iPhone 7 Rumors

Rumors are flying! It’s that time of year when google searches for the current model of iPhone start to rise with a slight caveat; an “S” tagged onto the numeral. So this year it’s the iPhone 6S (however, some rumors say that it’s different enough from the 6 models that they may just go ahead skip to iPhone 7), and there is enough new goodies here to make that fancy iPhone 6 in your pocket feel like mere peasantry. So let’s round up some of those rumors and try to piece together what Apple’s new flagship might be sporting.

Right off the bat is iOs 9 at launch. Since the new software was previewed at the Worldwide Developer Conference on the 8th of June, it’s a pretty safe bet that the iPhone 6S will have the new operating system out of the box. Also, it’s said that the new system will launch sometime in August so owners of previous iPhone models can check out the new software features prior to the launch of the new phone.

One of the less surprising rumors is the upgraded Aluminium to be used for the frame of the phone. After the Bendgate fiasco of 2014 showed just how malleable the frame actually is. As a phone repair shop who has seen a LOT of iPhone 6 phones, we can confirm that this is regrettably true. The current model bends far too easy and can actually cause a lot of headache when fitting a new screen to it. But the bright side is, it’s very easy to bend back to it’s original shape (with a bit of patience and a sharp eye). The upgraded aluminium is the same Aluminum 7000 used in the Apple watch and is supposed to be 60% stronger than the original. Sounds a bit like a lofty claim, but if it’s true, then this is a great feature for iPhone owners.

If we look under the hood of the new phone, we may find Apple’s new A9 chip which will boast 2GB of Ram. While this actually quite low when compared to other phones currently on the market, the processor is completely optimized to run iOS thus users should definitely notice a performance boost over the current model.

Moving onto the the touch screen, we could see a few new features here. The first is Force Touch which is featured on the the new Mac Book and Apple Watch. The touch screen will be able to distinguish a tap from a touch from a press, as the name implies, likely from some kind of pressure sensitivity within the screen. This can actually open up a lot of possibilities for new user interactivity on the phone (I am reminded of one of the first iPhones where the “swipe” to use your phone was groundbreaking interaction, oh how far we have come!).

The second rumored feature is the Touch ID security scanner moving house from the home button onto the screen itself. An interesting move and certainly is cool, but it leaves me wondering about screen replacements in the future and previous Touch ID systems in home buttons are coded to the individual phone and has made that particular part not interchangeable on some phones. So if the same holds true for a Touch ID system integrated into the screen itself, will it have to be somehow coded before the feature will work again? I suppose we'll just have to wait and see.

The one rumor that I am particularly excited about is the reversible USB. Apple has already successfully made the bi-directional lightning cable and we may just see a similar implementation on the other end. This would replace the current “omni-directional” standard USB plug (you try to plug in the USB and it doesn’t fit so you turn it over and try again only to discover you were right the first time and turn it back over and succeed).

Finally, the last rumor is a cosmetic one. A softer Rose Gold colour frame to match the Rose Gold Apple Watch could be the new colour. I think this would look pretty sharp, even if Apple isn’t the first to decorate their phone this colour.

Well that wraps up the rumors for now. Maybe we’ll see these features and maybe we won’t. Maybe Apple will through in a new feature that will completely blow our minds! The only thing we know for sure is that we’ll have to wait until September to find out.


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