What will the "iPhone 8" look like: photos and interesting facts

For already 10 years, any mention of the iPhone has been exciting the Internet and creating an incredible resonance. The product of the Californian company Apple has become truly cult, and the output of each new model turns into one of the main events of the year. Traditionally, half a year before the presentation of the new iPhone, user activity is increasing, there are leaks, details of the new smartphone, "soapy" photos of supposedly finished gadgets and information from "trusted" sources. To date, before the presentation is just over a month, and users already certainly know what will be the new offspring of Cupertino. In this article, we collect all the rumors and any more or less meaningful information about how the "iPhone 8" will look. Photos from plants, mocap and 3D models of the best (in absentia) smartphone in 2017.

Display without borders (almost)

The idea of frameless screens is not at all new. Anyone who is even a little interested in technology, they know that the use of such screens is practiced by Samsung. The same fashion was picked up by all other manufacturers. Apple will not be an exception. The design of the iPhone's front panel has not changed since the very first model came out, and, apparently, the time has come when it's time to change everything, and it's cardinal. The design will disappear, only the display will remain. Okay, in fact, everything is not so rosy. At the top of the display there will be a small hillock, where the cameras and the light sensor will be inserted, it looks very unesthetically. There are also rumors that Californians decided to abandon the IPS matrix and, having moved into the enemy camp, will start installing AMOLED-matrices in their phones (Apple needs saturated black color). Focusing on the latest models of the iPad, you can hope that in the eighth iPhone there will be a screen with a refresh rate of 120 hertz and technology TrueTone (this is when the camera evaluates the lighting in the room and changes the color gamut of the display so that it corresponds to it). The most dreamy hope that Apple Pencil, finally, can be used not only with the "apple" tablet, but also with a smartphone.

Old building or new?

With the body, too, not everything is smooth. Those pictures from the factories and 3D-renderers of enthusiasts, which we see now, are not at all impressive. The phone became thicker, that 100% will negatively affect ergonomics. Why could Cupertino engineers take such a step, sacrifice convenience? Either we finally wait for a massive battery, or Apple decided to install a induction aka wireless charging into the phone . Why it is needed in an iPhone is incomprehensible, but there is an opinion that Foxconn plants already have special charging platforms (they will be sold separately from the smartphone).

New colors and materials

Knowing how Apple does not like the changes in visual design, we can say with certainty that we are considering not only what "iPhone 8", but also what looks like "iPhone 8 S". The one-piece aluminum plate is likely to disappear, and it will be replaced by glass with stainless steel inserts. Expensive and solid, but somehow sloppy and not at all Apple-like. There are rumors about an expanded color palette. This, too, may well be, given the recent release of the red "iPhone 7". So Apple is ready for such experiments and have learned to paint aluminum. Hence, learn to paint and glass.

Inverted camera - why?

The camera was decided to be turned around, nobody doubts this. But it changed not only its orientation, but also its design. Now the camera and the flash are two separate elements, the flash is located slightly to the right (if viewed from the back) from the camera. This is how the camera looks in the "iPhone 7 Plus". And what does the new "iPhone 8" look like? Here the camera is a single design, where the flash is located between two lenses. You ask if in the basic model of the "iPhone 8" the camera will be double (and it will be double), then what will the "iPhone 8 Plus" look like? First, no one interferes with Apple to introduce other distinctive features in the larger version, and secondly, there can not be any Plus. So why is the camera upside down? Most analysts blame that the "iPhone 8" will often be used with a helmet of augmented reality, and this arrangement of the camera will favorably affect the work with it. Skeptics also believe that this situation is associated with an attempt to make an unusual design (the design of the seventh iPhone was already copied), and the bravest announced that it's all about amateurs to shoot vertical videos, they say, it's time to get them out of this habit.

Where is the Touch ID?

Another mystery that does not give rest to the fans (and antifanates) is the location of the fingerprint sensor and its presence in the phone in general. A total of 4 options are considered. Let's start with the most boring - on the back of the smartphone. The network has already lit prototypes iPhone with a fingerprint scanner on the back of the a la "Android." This variant outraged all without exception, but, fortunately, it is also the most unlikely. The second option - in the power button, as on the phones from Sony. This seems more likely, since it is convenient enough, and Apple and Sony have always had good relations (there will be no problems with patents).

The third option (the most desirable) is the scanner under the display. Many still hope that Apple will still be able to introduce a new technology, and the role of the Touch ID will take over the entire display. This theory is indirectly confirmed by the unusual behavior of the operating system iOS 11. When you click on the notification, the system does not respond to the requirement to unlock the smartphone, but only reports that it is blocked. The fourth option (the most believable) is a 3D face scanner instead of a fingerprint scanner. Apple has been working for more than three years on advanced face scanning technology with the help of two cameras. If they managed to reach the maximum reading speed without pauses and errors, then it is quite possible this option will be a worthy replacement for the existing technology. Simple and tasteful, all in the manner of an "apple" corporation.

And what about the characteristics?

What will the "iPhone 8 look like", figured out, and what will be "under the hood"? For sure, one can say only one thing: inside it will be installed the fastest in the world process of own production. A11 Fusion will again blow up the benchmarks and lead the iPhone into the gap, as he did the last 3 years. The amount of RAM can increase to 4 gigabytes (as in the tablets, but no more). The main memory and so it is enough, there is no need to expect special generosity. Of interesting is to allocate a new battery, which will change in shape and will not look like a rectangle, but as a figure from Tetris, to occupy as much space as possible in the smartphone's case. Perhaps, it will become bigger, as the phone's case is slightly stiffened. At the moment this is all that is known about the inner world of the new iPhone.

And do I believe in leaks?

So, for the moment this is all that is known about the new gadget from Apple. We know what the "iPhone 8" looks like, an approximate set of technologies and characteristics, we even know about accessories. Is it worth to believe the photos and information received? Rather, yes, than not, because leaks from factories Foxconn - this is not a myth, but a bitter reality. Details of an iPhone are carried in the underwear and washed off in a toilet bowl, then to get a prototype from the water drain. These are real samples and drawings obtained by "sweat and blood". Nevertheless, the last decision remains for you, the fans can only wait, the benefit remains quite a bit.