Apple’s three-year iPhone plan is a break from the boring

Next month, Apple is rumored to debut a slimmed-down iPhone Air, breaking from the small design tweaks and spec bumps that have become routine at its launch events. The three-year plan will see its hardware change to mesh with the new Liquid Glass design in its next iOS update, as Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman highlighted in his latest newsletter over the weekend. It also includes the launch of the book-style foldable iPhone in 2026 that’s been rumored for months, and Apple is reportedly planning to launch an iPhone with curved glass around the entire device and very thin bezels in celebration of the device’s 20th anniversary in 2027. The main iPhone 17 lineup this fall isn’t expected to come with significant design tweaks other than a Pixel-like camera bar on the back. But the iPhone Air could inject some variation for anyone bored by the look and feel of the existing options, even if it does come with some tradeoffs, like shorter battery life and a higher price.