iPhone 2020 roundtable: Imagining the future of Apple's 'one device'

For the 10th anniversary of the iPhone, Mashable's Tech Team embarked on an ambitious project: to imagine what the iPhone of 2020 would look like. The idea wasn't to just throw out a bunch of futuristic ideas, but to look at recent rumors surrounding the iPhone 8, Apple's history with the iPhone, and current mobile trends to create a realistic portrayal of what the iPhone will look like three years from now. What we ended up with something that — while clearly a step beyond the smartphones of today — is unmistakably an iPhone. But an iPhone with an edge-to-edge screen, no home button, a more AI-driven version of iOS, and no ports whatsoever. After revealing our vision for iPhone 2020, we invited a panel of experts to dissect it — to tell us what we got right and what we got wrong. On this week's MashTalk, iMore Managing Editor Serenity Caldwell, Loup Ventures Managing Partner Gene Munster, and USA Today Tech Columnist Ed Baig join Pete and Mashable staffers Raymond Wong, Lance Ulanoff, and Sam Sheffer in a spirited discussion about the future of the iPhone. What will the iPhone really look like in the future? Check out our vision of iPhone 2020, and feel free to tell us what you think of it at @mash_talk. Follow Pete on Twitter.

For the 10th anniversary of the iPhone, Mashable's Tech Team embarked on an ambitious project: to imagine what the iPhone of 2020 would look like. The idea wasn't to just throw out a bunch of futuristic ideas, but to look at recent rumors surrounding the iPhone 8, Apple's history with the iPhone, and current mobile trends to create a realistic portrayal of what the iPhone will look like three years from now.

 
What we ended up with something that — while clearly a step beyond the smartphones of today — is unmistakably an iPhone. But an iPhone with an edge-to-edge screen, no home button, a more AI-driven version of iOS, and no ports whatsoever.
 

After revealing our vision for iPhone 2020, we invited a panel of experts to dissect it — to tell us what we got right and what we got wrong. On this week's MashTalk, iMore Managing Editor Serenity Caldwell, Loup Ventures Managing Partner Gene Munster, and USA Today Tech Columnist Ed Baig join Pete and Mashable staffers Raymond Wong, Lance Ulanoff, and Sam Sheffer in a spirited discussion about the future of the iPhone.
 
What will the iPhone really look like in the future? Check out our vision of iPhone 2020, and feel free to tell us what you think of it at @mash_talk.
 
Follow Pete on Twitter.