Today we get our first look at the iPhone 7 and, alongside arguably the most controversial design change in Smartphone history, potential owners are in for a shock…
French site NoWhereElse (home to prolific leaker OnLeaks) has obtained the first iPhone 7 schematics and they reveal Apple AAPL +1.05% plans to change – well, not a lot. Nevertheless the schematics, which OnLeaks (aka Steve Hemmerstoffer) states are ‘confirmed’ give us 3 key revelations:
1.Goodbye Antenna Bands
It has long been rumoured that Apple has created a breakthrough ‘smart’ material that would enable it to finally kill off the unsightly antenna stripes on the iPhone range. The stripes are cut into the handsets’ aluminium chassis to stop it killing signal strength and, right on cue, NoWhereElse’s schematics show they have gone, which creates a much cleaner overall look.
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| iPhone 7 schematics show important changes, but do not have a Wow Factor. Image credit: NoWhereElse.fr |
That said, antenna bands are expected to remain on the top and
bottom edges of the iPhone 7 – something the technical drawings don’t reveal.
2.Upgraded Camera
It should be no surprise that the iPhone 7 will sport an upgraded
camera – every new iPhone does – but the NoWhereElse schematics show something
that Apple hasn’t done in several years: make the module bigger.
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| The track record of NoWhereElse’s schematics drawings is unparalleled. Even if there’s irony in the images being taken on a computer running Windows. Image credit: NoWhereElse.fr |
3.Thinner Design
While the dimensions are not shown in the leak, Hemmerstoffer says
iPhone 7 schematics are marginally thinner than the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S
Plus – models which were actually fractionally thicker than the iPhone 6 and
iPhone 6 Plus.
Ever thinner smartphones have started to irritate customers who’d
rather manufacturers focused on practicalities like bigger batteries. Samsung
finally accommodated this with the superb Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge so, if
Apple does not do the same, it could prove a controversial move.
Of course the biggest talking point with the leaked schematics
though is
clear to everyone…
Source: Forbes
