More possible 'iPhone 7' packaging leaks emerge, also list bundled Apple 'AirPods'
More questionable photos alleging to show the back of Apple's "iPhone 7" packaging have popped up, with the most recent boxes out of Russia suggesting that Apple's as yet unannounced Bluetooth "AirPods" will be included with some models.
The alleged "iPhone" box pictures were sent to AppleInsider on Thursday, and show details for a 256-gigabyte "iPhone 7." Like Thursday's leaked packaging, the new pictures claim that wireless "AirPods" are included with the phone but this time included with the smaller "iPhone 7," instead of just with the "iPhone 7 Plus."
Only one of the pictures has a clear focus. While the "AirPods" are listed as included, the Lightning to headphone jack adapter depicted on other box picture leaks is not listed.
Casting some doubt on authenticity, the label on the back of the box is also clearly a sticker. Apple has recently been printing directly on the box backs, with the shift to printed packaging and away from a sticker on the box taking place with the launch of the iPhone 6.
The text is centered on the sticker, also in contrast to iPhone 6 and 6s packaging having left-justified text. And recent iPhone models have not printed the product name large at the top of the box, like is shown in the latest Russian leak.
However, some Apple products in the past have had centered text and a large product name printed on the back of the box, including the iPad mini 2 and Apple Watch.
Despite the images appearing to be from a shrink-wrapped pair of retail boxes for the device, paper "proof" listing box contents is easy to forge. The images, if legitimate, could indicate Apple will have a staggering amount of individual model numbers, spanning not just models, but colors, capacities, and now the choice of wired or wireless bundled earbuds.
The company has been rumored for some time to have completely wireless earbuds in development, with no tethering wire spanning the two buds. A recent regulatory filing confirmed the rumors that the wireless earbuds are called "AirPods," in a slight alteration of the original wired "EarPods" name.
The new "iPhone 7" is expected to be revealed during Apple's Sept. 7 event. New models are rumored to be slightly thinner design than the iPhone 6 family, made possible by removing the analog headphone jack, necessitating wireless or Lightning earbuds. The larger 5.5-inch "Plus" variant has been said for some time to feature a dual-lens camera design, and 3 gigabytes of application RAM.
The alleged "iPhone" box pictures were sent to AppleInsider on Thursday, and show details for a 256-gigabyte "iPhone 7." Like Thursday's leaked packaging, the new pictures claim that wireless "AirPods" are included with the phone but this time included with the smaller "iPhone 7," instead of just with the "iPhone 7 Plus."
Only one of the pictures has a clear focus. While the "AirPods" are listed as included, the Lightning to headphone jack adapter depicted on other box picture leaks is not listed.
Casting some doubt on authenticity, the label on the back of the box is also clearly a sticker. Apple has recently been printing directly on the box backs, with the shift to printed packaging and away from a sticker on the box taking place with the launch of the iPhone 6.
The text is centered on the sticker, also in contrast to iPhone 6 and 6s packaging having left-justified text. And recent iPhone models have not printed the product name large at the top of the box, like is shown in the latest Russian leak.
However, some Apple products in the past have had centered text and a large product name printed on the back of the box, including the iPad mini 2 and Apple Watch.
Despite the images appearing to be from a shrink-wrapped pair of retail boxes for the device, paper "proof" listing box contents is easy to forge. The images, if legitimate, could indicate Apple will have a staggering amount of individual model numbers, spanning not just models, but colors, capacities, and now the choice of wired or wireless bundled earbuds.
The company has been rumored for some time to have completely wireless earbuds in development, with no tethering wire spanning the two buds. A recent regulatory filing confirmed the rumors that the wireless earbuds are called "AirPods," in a slight alteration of the original wired "EarPods" name.
The new "iPhone 7" is expected to be revealed during Apple's Sept. 7 event. New models are rumored to be slightly thinner design than the iPhone 6 family, made possible by removing the analog headphone jack, necessitating wireless or Lightning earbuds. The larger 5.5-inch "Plus" variant has been said for some time to feature a dual-lens camera design, and 3 gigabytes of application RAM.
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I really can't wait to see if they put competitive camera hardware, instead of keeping using by far the weakest camera hardware of any single high end mobile device. Their processing software and A-series chip deserves better. Actually, they deserve the best.
After that... What could be nicer?
Hmmm, useful features like waterproofing and a modern, high end, screen technology, like OLED, that is better on any single metric.
Heck, if they put the 6s with 64 GB of storage (minimum) and waterproof it, they would already have the best phone until this time, next year. Right? It wouldn't be an explosive release (
Still excited for the new A-series ship. It's one of those things where Apple could make a "meh" announcement, or something truly profound.
But they have other issues to solve, like... WTF is the 6 series (not the 6s) doing at those prices? What about the mack and all of their known huge issues?
- TN Panels on the MBAir;
- Outdated CPUs and GPUs;
- non-ssd even on very expensive configurations;
- extremely small SSDs;
- etc.
Just clean house. Stop selling the 6 series, mac mini, any non-retina iMac, any non-ssd mac, the macbook air, all iPads besides the Pros and call the 9,7" just iPad, etc.Add $100 to each for the 7 Plus. I think the Lighning EarPods will be exclusive to the 32 and 128 GB models, the AirPods exclusive to the top-of-the-line 256 GB model as an "added incentive" to buy it.
If included, AirPods will be optional and cost more. No different than chasing wired or wireless keyboard and mouse with the iMac. And comparatively, no more SKUs than the iPads with and without LTE.
While I agree it underlines the reason to drop the 3.5mm jack, customers expect headphones, and they may have some regulatory requirements to provide them in some territories. And many Apple customers just aren't going to pay a $150-200 premium for wireless earbuds, no matter how good.
As there is yet another screen tech this time around (TrueTone), the pics will almost certainly not still show last years image of the fishes, and DEFINITELY not show the two year old blank box which you refer to.
Had you seen a box more recently than two years ago, you would have been able to work this out on your own!
Basically... it's easy to fake writing on the back of a box- but would take some creativity to try and guess the new image Apple will be printing on the box fronts. That's the big clue these are fakes. The fact that supposedly the new, never been seen image on the front is right there in the photographer's hands, but they choose to only snap the text instead.
Please.
If the front was actually posted! But it wasn't, because these are likely fakes.
The iPhone 6 has print on the top of the box now. It didn't at first though. My friend just bought one and it does have an image of the phone on it. Not the fish though. One of the flower wallpapers I believe. My iPhone 6 box from 2 years ago was blank though. They must have changed it fairly recently.
I am guessing Apple will do something to make sure they don't, with the iPhone 7 looking like a small upgrade, I guess this will be one of the standout features, a new wireless headphone protocol that requires the iPhone 7, likely based on a lower energy version of Bluetooth.