Apple's next iPhones will feature better sensors, bigger screens and curved glass, Bloomberg reports.

Bloomberg reportedly spoke with "a person familiar with the plans" who refused "to be identified because the details aren't public." The source revealed information about two iPhone models that will be released in the second half of 2014.

According to the source, the next iPhones will have sensors that can detect how much pressure a user is putting on the screen. Light and heavy touches on the phone's touch screen will have different effects on the phone.

The iPhones' screen sizes will reputedly increase to 4.7-inches and 5.5-inches, making it comparable to Samsung's Galaxy Note III, which debuted in September with a 5.7-inch screen.

"Screen size is one of the things where Apple has to catch up to the Android camp," Dennis Chan, an analyst at Yuanta Financial Holding Co. in Taipei, told Bloomberg. "Innovation in components has been a key for Apple since the first iPhone came out."

The larger screen will also reportedly be curved, sloping downward at the edges. Curved glass means that Apple will most likely stop using crystal liquid displays for organic light-emitting diode (OLED) screens, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Earlier reports have also stated that the next iPhone, which we can only assume will be called the iPhone 6, will feature a bigger screen. According to Mac Fan, Apple's next iPhone will have a 1,920-pixel by 1,080-pixel 5-inch screen with 440 pixels displayed per inch.

Despite the large screen, Japanese rumors say that the iPhone 6 will be thin and manageable. Because of its large screen and thin stature, the iPhone 6 will be considered Apple's first "phablet," a combination of phone and tablet, with all features accessible with the use of one hand.

Rumors will no doubt continue to surface as Apple continues the fight to be the world's most popular smartphone.

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