New iPhone 7 concept shows an incredibly cool design

We often see some awesome pieces of conceptual designs for the future iPhone devices and most of them are impractical but still fanciful. This latest iPhone 7 concept is as unlikely as any other impractical future iPhone concepts, but the designer has made the concept an incredibly cool one by adding a 5-inch secondary display on the back, water-resistance to a design that is just 3mm thick with an edge-to-edge main display.

The designer has conceptualised and incorporated all possible features that one can desire in an iPhone. Some of the prominent features shown in the concept include a 5-inch display with no bezel (edge-to-edge) that takes up all the real-estate of the front-side of the device, a secondary display that covers the back side of the conceptualised device, an all-new stereo audio system, wireless charging, and water resistance. All of this is packed inside a body made of liquid metal. Herman Haidin is the designer who articulated this piece, who thinks that there won’t be any need for the ports and buttons in future iPhone devices, that’s why you won’t find any port or button in the photos of the concept. He believes that the wireless charging, Bluetooth, and WiFi connectivity will be all needed in the future.

It’s highly unlikely of Apple to add all the features conceptualized in this design into a real future iPhone. Nevertheless, the design is one of the coolest concepts that we have seen for a future iPhone to date.

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‘iPhone 7’ to have a flush rear camera and antenna bands removed from the back

iPhone 7 rumors mill has started picking up its pace and a recent report sheds some light on the design choices Apple has gone with for its upcoming iPhone revision, widely referred to as an iPhone 7.

In a new report, Macrumors – citing some of its undisclosed sources, reveals some new details about the design changes Apple is going to introduce in its iPhone 7 model. One bit of the report talks about potentially good camera redesign. The report states that the iPhone 7 camera won’t have a bump on the back and it will be flushed with the body of the device. Going back to flushed camera design from a protrude design as found on iPhone 6/6s/Plus will be a welcomed design change for many iPhone fans.

With another rumor making rounds claiming that the larger iPhone 7 Plus will have a dual-camera system, this recent report fails to provide any information whether that pair of rear cameras will also be flushed with the body or not.
Another welcomed change from the design point of view that Apple is reportedly planning to introduce in iPhone 7 is related to the antenna bands found on the iPhone 6/6s/Plus. MacRumors reports that iPhone 7 will be designed in such a way that will remove the antenna bands from the back of the smartphone. However, the antenna bands will still be present at the top and bottom edges of the device. Removal of antenna lines from the back cover will surely give iPhone 7 a sleeker look over its predecessors.
While Apple is known for launching a redesigned iPhone model after ever ‘s’ model release, but the report says otherwise. The report indicates that the iPhone 7 will have looks identical to the current iPhone 6s. If this turns out to be true, it’ll be interesting to see the reaction of the masses.
[via MacRumors]

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Apple has been working on an in-house GPU for several years [Rumor]

Apple has been using its own A-branded processor chips inside all of its iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch devices since several years now. These A-branded chips have gained much attention as high-performing chipsets that power Apple’s smartphones and tablets. Along with these A-branded chips, another new chip could be getting some of the limelight soon, if a recent rumor is to be believed.

As Alan Kay’s famous quote goes: “People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware,” and Apple has been following this concept quite literally. Many of the hardware components found inside Apple devices such as the processing chip, motion co-processor, Taptic engine, Touch ID in iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch are designed by Apple itself.
While Apple’s A-branded processor comes with Apple’s custom cores and microarchitecture, still these chips use numerous graphic chips developed by Imagination Technologies. A new rumor suggests that Apple has been working on developing its own graphics processing unit for mobile devices in an effort to reduce its dependency on Imagination Technologies.
According to this  new rumor, Apple has been working on an in-house graphics chip meant for its iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch lineup for quite some time now. The report indicates that the fruit company has been hard at work to develop its own graphics chip for its mobile devices for several years now, but it is not clear when, or even if, a final version of Apple’s in-house GPU chip – ready for installation in future iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch devices, will even see the light of day.
The report also suggests that Apple’s next year iPhone model, the iPhone 7, won’t be getting this new GPU chip.
via [GforGames]

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Japan Display negotiating to provide OLED displays for iPhone 8 [Report]

According to Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, a Japanese website, Japan Display plans to begin manufacturing OLED displays for future iPhone models on massive scale in Spring 2018. In case you’re not familiar, Japan Display is one of Apple’s supply chain partners responsible for providing display panels for the iPhones.

In an effort to win OLED display orders from Apple against the competing OLED suppliers such as Samsung and LG, executive team of Japan Display has already started negotiating with Apple, the report states.
Apple has been using LCD display panels in all of its iPhone devices launch since 2007. Japan Display is one of the two major Apple’s LCD display panel suppliers for the current iPhone models alongside Sharp, another Japanese company. Japan Display was incorporated back in 2012 as a result of a joint venture by Hitachi, Sony and Toshiba.
Ming-Chi Kuo of the KGI Securities, who has a great track record when it comes to predicting Apple’s future product plans, reported last month that Apple does not plan on switching to OLED display technology for at least next three years. Nikkei, a Japanese website, also reported that Apple plans on introduction OLED technology in its Phone lineup in 2018. Apple may also continue to offer some iPhone models with LCD display to meet the demand.
KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reported last month that iPhones are unlikely to have OLED displays for at least the next three years, and Japanese website Nikkei confirmed that Apple plans to switch to OLED displays for iPhones starting in 2018. Apple may continue to offer some iPhone models with LCD displays to fulfill demand.
Most of the Samsung high-end smartphones comes equipped with AMOLED displays just like the Apple Watch. There are some advantages of using OLED panels including sharper images, brighter colors and better color accuracy as compared to the LCD display panels. But the OLED technology generally has a shorter life span and its manufacturing cost is also higher.
If these rumors turns out to be true and Apple continues to launch new iPhone models based on the current naming and release cycle, 2018 is the year when Apple will be launching its iPhone 8 model as its first smartphone featuring an OLED display panel.
[MacRumors]

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Apple testing multiple iPhone 7 prototypes with dual camera, USB Type-C port, and more

Within a few months of Apple’s latest iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus launch, the iPhone 7 rumors and reports have already started making rounds of the cloud. Ig this new rumor, which originated from China, is to be believed, Apple is currently testing multiple prototypes of next-generation of iPhone widely referred to as an iPhone 7. Why multiple models of the same device? it is because every prototype is different from the others with its own unique features, the report claims.

The report claims that through multiple prototype units, Apple is testing multiple technologies including a USB Type-C connector, a full-screen display with Touch ID embedded into it, dual camera configuration, and wireless charging. While some of he recent reports have suggested that Apple does not plan on featuring an AMOLED display in its smartphone, this latest report indicates that one of the prototypes has an AMOLED display.
This report does not provide something too far-fetched because it’s normal of manufacturers to test multiple prototypes of a device which is currently in development stage. However, the hint of an iPhone 7 prototype with USB Type-C connector is really something of a surprise as it indicates that Apple might finally be ready to phase out its proprietary lightning connector in favor of the latest Type-C connector in its iPhone 7 model.
It worth noting that it is entirely possible that the final model of the iPhone 7 that enters production does not come with any of these reported features due to technological or manufacturing constraints. If we think of a company capable of introducing future technology, Apple is the first name that comes to mind – and an iPhone 7 with an integrated fingerprint sensor into its display does not seem far-fetched.
Share your wish-list of new features that you would want Apple to add into its next-generation iPhone model.
via [G for Games]

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