Showing posts with label iPhone rumours. Show all posts
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Thursday 8 December 2016

IPhone 8: 4 Things We Can Expect


TheiPhone 7S, or iPhone 8 as many calling, will be the tenth anniversary iPhone and a lot have been expected of it. One of the main reasons for this is the underwhelming iPhone 7 that was released this year. The iPhone 7, despite introducing many featureslike the dual- lens camera and water resistance, it was a mere iterative update over the iPhone 6S. This led many tech writers and fanboys to believe that Apple may be holding off better things for its tenth anniversary iPhone. From curved display to wireless charging tech blogosphere is filled with iPhone 8 rumors. Here is what our expert analysis found reliable from the vast ocean of mostly baseless rumors. 

New glass on glass design
According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has been 
called the best Apple analyst on the planet, Apple willabandon its aluminum unibody design after five generations of iPhone. The iPhone 8 will have a radical redesign, especially considering that the last three iPhones, 6, 6S and 7, shares same design. It is expected that Apple will go back to its glass on glass design, that was seen in the iPhone 4 and 4S. The Nikkei Asian Review reported in August that Foxconn Group, who manufactures iPhone, has been developing glass casing technology since last year for manufacturing iPhone chassis in 2017.

iPhone made ofzirconian ceramics
Many sources point to the fact that Apple might create the new iPhone primarily from zirconia ceramics. Zirconia ceramics has high mechanical strength and toughness at room temperature and have the highest fracture toughness of any advanced technical ceramic. Its toughness, mechanical properties, and corrosion resistance make it ideal for high-pressure applications notes writer Brian Roemmele in 
quora. Further , many of the recent patent filings by Apple, especially the patents they filed August 2015 and the landmark patent for the future direction of Apple products on September 2016, points to this. The patent, US 2016/0255929 A1titled: “ co-molded ceramic and polymer structure” clearly demonstrate Apple’s plan to have a ceramic built phone. The advantages of such a build are a better strength, radio transparency, heat conduction, and most importantly scratch resistance and ease of manufacturing. However, there may be a possibility of more than one iPhone coming with a glass variant and premium high storage version with the ceramic build.

The new iPhonewill feature edge to edge OLED display
From the early days of iPhone, it is well known that designer Jon Ive’s ultimate goal is to create an iPhone that will be essentially a single piece of glass. Rumors suggest Apple might be a step closer to this goal as the next iPhone is expected to feature and edge to edge display. 
Nikkei reports Samsung like curved display will be featured on the new iPhone.
It is being said that there will be a 4.7-inch model and a Plus variant in 5.5 inches. Additionally, Nikkei reports point to an additional premium variant with either 5.5 inches or larger and that might feature a curved display. This report goes hand in hand with rumors of a premium ceramic iPhone.
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oxconn’s recent acquisition of Sharp, one the pioneers of when it comes to display-manufacturing, points to an OLED display in future iPhone. An OLED display compared to LTPS screens offers better color contrast and power efficiency. Furthermore, OLED displays are flexible and allow manufacturers to create curved and even foldable screens. Additionally, Sharp president Tai Jeng-wu speaking to Nikkei, confirms new iPhones will adopt OLED panels.

No more home button
The iPhone 7 made a drastic change to the home button. Unlike the buttons existed before, the new home button is just a piece of glass with a haptic engine, that produce button like feedback.
Bloomberg reports that Apple, with the iPhone 8 will abandonthe home button as a whole. Sensors such as Touch ID, ambient light sensor, and front camera will be embedded in the display. Patents procured by Apple in recent years clearly shows that Apple has been working on a technology for embedding Touch ID and an ambient light sensor in the display.