The bad thing is that, for this design to become a reality, we had to wait much longer than originally thought, since there were quite a few hopes that the device, which is currently in the early stages of development, would see light sometime in 2026, but the latest news suggests the company faces developmental delays.
Apple hoped to introduce a bezel-less iPhone in 2026, but…
As is well known, Apple and other Android phone manufacturers are working on bringing new phones to the market with thinner bezels. Yes, it is true that the latest models iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro They have thinner bezels than their predecessors, but those from Cupertino want to go a little further.
What happens is that the launch of iPhone with OLED screen without bezels It might not be launched in 2026, and the fault lies in the technology of this new phone. Apparently, today the way to completely eliminate the bezels from the iPhone screens is not yet sufficiently developed and, although the brand had planned to launch a Bezel-less OLED iPhone for two yearsthe iPhone 18, currently seems unviable, considering that the panel manufacturers for this iPhone, Samsung Display and LG Display, are still in a very early phase of this development.
What would this revolutionary iPhone be like?
As we have been able to read in the Korean media, Apple wants to adopt a bezel-less screen that maintains the current flat screen and the angular design of the iPhone. However, the screen would be designed to flow down the side of the mobile, so similar to Apple Watch screen. To achieve this, Samsung Display and LG Display They have to develop a technology, called TFE, to protect OLED panels from moisture and oxygen. They also need an optical clear adhesive (OCA) process to bond them together with a clear double-sided adhesive film, and this is what’s slowing everything down.
Here it is important to keep in mind that all panel circuits should fold towards the inside of the phone below the screen to be able to give life to that bezel-less screen, something that at the moment would be sacrificing space for the antenna and causing other problems with the internal components, so we could see some design change, such as adopting an under-screen camera system, which has already been shown to be not as good as it might seem.
In any case, with the impossibility of arriving in time for 2026, it is expected that the iPhone 19 It becomes the brand’s first model that offers a full screen without frames, as well as some other surprises.
