The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus release dates are almost certainly set for this autumn, so it's no surprise that rumours and leaks are already trickling out. One analyst believes that a future iPhone is likely to feature an 'all-glass design'. But that same analyst – KGI Securities' Ming-Chu Kuo – says the iPhone 7 won't have "many attractive selling points".
We're even starting to see schematics, renders and dummy units leaking online, which gels with Apple's estimated development timeline. Some of these are pretty terrible – you can find the worst offenders further down the page.
The phone(s) will arrive as the successor(s) to two very well-received devices – the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus – so the pressure is on to get the formula right once again. The biggest rumour is that Apple will abandon the headphone jack with the iPhone 7, although the jury is still out on that one.
Will there be two iPhones launching in September, just like previous years? We’d say probably. The size split has been successful in the past, so we’re expecting to see a 4.7-inch iPhone 7 and a 5.5-inch iPhone 7 Plus. What's more, Apple has already ticked the 4-inch box this year with the launch of the iPhone SE.
The iPhone 7 is already facing stiff competition, and it hasn’t even launched yet. Rival handsets like the Google Nexus 6P, the Samsung Galaxy S7 and LG G5 will put the hurt to Apple in a big way, so the iPhone 7 needs to be innovative
IPHONE 7 DESIGN:
Apple is planning a major rethink of the iPhone design, at least according to top industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, of KGI Securities.
On April 18, Kuo issued guidance that Apple is hoping to differentiate the iPhone from rivals by adopting an "all-glass" design with an AMOLED screen.
This could mean that we'll soon see an end to the aluminium chassis that has featured on previous iPhones, as Kuo notes:
"If iPhone 7 still uses an aluminium casing in 2016, it will be the fifth year in a row that iPhone has done so, which means there is no longer a feeling of freshness to appeal to consumers. Also, a lot of Apple's (US) competitors are also adopting aluminium casings, which means iPhone no longer has a clear edge due to a lack of differentiation. On expectations that iPhone shipments will decline in 2016, we believe Apple will be more strongly motivated to use non-aluminium casings in 2017 in a bid to enhance the competitiveness of iPhone by offering an all-new form-factor design."
Unfortunately, Kuo expects that the all-glass iPhone won't actually arrive until 2017, which means this big change is more likely to appear in the expected iPhone 7S or iPhone 8.
Kuo also recently revealed that he believes the iPhone 7 won't have "many attractive selling points", putting a damper on prospects for this year's Apple flagship.
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