iPhone 8: Everything you should know about the Launch date, Specs and Price

Recently, there are lots of gossips that doubt about the company's ability to deliver the iPhone 8 in the first half of September. Veteran Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo continues to insist that the new phone will not ship until later in the fall. Others report that Apple is right on schedule.

The potential delay is said to be the byproduct of a major redesign that includes an OLED display, wireless charging and the integration of Apple's next mobile operating system with some blockbuster AR capabilities. But the central issue appears to be related to Apple's attempted integration of Touch ID into the iPhone 8's rumored virtual home button.

iPhone 8 specs we might see:

Three new models including two minor "S" upgrades plus an all-new iPhone 8
Home button and Touch ID embedded in the display or located on back
New biometric security featuring iris scanning and/or facial recognition via LG's new 3D sensor technology
Curved, edge-to-edge OLED display with the iPad's True Tone technology, possibly with Ion-X glass
"Wireless" charging (inductive/magnetic charging, as with the Apple Watch)
Dual-lens camera, possibly in a vertical configuration and/or with AR capabilities
Support for the Apple Pencil
USB-C charger (leading to Apple's existing Lightning connector on the phone)
Enhanced water resistance or waterproofing
Higher quality earpiece for louder, clearer audio
Apple's next-generation processor (the A10X or A11)
Stainless steel and glass body
Upgraded storage and memory, possibly starting at 64GB and 3GB of RAM
Intel or Qualcomm modem
iOS 11 (preview)
Priced between $850 and $1,099 (roughly £650 to £900, or AU$1,150 to AU$1,500)

The iOS 11 show

At WWDC, Apple introduced the next version of its mobile operating system, iOS 11, dropping some hints about the next iPhone in the process. With the next-generation phone, we can expect to see upgrades that make Siri, Apple's voice assistant, smarter and more capable; new layouts and options for the lock screen, App Store and Control Center; and AR software that will overlay the virtual world on to the physical one.

Vertical cameras and AR

Many of the "leaked" images we've seen so far show the iPhone 8 with two cameras in a vertical configuration, with an LED flash in the middle. According to Korea Economic Daily, LG is providing 3D facial recognition technology that could be used for "biometric" identification -- like Touch ID, but with your face instead of your thumbprint. And if the iPhone 8 comes with LG 3D sensors, they would almost certainly also support augmented reality applications.

Probably the biggest upgrade

It looks likely that at least one of the new iPhones will have an OLED display. (The iPhone 7S and iPhone 7S Plus are likely to stick with current LCD technology.)
A curved OLED panel (reported by The Wall Street Journal and Nikkei Asian Review) would be a big-time addition for the iPhone (even though, yes, Samsung's been using one for years). Bloomberg says the iPhone 8's screen "covers almost the entire front of the device" and Kuo says it will have "the highest screen-to-body ratio" of any phone.
It's this new display technology, however, that could be one of the major factors possibly pushing back the release date.

The future of the home button

Kuo insists that the iPhone 8 will have a virtual home button but that it will not support Touch ID. There are rumors that Apple might move it to the back of the phone, as shown in alleged render images leaked on Chinese site Weibo (via Slashleaks) and on Twitter by Apple leaker Sonny Dickson. One analyst firm suggested that there is a "high chance" that Apple will locate it on the back of the iPhone. And Apple could ditch the home button altogether, following in the footsteps of Samsung with its Galaxy S8.

Is Touch ID the fly in the ointment?

Last week, Qualcomm unveiled its under-screen fingerprint-sensing technology in a Vivo phone at Mobile World Congress in Shanghai. So, in theory and in practice, it can be done. And according to a handful of reports, Apple has embedded Touch ID directly into the display. Manufacturing the combination virtual home button/optical fingerprint scanner has apparently been a supreme technical challenge, however. And Apple has other options including relocating Touch ID to the back of the phone, eliminating Touch ID or delaying the iPhone 8 launch altogether.

Enhanced audio

According to JPMorgan (as reported by MacRumors), Apple may equip the iPhone 8 with an "enhanced receiver," which is housed within the slit on the front of the phone where you put your ear during calls. This upgrade would ostensibly deliver louder, clearer audio as well as superior water-proofing (more on that below).

AirPods included

JPMorgan has also postulated that the iPhone 8 will come with AirPods included. These Bluetooth-enabled headphones currently sell as a $159 accessory (£159 in the UK and AU$229 in Australia). And so this one is a stretch. But if Apple prices the new phone high enough, there could be margin enough to make it happen. Which brings us to...

Price

This one's way up in the air. Sources ranging from Morgan Stanley to Fast Company to, most recently, Goldman Sachs are talking about an iPhone 8 that could cost more than $1,000 in the US (roughly £800 or AU$1,350). A UBS analyst has theorized that the 64GB entry-level model would start at $850 (roughly £655 and AU$1,110) -- just like the new Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus -- and that the iPhone 7S and 7S Plus would cost $649 (£500 and AU$850) and $749 (£580 and AU$980), respectively.

Gigabit LTE

One area in which the iPhone 8 may end up trailing the Galaxy S8 is cellular network speed. The Samsung phone features Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 processor or, in some markets, Samsung's own Exynos 8895 chip -- both of which support Gigabit LTE. According to CNET's Roger Cheng, Apple uses Qualcomm and Intel modems and, at the moment, the Intel version can't deliver Gigabit LTE speed. This could force Apple to slow down the Qualcomm version to ensure all iPhones are on the same footing.

Return of the headphone jack?

A Barclays analyst (reported by MacRumors) has suggested that Apple will stick with its Lightning connector -- and include a 3.5mm headphone jack adapter -- for the next phone. Highly doubtful. Despite the shade being thrown by competitors like OnePlus, whose new newest phone has the legacy connector, Apple is very unlikely to reverse its position on this one.

Enhanced waterproofing

That same Nikkei Asian Review article also claims that at least one of the forthcoming iPhones will be waterproof. This follows earlier rumors, reported by the Korea Herald and others, that the next iPhone will have a higher water resistance rating of IP68 compared with the current generation's IP67, meaning it could be immersed in water for longer and at greater depths.

More storage

Apple may dump its 32GB model and offer 64GB and 256GB models, according to TrendForce; the report also suggests that the company will boost the amount of memory to 3GB. This incremental bump would follow the recent precedent of Apple ditching its dreaded 16GB model when it released the iPhone 7.

Mood lighting

Barclays analysts have predicted that all three forthcoming iPhones -- the 7S, 7S Plus and iPhone 8 -- will come equipped with Apple's True Tone technology. If included, this would adjust display settings for ambient lighting conditions as it currently does on the 9.7-inch iPad Pro. (The next edition of the iPad Pro is also rumored to have a True Tone display.)

Bringing the GPU in house

Apple is developing its own graphics chips to be used in future versions of its products, including the iPhone. But the time frame for phasing out its current supplier is 15 to 24 months, so it's unlikely that an Apple-manufactured GPU will make it into the next iPhone. We're probably looking at 2018 or 2019 for this one.

Source From: https://www.cnet.com/products/apple-iphone-8/preview/

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