Rumor: Photos show Foxconn shipping pallets of 'iPhone 8' units to Apple in USA
A pair of photos from China claim to show pallets of "iPhone 8" units boxed up to be sent to Apple in America, ahead of next Tuesday's highly anticipated unveiling at the Steve Jobs Theater.
The images posted by MyDrivers show nothing more than pallets being shipped through California-based company Morrison Express. The pictures are not high quality enough to offer a peek at the manifest, but it can be seen that the shipments are, in fact, air pallets for expedited delivery, and Morrison Express is Silicon Valley's favorite expediter.
The accompanying text claims the boxes, which also feature Chinese lettering, were photographed at Foxconn's Zhengzhou Technology Park -- one of the company's manufacturing "cities" in the Henan province, where over 100,000 people work on assembling devices like the iPhone.
The report suggested that employees at the Foxconn facility have begun to package and ship "iPhone 8" units to the United States, and that the images were discreetly taken despite strict confidentiality at the site. The pictures were first spotlighted by Techtastic.nl.
Given how early the units are allegedly shipping, it's possible that these models could be meant for demos or hands-on ahead of launch. Given Apple's past launch timeframes, it's likely that the "iPhone 8" will find its way into the hands of consumer starting on Friday, Sept. 22.
"iPhone 8" render. | Source: Gordon Kelly and Nodus
All will be confirmed next Tuesday, when Apple is expected to unveil a trio of new iPhones, headlined by a flagship, premium-priced model known colloquially as the "iPhone8." It is said to boast an edge-to-edge OLED display, as well as advanced facial recognition hardware and software, and a glass back with wireless charging.
Apple is also expected to introduce successors to the iPhone 7 lineup with faster processors and wireless charging, priced more traditionally for mass market appeal. A new "Series 3" Apple Watch and a more powerful Apple TV with 4K resolution and HDR support are also expected to be announced next week.
The images posted by MyDrivers show nothing more than pallets being shipped through California-based company Morrison Express. The pictures are not high quality enough to offer a peek at the manifest, but it can be seen that the shipments are, in fact, air pallets for expedited delivery, and Morrison Express is Silicon Valley's favorite expediter.
The accompanying text claims the boxes, which also feature Chinese lettering, were photographed at Foxconn's Zhengzhou Technology Park -- one of the company's manufacturing "cities" in the Henan province, where over 100,000 people work on assembling devices like the iPhone.
The report suggested that employees at the Foxconn facility have begun to package and ship "iPhone 8" units to the United States, and that the images were discreetly taken despite strict confidentiality at the site. The pictures were first spotlighted by Techtastic.nl.
Given how early the units are allegedly shipping, it's possible that these models could be meant for demos or hands-on ahead of launch. Given Apple's past launch timeframes, it's likely that the "iPhone 8" will find its way into the hands of consumer starting on Friday, Sept. 22.
"iPhone 8" render. | Source: Gordon Kelly and Nodus
All will be confirmed next Tuesday, when Apple is expected to unveil a trio of new iPhones, headlined by a flagship, premium-priced model known colloquially as the "iPhone8." It is said to boast an edge-to-edge OLED display, as well as advanced facial recognition hardware and software, and a glass back with wireless charging.
Apple is also expected to introduce successors to the iPhone 7 lineup with faster processors and wireless charging, priced more traditionally for mass market appeal. A new "Series 3" Apple Watch and a more powerful Apple TV with 4K resolution and HDR support are also expected to be announced next week.
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I'll just watch the announcement next Tuesday, then read Apple's information on it.
iPhone Edition probably won't be in stores anywhere on launch day. Launch day deliveries of pre-orders will occur, but likely only for people who manage to order within 5 minutes of pre-order going live. It will quickly slip to weeks and then months.
I agree this may turn into more of an issue than people realize, With the media tagging the product with a name ahead of the announcement will cause product confusion for Apple. Most consumers are not aware of most of the phone rumors, only after next week will they know there are new phones, and when they do the search will all the confusion will start.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that a stack of pallets rather than pallets of 'iPhone 8' units.
Though, as a woodworker, I'd love to get my hands some of those particular pallets, with that provenance -- they'd be great to upcycle into rustic high-tech furniture such as: computer desk; bookcase; wall hanging; table, etc.
They'd be collector's items!
So the "Iphone 8" quote being alluded to being some important clue could either be from the report, the manifest or from the boxes. I'd only believe it on the box and it sounds like this just came from the report which could just be the writers interpretetion of what the next Iphone is called and the most obvious name (for someone not in the know) would be Iphone 8, I.e 8 comes after 7. However the way I see it ther are 3 possibilities for the naming of the 2 new phones:
Option A:
iphone 7s
iphone 8
Option B:
iphone 7s
iphone edition or x or pro
Option C:
iphone 8
iphone edition or x or pro
I think B is most likely as it's the only one that doesn't break current cycle naming conventions. What do you think?