In 2027 Apple will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the iPhone with the "iPhone 20" and the Cupertino giant could be planning something special for the phone's 20th birthday.

We're already expecting an all-glass edge-to-edge display thanks to a recently discovered patent, but a new rumor claims the phone could also feature no physical buttons. Instead, it would utilize solid-state buttons and haptic feedback.

"Apple's iPhone solid-state button solution has completed functional verification and is scheduled for mass production on the 2027 iPhone 20," reads a [machine-translated] post from tipster Instant Digital on Weibo . "By then, the power button, volume rocker, action buttons, and camera control buttons will all be upgraded to solid-state buttons with localized vibration feedback!"

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