But before then, we bring to you a summary of all the iPhone 8 related details, speculations, leaks, renders, and rumours.
– The iPhone 8 is expected to have a full screen OLED display
The home button which also doubles as the fingerprint sensor may be ditched on the iPhone 8. Why? News is, Apple is looking to replace fingerprint unlock with an advanced facial recognition unlock. Asides unlocking your device, the facial recognition can also be used to make purchases from online stores. The facial recognition has quite numerous functions but at the moment, the above two are the known only functions. The iPhone 8 may have a glass back (like that of the iPhone 4S). Apple is looking to make the iPhone 8 support wireless charging hence the glass back cover. The device (iPhone 8) may cost whoever is interested up to a thousand dollars ($1,000) or more. The iPhone 8 will be launched at Apple’s new campus, the Steve Jobs theatre to be precise. There will be three variants of the iPhone 8 based on the storage capacity – 64 GB, 256 GB and 512 GB variants. According to this leak, the 64 GB iPhone 8 will cost $999; the 256 GB version will sell for $1,099 while the version with the biggest storage; 512 GB will go for $1,199. Here, the iPhone 8 will supposedly launch with a new form of emoji, called the Animoji. Animoji refers to animated emoji characters that mirror the user’s captured facial expressions to make emojis. In this image leak, the iPhone 8 was said to look exactly or closely like the prototype below.
Apple will be celebrating the iPhone’s 10th year anniversary with a device, but it’s not the iPhone 8.
Less than 24 hours to go and we only have all the above to believe about the iPhone 8. We surely can’t wait. Let the countdown begin.
