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Forget the iPhone 7, it’s the iPhone 8 you’ll be more interested in. Set for a 2017 release to celebrate the iPhone’s 10th anniversary, here’s what the rumours say about the iPhone 8 UK release date, features and specs.The iPhone 7 has only been on sale for a while, but all we seem to be hearing are rumours about the iPhone 8. We think Apple might well be holding back some major updates and improvements for the iPhone 8, which – if the rumours are true – will be launched on the 10th anniverary of the first iPhone. Here we round up the rumours about the iPhone 8 release date, price, features and specifications. See also: Best phones 2016. iOS 11 software 5.8in edge-to-edge screen with no bezels and no physical home button 3D front-facing camera could replace Touch ID Wireless charging – may not come until 2018 Apple A11 processor 64- or 256GB with 3GB RAM Latest Intel LTE modem Possible change in case material to glass or ceramic – or just glass back That’s the main specs covered, but here are the other rumours: The main logic board will be in two pieces instead of the traditional one Apple may move the SIM tray to the bottom edge (this could be to allow room for other internal components or to include a Smart Connector) Quick charging will be supported when using a cable New speaker design could make the phone the thinnest ever It will use an OLED screen from Samsung – read more. Facial recognition in addition to fingerprint scanner Laser sensor for gesture recognition – read more. The latest video from ConceptsiPhone does a decent job of showing what the iPhone 8 might look like. It’s interesting to see an idea of how the bottom of the display might be used, similar to the Touch Bar on the MacBook Pro. By Chris Martin | 24 Feb 17 Share Tweet Comments The iPhone 7 has only been on sale for a while, but all we seem to be hearing are rumours about the iPhone 8. We think Apple might well be holding back some major updates and improvements for the iPhone 8, which – if the rumours are true – will be launched on the 10th anniverary of the first iPhone. Here we round up the rumours about the iPhone 8 release date, price, features and specifications. See also: Best phones 2016. Hang on a minute, shouldn’t the next iPhone be the iPhone 7s? It still could be. Leaks and more rumours are pointing to not one but three new iPhones, two of which may well be branded as iPhone 7s and 7s Plus models. The main launch, though, would be the flagship, 10th anniversary iPhone ‘8’. We’d be surprised if Apple goes for that naming convention, however, and other rumours say it could even be called simply ‘The iPhone’, or iPhone Pro, but for now we’ll stick to calling it the iPhone 8 for simplicity. Update 24 February: The rumour mill is running at full tilt at the moment, so here’s a summary of what to expect from the iPhone 8: iOS 11 software 5.8in edge-to-edge screen with no bezels and no physical home button 3D front-facing camera could replace Touch ID Wireless charging – may not come until 2018 Apple A11 processor 64- or 256GB with 3GB RAM Latest Intel LTE modem Possible change in case material to glass or ceramic – or just glass back That’s the main specs covered, but here are the other rumours: The main logic board will be in two pieces instead of the traditional one Apple may move the SIM tray to the bottom edge (this could be to allow room for other internal components or to include a Smart Connector) Quick charging will be supported when using a cable New speaker design could make the phone the thinnest ever It will use an OLED screen from Samsung – read more. Facial recognition in addition to fingerprint scanner Laser sensor for gesture recognition – read more. The latest video from ConceptsiPhone does a decent job of showing what the iPhone 8 might look like. It’s interesting to see an idea of how the bottom of the display might be used, similar to the Touch Bar on the MacBook Pro. Find the best Apple deals. Trending Articles Moto G5 vs Moto G5 Plus: What’s the difference between… Two new Moto Gs were announced at MWC 2017, but what is the difference… Powered By iPhone 8 release date rumours: When is the iPhone 8 coming out? iPhone 8 UK release date: September 2017 (TBC) Although still months away, we can fairly confidently predict the iPhone 8 release date. Assuming the annual September announcement tradition continues, the iPhone 8 release date will be in September 2017. However, 2017 marks the 10th anniversary of the original iPhone launch, so we wouldn’t be too surprised if Apple mixed things up a bit (it launched the SE – pictured below – in March). According to Tech Trader Daily (via MacRumours), Apple might be putting the iPhone 8 into production in June, sooner than expected. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean the launch will be earlier than September given the potentially radical design change. It’s not necessarily going to be called the iPhone 8, of course, but that’s the name we’re using to keep things simple. iPhone 8, iPhone 7S, iPhone X or something else? What will the iPhone in 2017 be called? It seems the name may have been confirmed with an Apple employee referring to the new device by the name ‘iPhone 8’ unprompted when speaking to Business Insider. However, there is another suggestion as Apple Insider claims that Apple could call this year’s iPhone the iPhone X.As we’ve mentioned, the iPhone for 2017 is slightly harder to predict because it will mark a big anniversary for the smartphone. The latest rumours are that Apple will release three new iPhone models as part of the main lineup. This could well be the ‘S’ versions of the 7 and 7 Plus, and the extra ‘iPhone 8’, an even more premium flagship with ‘revolutionary’ features. The Wall Street Journal says: “Apple plans bigger design changes for 2017, the 10th anniversary of the original iPhone. Those changes could include an edge-to-edge organic light-emitting diode, or OLED, screen and eliminating the home button by building the fingerprint sensor into the display, according to people familiar with the matter. “At a meeting with an Apple executive, one of the company’s China-based engineers asked why this year’s model [the iPhone 7] lacked a major design change in keeping with Apple’s usual two-year cycle. The answer, one person at the meeting recalled, was that the new technology in the pipeline will take time to implement. People familiar with the matter said some features that Apple hopes to integrate into iPhones, such as curved screens, weren’t ready for this year’s models,” it added. If Apple follows the usual pattern, the iPhone 7 that launched this year will be followed by the iPhone 7S in 2017. The fact that it’s 10 years since the original iPhone means this could all go out the window. Apple will want to do something special to celebrate the occasion so an ‘S’ model, which usually just brings small tweaks, won’t suffice. It’s pretty much anyone’s guess at the moment, hence, we’re calling the 2017 model the iPhone 8 at the moment but it’s perfectly plausible that the new phone won’t conform to the traditional naming system at all. The iPhone SE (special edition) is already a thing, so perhaps Apple will go with ‘iPhone Pro’, iPhone Anniversary Edition’ or even just ‘iPhone’ – although naming the iPad 3 as ‘the new iPad’ didn’t go down too well. A report from Nikkei suggested that in 2017 there would be three new iPhone models. It sounded as though we were in for the usual 4.7- and 5.5in models (the regular and Plus), plus a third new ‘Pro’ model with a 5.5in or above curved screen. Its source said the screen would be “bent on the two sides” making it sound like a Galaxy Note 7 rival. Of course, this didn’t happen with the iPhone 7, though it doesn’t mean we won’t see a curved-screen iPhone 8. Vote in our poll to let us know what you think Apple will name the anniversary iPhone.iPhone 8 price We’re speculating for now, of course, as the iPhone 7 has only recently gone on sale. Whether Apple will introduce a price increase for the potentially special iPhone 8 is anyone’s guess. However, the iPhone 7 price jumped up to £599 in the UK thanks to Brexit and we hope that it will stay the same with next year’s anniversary model. However, in light of the latest leaks, the ‘anniversary’ model seems to be an ultra-premium device that could cost more than any iPhone yet. At least one report claims it will be more than $1000 in the US. Although one analyst predicts the iPhone 8 will be the best selling model ever – with up to 150m sales – another is worried that following the anniversary edition, Apple will see a possible 10 year slump afterwards. It is believed that moving to OLED for the iPhone 8 will push up costs as much as $50m for Apple, eating into the firm’s profit margin. Whether the firm takes the hit and keeps the price of the phone the same or not remains to be seen. iPhone 8 specifications and new features If Apple does indeed do something special for the iPhone’s 10th anniversary, which is ever more likely from all the leaks, the iPhone 8 will be one which fans will no doubt want to upgrade to on launch day. Could we see the biggest queues ever? A combination of design and hardware changes will make the iPhone 8 the most radical new iPhone to date, if we are to go by the rumours and leaks. iPhone 8 screen It seems certain that the iPhone 8 will have an OLED screen – like the Samsung Galaxy S7 – rather than the traditional IPS tech Apple has used previously. A recent KGI report says that it will be a 5.8in screen which will fit into a chassis a similar size to the current 4.7in iPhone and that the phone will have a significantly higher capacity battery. Here’s a diagram from the report which illustrates how the iPhone 8 will slot into the range:As you can see, the screen will have two parts. A 5.15in ‘main’ screen with a resolution of 2,436 x 1,125 pixels and a separate ‘function area’ across the bottom. This is likely to be where the integrated fingerprint scanner will live, and it may operate like the Touch Bar on the latest MacBook Pro laptops. Whatever turns out to be the case, the screens are coming from Samsung. The Korean Herald reported that a source confirmed the order from Samsung and that – like the screen on the Galaxy S7 Edge – it will be made from plastic and not glass. Typically glass is only used for flat screens, so this is not too surprising. And now according to GSMarena, the deal between Apple and Samsung for the screens is now finalised. The iPhone 8 won’t be the first to have a bezel-less screen. Xiaomi has already launched the Mi Mix, reviewed. It’s a stunning device and the first of a new category of phones with it’s 91.3 percent screen-to-body ratio, according to the firm.A Facebook post by Robert Scoble – a well-known tech strategist – reveals new details about the next iPhone. In the lengthy post Scoble claims to have been told that it will be “a clear piece of glass… which will put holograms on top of the real world like Microsoft HoloLens does”. He also says the phone will have an OLED screen and that Apple has 600 engineers working on a next-generation 3D sensor and that the phone will have eye sensors. These will bring “a new kind of interface”. He also says that you’ll “pop it into a headset which has eye sensors on it, which enables the next iPhone to have a higher apparent frame rate and polygon count than a PC with a Nvidia 1080 card in it.” Plus, he says that new sources revealed we can “expect battery and antennas to be hidden around the edges of the screen, which explains how Apple will fit in some of the pieces even while most of the chips that make up a phone are in a pack/strip at the bottom of the phone.” These sound like ridiculous predictions, especially the part about the phone being transparent – battery tech is not yet good enough to make one small enough to “hide” – but if true, the iPhone 8 will be a revolution rather than the evolution we’ve seen with the iPhone 7 this year. We’ll continue to update this article as new information appears, but here’s how things stand right now. This concept image via ConceptsiPhone shows what an edge-to-edge OLED display iPhone might look like:

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