News & Reviews:   Apple iPhone 7 Plus

With the recent announcement of the iOS 10, someone has started imagining how the Apple iPhone 7 would look like with the latest operating system, designer Mathijs Schrauwen (via iPhoned) has put all together the rumours of a physical-less home button, Smart Connector, dual camera sensor, redesigned antennae bands and a missing 3.5mm headphone jack hole. Check out his sweet render concepts below:

Ah, more Apple rumours. If you've read enough, you'd probably heard that the upcoming iPhone 7 might have a dual camera setup on the rear, or it might look similar to the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus which sounds kind of boring. But anyway, graphic designer Martin Hajek, who's quite well-known by Apple fans for doing render concepts, has released some 3D render images based on the rumours we've heard so far, and it looks a lot better than the ones we've seen. Check them out below:

Can't get enough of Apple iPhone 7 rumours? Well, here's what we've collected so far. We've shown a couple of “legitimate” images of how it would look like, from both rendered and blueprint ones. From this latest leak found on Baidu by HDBlog.it, this piece of schematic seem to show how big the upcoming iPhone 7 Plus (or Pro) along with a smaller iPhone 7 at the left side of the image.

Rumours of yet another Apple iPhone have appeared, this time it is about the Apple iPhone 7 Pro, according to the design drawings on a Japanese magazine called Mac Fan. The report shared a detailed schematics design of the rumoured iPhone 7 Pro featuring the same overall size to the iPhone 6S Plus. The design showed that the headphone jack is no longer there too, and the device will also feature a dual iSight camera on its back.

If you're searching for some Apple iPhone 7 rumours on Google, there's a good chance that you'd come across numerous sources of the device having dual cameras on the back. Taiwanese site Apple.club.tw (translated) just recently shared some images of a dual-camera module that could potentially be on the iPhone 7 Plus, matching several claims from few months ago. 

Numerous renders about the Apple iPhone SE are appearing online now, including 9to5Mac's own depiction and another from OnLeaks thinking it should resemble the iPhone 5s and iPhone 6 mash-up together according to rumours. 

Ming-Chi Kuo is no stranger to the Apple community, as he often give some insider insights of what we could expect from Apple's next device features. The KGI Securities analyst has issued a research note containing information of the Apple “iPhone 7 Plus” which is currently in development. It's said to feature 5.5-inch and two variants of it, one with a single iSight rear camera and another with dual-camera design. 

What's more, through the purchase of Israeli camera technology company LinX Imaging last year by Apple. Kuo is expecting a 2 – 3x  optical zoom function feature in the iPhone 7 Plus, which the device could benefit from LinX technology of having multiple sensors for a smaller size camera lens. According to the KGI analyst, LinX technology in algorithm is unique for achieving a high-end dual-camera applications like an optical zoom simulation, it would also have better light sensitivity and image quality in low light setting.

New leaked images from Taiwanese website Apple.club.tw have appeared and it was claimed to be the backlight assembly of the Apple iPhone 7. According to them, the backlight assembly is quite similar to the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, except that the 3D Touch chip and LCD flex cables are relocated.

Apple.club.tw also speculated that if it’s not the iPhone 7, then it could be the upcoming rumoured 4-inch “iPhone 6c”. But it doesn’t fit the puzzle as it was reported that the device will not have a 3D Touch feature. Also, the backlight assembly seems too big for a 4-inch iPhone. 

We’ve read a lot of rumours, some are intriguing and some are too good to be true. Well this one belongs to the too-good-to-be-true category, because according to Chinese website MyDrivers, the upcoming Apple iPhone 7 Plus will have a 256GB worth of storage space and a 3100 mAh battery. 

It’s not common to hear smartphone reaching 128GB storage capacity, if not then most of the time the device will be supported by an expandable memory with a microSD card. But who knows, maybe the iPhone 7 Plus could be the breakthrough? And the 3100 mAh battery was reportedly 12.7% larger than the iPhone 6s Plus’s battery, but it seems to contradict other reports of the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus will be thinner.

Recently a new research report from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo surfaced, with plans about Apple’s 2016 iPhone launches, including the rumoured A9-based 4-inch iPhone and a 3GB RAM iPhone 7 Plus. 

According to this report Apple has a new 4-inch iPhone in the making that has a similar design to the iPhone 5s. Although equipped with an A9 processor, it will not include 3D Touch support like the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus. This is to keep the two products as their own. Apple aims to release the new product in the first half next year and could ship 20-30 million units through the end of 2016.