Apple might launch a curved-screen iPhone in 2017

With September's (unconfirmed but very probable) iPhone event right around the corner, the iPhone rumor mill is in its penultimate stage, and this means anything is possible.

A report from the Nikkei Asian Review, citing a source familiar with the company's plans, claims Apple will launch three new iPhones in 2017, one of which will be a 5.5-inch device or larger with both sides curved, similar to Samsung's Galaxy Note7 or the Galaxy S7 Edge. 

The source predicted the other two phones will be flat-screened 4.7 and 5.5 inches in size — the sizes of the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus — which would mean Apple is about to replicate Samsung's strategy, which first launched the Galaxy Note Edge in 2014 as a high-end, slightly experimental alternative to the classic Galaxy S and Note devices. Read more...