Mark Gurman: 2027 Will Be Apple’s Biggest Product Year Ever

iPhone Air 2 will fix battery life and add ultra‑wide camera, first foldable may launch as iPhone Ultra, and a full redesign marks 20 years of iPhone in the fall

Veteran Apple reporter Mark Gurman laid out a sweeping roadmap for the iPhone during a recent appearance on TBPN on X. The outlet shared the full conversation as a live video interview directly on the platform, giving viewers an unfiltered look at what the company is building behind closed doors. Gurman detailed hardware upgrades, new naming plans and a two‑part release schedule for 2027, and said plainly that the coming year will be the most significant in the company’s entire history.

Owners and reviewers have been vocal about where the original iPhone Air falls short. The two biggest complaints by far are battery life that does not keep pace with other models and a single‑lens camera system that feels limited compared to the rest of the lineup. Gurman says Apple heard that feedback directly and is building solutions straight into the next generation. The iPhone Air 2 will add a secondary ultra‑wide lens to create a proper dual‑camera setup, closing one of the most obvious gaps. It will also run on a next‑generation processor built on 2‑nanometer manufacturing technology. The huge jump in efficiency from that new silicon is expected to deliver real, noticeable improvements to battery endurance, with no need to make the phone thicker or heavier to get there.

Gurman also offered fresh clarity on Apple’s long‑awaited foldable device. He explained that the company’s first foldable iPhone, targeted for launch later this year, could carry the name iPhone Ultra. That badge has circulated in supply‑chain talk for years as a possible position above the Pro Max, and using it here would immediately establish the foldable as the absolute top tier of the whole product family.

Release timing will shift in notable ways across 2027, with major arrivals split between two distinct windows. The first wave comes in the spring, when Apple is expected to launch both the standard iPhone 18 and the updated iPhone Air 2 side by side.

The fall will bring the headline releases, timed perfectly to honor the 20th anniversary of the very first iPhone. That lineup will be led by the iPhone 20 Pro and iPhone 20 Pro Max, described as a complete reimagining of the design language Apple has used for years. Changes on the way include curved glass surfaces, much slimmer screen bezels and a Dynamic Island that shrinks considerably compared to the version seen on current phones. Also arriving in that same fall window will be the second‑generation iPhone Fold, building quickly on whatever foundation Apple lays with its debut foldable only months earlier.

All of these launches stacked one after another lead to one bold conclusion from Gurman. He says no single calendar year in Apple’s existence has ever brought this much new hardware, this much fresh design and this many new entries at once. By every measure he tracks from his sources, 2027 is shaping up to be Apple’s biggest product year ever.

Apple has not published official specifications, names or release dates for any of these devices, and internal plans can always shift before final production begins. Even so, Gurman’s reporting has long stood as one of the most reliable public guides to the company’s long‑term product roadmaps.

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