.7 to 6.9 inches.
| Model | Screen size | Status |
|---|---|---|
| iPhone 17 Pro | 6.3 in | Shipping |
| iPhone 17 Pro Max | 6.9 in | Shipping |
| iPhone 18 Pro | 6.3 in | Expected September 2026 |
| iPhone 18 Pro Max | 6.9 in | Expected September 2026 |
| iPhone 20 (rumored) | ~6.4 in | Leaked, unconfirmed |
| iPhone 20 Pro Max (rumored) | ~7 in | Leaked, unconfirmed |
Apple has held those numbers steady for two full generations. If Digital Chat Station’s figures hold, the iPhone 20 would be the first size increase since that 2024 jump, arriving on a phone that already has less spare bezel to work with.
A borderless design is the bigger part of this story
The size increase does not happen on its own. Digital Chat Station’s post also describes an all new design with curves running down all four edges, not just the left and right sides current iPhones already curve slightly. That lines up with reporting MacRumors published in late July describing a curved, edge-to-edge display meant to eliminate visible bezels almost entirely.
Apple is reportedly aiming for gentle, equal-depth curves rather than the steep waterfall edges some Samsung phones use, specifically to avoid the distortion and accidental touches that style is known for. One leaked bezel figure puts the frame around the display at roughly 1.1mm, down from about 1.44mm on the current iPhone 17 Pro. That gap is the detail most coverage will skip, but it is the reason a modest 0.1 inch panel increase can still produce a phone that looks dramatically different in hand.
This is not a single, isolated leak
Digital Chat Station’s post did not appear out of nowhere. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported in June that Apple had already ramped up work on the 20th anniversary iPhone, describing two models sized similarly to the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max and sharing Apple’s next chip, the A21. That report established that two size tiers exist. This new leak is the first to put an actual number on how far those panels might grow beyond their current dimensions.
Apple is already running a similar bet on its first foldable iPhone, wagering that engineering ambition can make up for arriving years after Samsung. Other reported changes expected on the 20th anniversary model include under-display Face ID, a custom Apple-designed image sensor, solid-state haptic buttons in place of physical ones, and a battery built on pure silicon chemistry instead of standard lithium-ion cells. None of that is confirmed, and Apple has not acknowledged any of it publicly.
What this means for your next upgrade cycle
None of this changes anything about the iPhone 18 Pro launching in September. That phone keeps the 6.3 and 6.9 inch pairing Apple has used since 2024, along with a smaller Dynamic Island rather than a fully borderless front. If you are deciding whether to buy this fall, this leak should not factor into that decision at all.
This leak matters more for anyone already planning to skip a generation. The iPhone 20 is still more than a year from launch, and early prototype specs like this one routinely shift before mass production. Treat the 6.4 and 7 inch figures as a direction, not a promise. What does look consistent across multiple independent reports is the direction itself: bigger, more uniform screens with far less visible frame around them. That would be the biggest visual swing on an iPhone since the notch first arrived in 2017.
