Its already produced they just waiting for next yearLove it. Work on iPhone 8 is... ongoing? Really, ongoing you say I'd expected them to have stopped by now.
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Apple Employee Mentions Work on 'iPhone 8' is Ongoing in Israel Offices
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Apple couldn't make a ceramic watch for less than $1200. I'll be surprised if they use it in an iPhone unless it's a special $10K 10th anniversary edition.
Where in that quote did I mention anything about the number? I said less than a year after the 7. Ease off the LSD.
Waiiitttt a minute. Is that then going to be the dark blue evolution of the current design where they make the corners ever so slightly less rounded. Make the edges ever so slightly flatter to improve grip and declare it the most singular vision of their design and by far the best iPhone they've ever made? I'm sure I saw that leak somewhere at some point.
The first 3 are not sources, they simply rehash Ming-Chi Kuo...and Kuo's strength is in reporting on products that are past the design phase, past the prototype phase, and are now products that are 6-8 months out and are involving thousands of outsiders.
TL;DR Kuo knows nothing about next year's iPhone.
And don't forget the 5c, so the iPhone 7 is really the 12th [and depending on how you're counting - the 6 Plus, 6s Plus, and 7 Plus can be considered different models too - not just by size, but features in both hardware and software, are different with the Plus models.
The only thing that will make Steve Jobs turn in his grave is an earthquake.
But the real question is...was Steve burried or did he choose to be cremated?
Neither. Straight cryonics son. The plan, according to anonymous sources, is for Steve, Ted Williams, and Walt Disney to form an evil triumvirate and take over the world in the year 2347.But the real question is...was Steve buried or did he choose to be cremated?
"Pssst... we are the anonymous sources"
-Weed, Doritos, and box wine.
Don't get me wrong, if it worked like we wanted it to, wireless charging would be great. The problem is in practice it will be very low power (<1W), blocked by any object (even your body), and would require a hardware base that probably would be quite expensive.
Apple won't release it until it works like we want it to, and they are working on it....so it's only a matter of time. If not this year, in the next few years.
Personally, I think it would be a miracle if it was released with the iPhone 8, but ya never know.
That's not who should worry us
Instead, think about where the iPhone has been assembled for the past decade!
The assembly plant is where some of the per-device system encryption and NFC comm keys are injected... and supposedly not stored anywhere else. Yeah, sure.
No doubt the Chinese Ministry of State Security has agents in Foxconn factories. If they have the ability to manipulate or store certain keys, then they might have the ability to decode the files of virtually every iPhone ever made. That would be an incredible intelligence coup, and something we'd certainly try if the US were in their position.
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Apple used white ceramic glass in iPhone 4/4s and 5/5s. Apple can make regular priced iPhones from ceramic with no issue or price difference. It's been done in the past. Apple watch in ceramic is for suckers of clever marketing. It's components cost is no where near that shelf price tag.
Apple is building hardware for next year's iPhone model at its offices in Herzliya, Israel, and referring to it internally as the "iPhone 8," according to an employee there who spoke anonymously to Business Insider. The employee works on soldering components for Apple and gave vague references to how "different" the 2017 iPhone will be from the iPhone 7, which falls in line with rumors about the iPhone 8's radical redesign, without providing detailed information to add to the previous reports.
Still, the naming scheme of next year's iPhone is one of the device's most talked-about aspects. Normally, the smartphone would carry the "iPhone 7s" moniker given that it will be following this year's iPhone 7, but given the major changes Apple plans to introduce to the iPhone in 2017, it seems unlikely the device will receive an "S" name. Because of this, there's a good chance Apple may decide to skip directly to the next full number, naming the 2017 iPhone the iPhone 8.
The Apple employee speaking with Business Insider keeps this idea alive, mentioning what's coming "next" from Apple and discussing the iPhone 8 "unprompted" in the conversation. The same source, "who only spoke in broken English," added that the 2017 version of the iPhone will have a better camera than the iPhone 6s and iPhone 7, which is expected at this point in Apple's yearly upgrade cycle.
The radically redesigned iPhone 8 is said to include an all-glass body, edge-to-edge display with the camera and Touch ID integrated into it, no traditional Home Button, and potentially wireless charging. The device's launch will also fall on the tenth anniversary of the original iPhone's debut, back in 2007, leading to even more speculation that Apple will land on a specialized branding instead of a simple "S" naming scheme.
But because it's so early in the rumor cycle -- and because Apple's R&D offices in Herzliya have nothing to do with marketing and branding of the iPhone -- it's best to take today's report with the usual grain of salt. Tim Cook visited the Herzliya offices when they opened last year with rumored focus on storage space, processors, and communications chips being worked on by around 800 employees.
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It was released together with the 5S, so it will be part of the same 'release cycle'.