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YEAH, WE KNOW. The iPhone 8 is probably still around 10 months away but that hasn’t stopped speculation and loose-lipped execs spilling details about Apple’s next-generation smartphone.
We’ve rounded up everything we know about the iPhone 8 so far and will update this article as soon as we hear more.
Release date
The iPhone 8 is likely to be announced in September 2017, marking 10 years since the firm launched its first smartphone.
Price
If it’s anything like Apple’s new MacBooks , next year’s iPhone will be more expensive than this year’s release, and some are claiming that the highest-spec model will be the first iPhone to cost more than $1,000.
Rumoured specs
– Three models: 4.7in, 5.5in and 5.8in with ‚wraparound‘ display‘
– New design with ‚all-glass‘ construction
– OLED display
– Wireless charging support
– Apple A11 chip
– Display-integrated Touch ID sensor
– iOS 11
– Iris/face scanner
– iPhone 8 ‚Pro‘ model with curved OLED screen
Latest news
9/2/17: Fast Company claims that the iPhone 8 could be the first Apple smartphone to smash the $1,000 barrier , thanks to the firm’s shift to OLED technology and the increasing price of RAM. The report also adds that the iPhone 8 will arrive as a „special edition“ 5.8in model, alongside the 4.7in and 5.5in iPhone 7S and iPhone 7 Plus.
8/2/17: Reports claim that Apple will start production of the next iPhone earlier than usual in a bid to ensure demand is met when it arrives in September.
19/1/17: The iPhone 8 could feature futuristic laser-powered face-scanning tech , according to a research note distributed to clients by Cowen and Company, that will let users unlock their devices via facial recognition as opposed to Touch ID. The same note also points to a 5.8in iPhone 8 model with a ‚wraparound display‘, and adds weight to previous rumours of built-in wireless charging.
21/12/16: Leaked documents have pointed to Apple releasing three new iPhones in 2017, which are currently being referred to as D20, D21, and D22. The leak, via Apple Insider , also adds weight to the rumours that the high-end model will feature an almost edge-to-edge AMOLED display, adding that this model will also break the logic board into two discrete units, with the phone’s main hardware stored on one and WiFi on the other.
24/11/16 : Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo (who else) has claimed that the iPhone 8 will feature an ‚all-glass‘ design , in order to facilitate high-speed wireless charging support. This also means, if true, that it’ll be more shatter-proof than the metal-clad iPhone 7 before it.
1/11/16 : Foxconn has reportedly started making wireless charging modules for the iPhone 8 , although the same report claims that this technology could be reserved for the high-spec iPhone 8 Pro model.
31/10/16 : The CEO of Sharp, Tai Jeng-wu, has all but confirmed that the iPhone 8 will be the first to pack an OLED display. He said: „The iPhone has been evolving and now it is switching from LTPS [low-temperature poly-silicon] to OLED panels. “
29/03/16 : KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has penned a note to investors about Apple’s so-called iPhone 7S, or iPhone 8, claiming it will offer a radical redesign, supporting a ‚completely new form factor‘ more similar to the iPhone 4 than the iPhone 7. The same report claims that the iPhone 8 will sport an AMOLED display and a Galaxy Note 7-style iris scanner.
29/01/16 : A report out of Bloomberg claims that Apple’s 10th anniversary iPhone will ship with a new contact-free wireless charging technology. This would, according to the report, would allow iPhones and iPads to be powered from further away than the charging mats used with current smartphones. µ
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