Updated on 2nd March 2017

Leaks and rumors surrounding Apple’s upcoming smartphone- Apple iPhone 8 have been making rounds over the internet lately. The latest leak comes from Wall Street Journal and says that the upcoming Apple iPhone will feature curved OLED display which will be supplied by Samsung. The report also says that there will be USB Type-C port in the next iPhone instead of lightning connector.

While Apple is expected to unveil three smartphones this year, only the premium model is said to come with OLED display and carry a price tag of nearly $1000 (roughly Rs. 66,715). The other two smartphones are likely to be the iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus. They will sport LCD displays like their predecessors.

Apple iPhone 8: Leaked Specifications & Features

• Display 5-inch / 5.8-inch OLED bezel-less
• Glass back
• Touch ID beneath glass panel
• Wireless Charging Support
• Wireless charging

Updated on 14th February 2017

A new leak has emerged hinting that the phone will come with an iris scanner allowing users to unlock the phone using their eyes. Equipping the iPhone 8 with an iris scanner kind of makes sense, as its Apple’s 10 year anniversary and the company is expected to bring some significant upgrades to the iPhones.

Updated on 21st December 2016

The latest leak comes from South Korea’s English newspaper, Korea Herald and reveals that the Apple iPhone 8 will feature plastic curved OLED display. As per the newspaper, Apple has only ordered plastic OLED panels from Samsung.

“The OLED version of the new iPhone will all be curved as Apple ordered all plastic OLED — not glass — from Samsung Display. Samsung is capable of supplying a little less than 100 million units of curved OLED displays to Apple,” stated the newspaper.

Since plastic OLED displays are used for making curved display, we could expect Apple’s upcoming smartphone to feature the same. Samsung’s Galaxy S7 Edge also uses plastic OLED panel. It is yet to be known if Apple will opt for a dual curved display or it will go for curve on all sides of the upcoming smartphone.

Updated on 24th November 2016

While previous leaks have already revealed some of the key specifications of Apple’s forthcoming, a new report claims that the smartphone will feature wireless charging.

According to renowned Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo from KGI Securities, the iPhone 8 will support fast charging. The smartphone however, may not come with a wireless charger bundled in the box and will have to be purchased separately.

Updated on 15th November 2016

Skipping the ‘S’ version, Apple is said to be launching the Apple iPhone 8 in 2017 on its 10 year anniversary. The latest leak that comes from Barclays’ Research analysts Blayne Curtis and Christopher Hemmelgarn, Thomas O’Malley and Jerry Zhang, suggests that the iPhone 8 will feature bezel-less design with curved edges.

As per the latest report, the iPhone 8 will come with 5-inch display while the iPhone 8 Plus will feature a 5.8-inch screen. The overall sizes of both models, however, will remain same. Earlier leaks hinted that the iPhone 8 will feature OLED display. The Barclays analysts reports however, suggests that only the iPhone 8 Plus will come with OLED panel.

Updated on 2nd November 2016

It has been over a month since the launch of Apple’s iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. Instead of a full-fledged upgrade, Apple’s latest iPhones are considered to be just incremental upgrades over iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. With iPhone 7 being unable to do enough magic, all the eyes are now turning to the Apple iPhone 8, which is less than a year away from its launch. Leaks and rumors surrounding the forthcoming smartphone have already started making rounds over the internet. Let’s have a look at what the iPhone 8 will have in store for us!

Let’s start with the rumors concerning iPhone 8’s design. Given that iPhone will celebrate its 10th Anniversary in 2017 (next year), we can expect Apple to launch the iPhone 8 with a new design. According to Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI securities, the iPhone 8 will boast of a glass back instead of aluminium back. Glass back smartphone though, would not be a first from the company as Apple has been using the glass back design in the past for its smartphones like iPhone 4S.

Another report from Nikkei hints that the 2017 iPhone will feature an OLED display. The iPhone 8 could also come in an additional variant with a screen size of 5-inch, besides 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch models.

Apple could also ditch the Home button and the Touch ID enabled button will be placed beneath the glass panel. We could also possibly see a curved edge or bezel-less display.

Apple’s current year’s flagships- iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus lack the wow factor. With iPhone 8 though, we expect that the company will bring something ingenious to entice buyers. We will update you with more developments on this story! Stay tuned with us!

Also Read: iPhone 7 vs iPhone 6s vs iPhone 6: What’s Different?

Source: Nikkei, 9to5Mac Via: MacRumors (1), MacRumors (2), TheKoreaHerald, MacRumors (3), Wall Street Journal