Even if the pictures aren't
legitimate, they serve as a hint of what the 2017 model might hold
The
first photos of the iPhone
8 might just have been
leaked.
The
images – which are unverified, but are claimed by those sharing them to show a
phone made as a prototype of the new handset – show a redesigned phone that
includes many new features but takes much of its lead from the iPhone 7.
The new
phone is already being said by some rumour-mongers to be the most radical
redesign that the iPhone has ever had, to mark its 10th anniversary. Apple
hasn’t officially said anything about the new handset, and never does.
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pictures
The phone shown in the pictures includes all of the primary
hardware features of the iPhone 7, and those that came before it. It has the
same volume buttons, rounded rectangular design and a power switch, though that
has been lengthened and extended down the side.
iPhone 8 Dummy
(This is CNC model according to Foxconn)
Back is 2.5D Glass.#iPhone8 #iPhoneX #iPhoneEditionpic.twitter.com/Z8mH7b7z4r
Back is 2.5D Glass.#iPhone8 #iPhoneX #iPhoneEditionpic.twitter.com/Z8mH7b7z4r
Perhaps
the biggest change to the physical design is the long camera hole that now
stretches down the phone. Apple made that camera opening a large oval for the
first time with the iPhone 6s – which includes a dual lens camera setup
for taking deeper pictures – but those have now been rotated so that they move
down the back of the phone.
The back
of the phone also doesn’t include the Apple logo that has featured on the back
of every iPhone since the very first one. But that’s likely because the phone
shows a prototype model – if it is real – and it’s very unlikely indeed that
Apple would ever remove that branding from the phone’s physical design.
iPhone 8 could
not be widely available until 2018
The new
phone will be the same 7.1mm thinness and roughly the same physical dimensions
as the iPhone 7, according to existing leaks. That’s despite suggestions that
it would instead see a change in size, to accommodate the same size
edge-to-edge screen but trim some space off the side of the phone.
The
phone doesn’t appear to have any discernible bezel on the sides of the display.
But that might be because it doesn’t have any screen inside of it at all.
There’s
no guarantee that the pictures show the real phone that Apple will choose to go
with, let alone whether or not the photos actually show a prototype that is
being worked on at all. But they chime with many previous rumours about the
handset, showing what the phone may look like even if the source itself was not
legitimate.
iPhone 8 Dummy
(This is CNC model according to Foxconn)#iPhone8#iPhoneX #iPhoneEdition pic.twitter.com/GqNwUeXRFw
Apple is expected to unveil the new iPhone in September. But it might take much longer
than that to get hold of it, according to new reports, which suggest that the
phone might be delayed or at least severely supply constrained perhaps until
early 2018.
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