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Chris Welch

Chris Welch

Chris Welch was a senior reviewer at The Verge from 2011 to 2025.

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Samsung might keep its anti-glare advantage over iPhones for another year.

Despite rumors that Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro smartphones would feature an anti-glare display similar to the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra / S25 Ultra, MacRumors is now pouring cold water on the possibility. Juli Clover reports that Apple has faced difficulties “scaling up the display coating process.” As a result, we’re not going to see this option for the iPhones 17 Pro.

With flagship phones all offering vibrant, bright screens nowadays, it would’ve been a nice differentiator.

A hands-on photo of Samsung’s Galaxy S25 smartphone lineup.
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge