Though it was expected that the launch of iPhone 8 will be delayed by 2 months from its anniversary, Apple is now gearing up the production of iPhone 8 units. According to Economic Daily News, the next generation iPhone will be launched in the month of September and will be available online and offline from October.
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The Taiwanese company Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company(TSMC) is where Apple gets its upstream and downstream modules of iPhone. Another Taiwanese company Simplo Technology deals with the battery supply to the iPhones. Zhen Ding Technology and Kinsus Interconnect Technology deals with the modules of Substrate-Like PCBs(SLP) for all the iPhones. It is known that all these nodes of iPhone supply chain agreed to ramp up the production of iPhone 8 by the 10th anniversary of Apple.
The iPhone 8 series is expected to be released in three variants; one with OLED display and the other two with IPS LCD. Also, there are variations in the display size, measuring to one variant at 4.7 inch and the other two at 5.8 inch. All the three variants are expected to be released with edge-to-edge display, abiding the Apple's alone feature of home button. However, fingerprint sensor will be embedded into all the devices, but behind the device.
The variant with OLED display is expected to feature curved edges just like Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. It is expected that the 4.7 inch variant is based on the build of iPhone 4s rather than its successors. But, the other two variants are expected to be based on the latter builds of iPhone 4s.
Rumours are that all the three variants may sport wireless charging along with the support of USB-C charging port. Coming to the camera, the front-facing camera may come with the 3D sensing technology similar to that of Amazon's Firefly, allowing the user to recognise iris. This time, Apple seems to be adopting Sony's water resistant feature and all the three variants seem to be water resistant. Unlike the predecessors, all the three variants are expected to be coming with Apple's A11 processors of 10nm technology.
The following are the expected features of iPhone 8 series.
- 4.7 IPS LCD for one variant, 5.8 inch OLED display for other two variants
- All the variants with A11 processor
- Water resistant glass body
- Edge-to-edge display
- 3D sensing front facing camera and dual rear cameras
- Wireless charging
- Bundled Apple Earpods
There are several rumors airing the prices of these models. Here are some of the glances at the designs leaked online.
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| iPhone 8 Design |
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| iPhone 8 Outlook |
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| iPhone 8 Schematic |
