Apple Keynote: Expert Predicts iPhone 'Fourth Revolution' Coming Very Soon

Apple's keynote next Monday will most likely unveil the iPhone 16, with a mixed evolution. But according to an expert, the real revolution of the iPhone is planned for 2025.

Apple will hold its traditional back-to-school keynote this Monday, September 9, in the evening. The Cupertino firm will unveil its new iPhones, the iPhone 16 and 16 Pro, as it does every year. On the program: slightly larger screens, new colors, a dedicated camera button and a more powerful A18 chip integrating artificial intelligence.

But if we are to believe Mark Gurman, a Bloomberg journalist known for his sources at Apple, the real revolution of the iPhone is not expected this year but for 2025. Apple is in fact preparing an iPhone 17 “Air” which would inaugurate the fourth major iPhone.

Back in time. Since the launch of the very first iPhone in 2007, Apple's flagship smartphone has seen three major generations. The first with the original iPhone that defined the category. The second with the iPhone X in 2017, which introduced the all-screen design and Face ID. And the third with the iPhone 12 in 2020 with its angular design, 5G and MagSafe magnets, as well as a since-abandoned attempt at an iPhone Mini.

Since then, the range has been limited to three models: the iPhone, the iPhone Pro and the iPhone ProMax, with Apple still looking for a fourth, more innovative type of iPhone. According to information from Mark Gurman, the iPhone 17 Air of 2025 would bring changes of such magnitude that we could finally speak of a “fourth generation” of iPhone. On the menu: a completely redesigned design with flat titanium edges, a screen without any visible border thanks to Face ID and the front camera placed under the panel, an even more powerful Apple chip engraved in 3 nanometers, and above all a thinner and lighter form factor made possible by the total absence of ports.

The iPhone would thus be recharged only by induction, via the glass back, and the data would transit exclusively wirelessly. A new-generation 5G modem, designed by Apple, would offer unmatched speeds. Finally, on the photo side, a periscopic telephoto lens would offer a 10x optical zoom.

In short, a real in-depth overhaul, the most significant since the iPhone X, which should revive interest and sales as the smartphone market shows signs of running out of steam. Until then, the iPhone 16 is unveiled. next week will be a minimal evolution, while waiting for the "next big thing" made in Cupertino.