Any expectations for the upcoming iPhones? Maybe a new thread is needed.
There's supposed to be 3 different devices this year. A refresh of the iPhone 7 (7s & 7s Plus) and the new iPhone 8 (Edition, X, iPhone - no one knows what the name will be exactly).
There's quite a few rumours and speculation floating around. Forbes had the best article on it all, citing reliable sources.
Link:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonk.../#11d9412f7e65
Quote:
a) Confirmation of previous leaks:
- Kuo - Apple will indeed launch three iPhones in 2017: a 4.7-inch iPhone 7S and 5.5-inch iPhone 7S Plus both with LCD displays and a 5.8-inch iPhone 8 with OLED
- Kuo - iPhone 8 scraps the physical home button
- Kuo - iPhone 8 front camera supports 3D scanning and advanced facial recognition
- Kuo - iPhone 7S has a single camera and 2GB of RAM
- Kuo - iPhone 7S Plus has dual rear cameras and 3GB of RAM
- Kuo - iPhone 8 has (possibly enhanced) dual rear camera and 3GB of RAM
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Quote:
b) New Information- Kuo - The iPhone 8 will have the world’s highest screen-to-body ratio among mass market smartphones
- Kuo - Touch ID will not be integrated into the iPhone 8 display and will instead be scrapped entirely
- Kuo - Touch ID remains on the iPhone 7S and iPhone 7S Plus, they are expected to miss out on facial recognition
- Kuo - No 128GB iPhone models. iPhone 7S, iPhone 7S Plus and iPhone 8 will only come in 64GB and 256GB storage options
- Kuo - Lightning port retained on all three new iPhones, but USB-C power delivery embedded for faster charging
- Kuo - all three new iPhones still ship with the same 5W power adapter with USB-A port, so fast charger may be an optional extra
- Kuo - iPhone 8 has upgraded speakers for improved stereo separation (headphone jack missing from all models)
- Kuo - iPhone 8 will have fewer colour options than iPhone 7S and iPhone 7S Plus, at least at launch. Kuo who cites “boutique image” as reasoning behind it
- Gurman - Seconded confirmation iPhone 8 will not support Touch ID fingerprint recognition
- Gurman - iPhone 8‘s advanced facial recognition technology “allows users to log in, authenticate payments, and launch secure apps by scanning their face”
- Gurman - iPhone 8’s facial recognition powered by a new dedicated 3D sensor and it is testing eye scanning to augment the system
- Gurman - iPhone 8 may feature ProMotion display technology used in new 10.5-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro. ProMotion offers a variable refresh rate to improve performance or save battery life as needed
- Gurman - iPhone 8 has an ‘Apple Neural Engine’ which handles both ProMotion and various “artificial intelligence tasks”
- Kuo (all below via a MacRumors update) - iPhone 7S and iPhone 7S Plus moving to glass chassis with metal frames to accommodate WPC-standard Qi wireless charging
- Kuo - wireless charging on all new iPhones will require an optional accessory and will not be available out of the box.
- Kuo - USB-A to Lightning cable will be a standard accessory on all new iPhones, dismisses last week’s Barclays report claiming Apple would bundle a 10W power adapter with USB-C connector
- Kuo - DRAM transfer speed of iPhone 8, iPhone 7S and iPhone 7S Plus 10-15% faster than iPhone 7 for improved AR performance.
- Kuo - All three iPhones will be unveiled simultaneously "For optimized promotional effect”
- Kuo - But release dates spread with August-September release for iPhone 7S and iPhone 7S Plus, October-November for the iPhone 8. Shipments projected to be 80-85M units combined with 50/50 split between LCD and OLED
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There are also a few videos floating around out there of people with "dummy" or 3D prints of what the new "iPhone 8" is supposed to look like.
I actually did a video and so have other reviewers like Unbox Therapy and MKBHD.
So what are everyone's thoughts?