Questionable photos of space black 'iPhone 7 Plus' appear online
New photos of an alleged "iPhone 7 Plus" emerged over the weekend, but may be of a mockup instead, given past images from the same source.
The photos from "KK", shared by TechTastic, purport to show closeups of the "Plus" in a space black color. The device is depicted has having a rear-mounted Smart Connector, which recent rumors have been inconsistent about. More significantly it's labeled as an "S" variant, a term Apple is unlikely to use again having released the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus last September.
The camera bump may also be sized differently than in some previous leaks, and have smaller holes.
On the bottom of the phone's casing, there are indications of stressed or deformed material above the right screw-hole. The machined holes to the right of the Lightning port are clearly not the same size or relative location of those on the left hand side of the case.
The device/mockup may be the same one seen in less detail from photos from on August 11.
Apple is believed to be planning an iPhone event for early September. The new models, likely featuring the "A10" chipset and better camera technology, should become available a week or two later.
The photos from "KK", shared by TechTastic, purport to show closeups of the "Plus" in a space black color. The device is depicted has having a rear-mounted Smart Connector, which recent rumors have been inconsistent about. More significantly it's labeled as an "S" variant, a term Apple is unlikely to use again having released the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus last September.
The camera bump may also be sized differently than in some previous leaks, and have smaller holes.
On the bottom of the phone's casing, there are indications of stressed or deformed material above the right screw-hole. The machined holes to the right of the Lightning port are clearly not the same size or relative location of those on the left hand side of the case.
The device/mockup may be the same one seen in less detail from photos from on August 11.
Apple is believed to be planning an iPhone event for early September. The new models, likely featuring the "A10" chipset and better camera technology, should become available a week or two later.
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And why the space moniker? I guess that sounds better than just plain "grey" or "black".
Everything needs to be fancy today.
A garbage man is no longer a garbage man, now they're a renovation worker.
Bread is no longer just bread. Now it's all "artisan" bread, and costs double the price.
Colors are no longer good enough to just be by themselves anymore, nowadays, they all need special monikers before the color, to make them sound better.
When I go to buy a shirt later on, I'm not going to be satisfied with a simple brown shirt, that's so plain and tired. No sir, I will be looking for an exclusive chihuahua poo brown shirt, that's the ticket!
all said and done tho, I'd still like a truly black (or damn close to it) iOS device.
But the whole phone? It would look like a mini monolith.
as for "space grey", i would gather it was a replacement for "gun metal grey".
Oh, I forgot, we're talking about the same people who were in favor of replacing the gun emoji with a colorful water gun emoji instead, like that's going to make a difference to anything or anybody in this world.
The proportions are all wrong, though. A phone in 1:4:9 would be too thick.
That mock-up still has the Smart Connector in the wrong place.