With its iPhone 8, Apple bets very big in 2017. The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus do not shine by their originality, fans of the brand expect new, innovation. For the ten years of the very first iPhone, the Cupertino firm expects to put the package. Price, date of release, technical sheet, we take stock of the rumors concerning the iPhone 8.
The iPhone 8 will mark a real break in Apple, indeed the apple smartphone will inaugurate a new approach, a lot of major changes that will upset the codes established by the brand, we will go around the novelties starting with its name!
Updated on 08/08/2017
iPhone 8: and if it was called iPhone Edition?
If it has always been called iPhone 8, it could nevertheless be that it could be named otherwise. Several names have been mentioned, but those that return most being iPhone X or iPhone Edition.
The reason is relatively simple since it is related to the 10 years of Apple's smartphone that will celebrate this event as it should be by christening its most ambitious edition in a most original way.
It is mainly in order to stand out, let us not forget that the flagship will be presented alongside the iPhone 7s and 7s Plus. This would maintain some form of visibility among the general public.
iPhone 8: design
Many leaks have already revealed several times the design of the iPhone 8, we have known for a long time that the iPhone 8 sports a beautiful borderless screen. Incredibly accurate renditions have been published and show what Apple is preparing.
Although these renderings stem from the creation of an artist, the artist drew his inspiration based on the many leaks that have been chained on the canvas in recent months. Except surprise last minute, the iPhone 8 will look like this. We can see that the new headed smartphone will have rounded shapes of the most beautiful effect.
Apple seems to put the little dishes in the bigger concerning its next standard-bearer and does not seem to skimp on the means, it must be confessed that this one has a certain charm.
Its arrival signals the end of the Home button which no longer has its place visibly. This is undoubtedly the biggest change on the smartphone Apple that is completely transformed with this disappearance.
The ignition and volume control buttons are always in place, no change on that side.
iPhone 8: screen
Samsung is Apple's partner about the design of its OLED screen, we know that the Korean is working on a 5.8-inch screen. However, new information indicates that a second screen is on the mocks, 6 inches this time. The Cupertino firm is considering to release two variants of iPhone 8 a priori.
It seems very unlikely that one of these screens will appear on an iPhone 7s for example since the latter are based on LCD screens. However, a minuscule size difference of 0.2 inches leaves us dubious, what's the point?
Certaines sources s’accordent sur le fait que le capteur d’empreintes Touch ID pourrait être caché sous l’écran. Toutefois, rien n’est moins sûr puisque d’autres informations tendent vers un capteur qui pourrait se glisser au sein du bouton d’allumage de l’iPhone 8.
iPhone 8: Touch Bar for Macbook Pro
The Home button disappears, it is obvious that the firm will replace this absence by virtualizing the latter. Nevertheless, Apple should go further by taking again a concept already set up within the MacBook Pro, the Touch Bar.
This function area would be present on the lower part and would allow easy and fast access to specific applications. The developers could thus adapt this one according to their needs, one would gain in ergonomics.
iPhone 8: Camera
The iPhone 8 will offer high-end photo sensors, as usual. This time, the originality lies in the ability to capture videos at 60 frames per second both front and back. This is at least suggested by data that has been extracted from the HomePod firmware.
It is clear that the firm wants to offer the best in the market. Beyond the fact that we will be able to make videos in 4K definition at the front, this originality will undoubtedly serve to have a greater precision for the unlocking by facial recognition.
Then, new information also confirm that the layout of the dual photo sensor on the iPhone 8 will be vertically. For the record, the iPhone 7 Plus that inaugurates this novelty at Apple sports a dual photo sensor in horizontal position. This change is not insignificant and must be related to the augmented reality projects on which the firm is actively working.
The pictures revealing its final design are very clear on this subject, while the video of a model that we relayed before presents us the same peculiarity at this level.
Finally, it will probably require the presence of a double photo sensor also to take selfies.
iPhone 8: autonomy
If we assume that the future big smartphone of Apple is a model of rupture, it seems obvious that the giant will want to propose the best autonomy possible. Until now, this was clearly not a strong point for the American.
Then, innovation being at the heart of the development of the iPhone 8, a revolutionary wireless charging system has been mentioned several times. However, it should not be expected to land at the same time as the flagship, marketing would begin only several months after its release.
A concept also proposes to see what this wireless charger of a range of 5m would look like.
iPhone 8: Siri with Artificial Intelligence
The voice assistant would be given new capabilities to allow more interaction, while the latter would be boosted to artificial intelligence. For example, it would seem that Siri is able to understand his environment.
It will adapt itself according to its user, for example by adjusting the sound volume automatically, stronger if the person is old and hearing badly, for example. Or when driving in a car and the noise of the engine is omnipresent.
This over-automation is not without some problems. Nevertheless, we will keep our opinion when Apple has completed its work on the matter.
Next, Neural Engine, a new co-processor, is also contemplated in the rumors and would be endowed with a form of advanced artificial intelligence. This would be useful to unlock the terminal and validate a payment using an advanced form of facial recognition based on 3D mapping.
iPhone 8: release date
The presentation of the iPhone 8 would take place on September 6th in less than a month is not all since the marketing of the iPhone 7s was also mentioned and we talk about September 15th or 22nd.
However, we still do not know if the iPhone 8 will be marketed at the same time or if it will intervene a little later. The month of November is not to be excluded, in truth we are still a little in the blur on this subject.
Some information has leaked regarding the colors that will be available for the iPhone 8. The one that surprised us most is a "mirror" effect for the colors Black and Silver. We do not know what to expect, nevertheless we feel the bling bling effect for miles. In addition to these two, we will rely on more classic models, black and white a priori.
iPhone 8: price
A rate that is in the $ 900 is suggested for the iPhone 8, at least in the cheapest version of 64 GB of internal memory. The psychological barrier of the $ 1,000 would not be exceeded for the least expensive model.
If all the data sheet described is true, one should not expect a tariff that is accessible without forgetting the stock problems that will probably meet the firm especially regarding its screen OLED whose production rates would struggle to keep up with the demand, which will in all likelihood be very strong.
