Likely bogus schematic of Apple's 'iPhone 8' surfaces on link aggregation site
A new schematic has emerged purporting to be of the forthcoming "iPhone 8," but inconstancies with existing supply chain reports suggest strongly that it is a fake.
AppleInsider was informed of the existence of the "leak" hosted on Slashleaks. The diagram shows a relatively unadorned device resembling the iPhone 5 form factor, with a vertical camera module orientation, as opposed to the iPhone 7 Plus' horizontal one.
While the diagram aligns with no physical home button at all, it has no rumored vaguely teardrop shape suggested for the "iPhone 8," nor any indication of a curved screen at all -- even a gently curved one.
Scaled to a 5.1 or 5.2-inch screen size, commonly rumored to be the dimensions of the OLED screen on the model, the thickness of the device is about the same as the iPhone 5, and notably thicker than that of the iPhone 7.
The contributor of the leak to the site has a decent accuracy rate. However, the users of the site see inconsistencies, and are doubtful of its authenticity.
Apple is managing to retain its secrets a bit more in 2017 than it did in 2016. Many of the rumors floated in April of 2016 were true about the iPhone 7 -- but at this point, a mostly accurate case mockup including antenna positioning for the iPhone 7 was available in street markets in China.
Apple's "iPhone 8" is expected to be revealed alongside the "iPhone 7s" family in the fall of 2017, and use a 5.8-inch edge-to-edge OLED panel with a 5.1-inch practical area, the rest being dedicated to virtual buttons. Other features rumored to be included in the device are a 3D facial scanner, and other sensors embedded in the front glass of the device.
AppleInsider was informed of the existence of the "leak" hosted on Slashleaks. The diagram shows a relatively unadorned device resembling the iPhone 5 form factor, with a vertical camera module orientation, as opposed to the iPhone 7 Plus' horizontal one.
While the diagram aligns with no physical home button at all, it has no rumored vaguely teardrop shape suggested for the "iPhone 8," nor any indication of a curved screen at all -- even a gently curved one.
Scaled to a 5.1 or 5.2-inch screen size, commonly rumored to be the dimensions of the OLED screen on the model, the thickness of the device is about the same as the iPhone 5, and notably thicker than that of the iPhone 7.
The contributor of the leak to the site has a decent accuracy rate. However, the users of the site see inconsistencies, and are doubtful of its authenticity.
Apple is managing to retain its secrets a bit more in 2017 than it did in 2016. Many of the rumors floated in April of 2016 were true about the iPhone 7 -- but at this point, a mostly accurate case mockup including antenna positioning for the iPhone 7 was available in street markets in China.
Apple's "iPhone 8" is expected to be revealed alongside the "iPhone 7s" family in the fall of 2017, and use a 5.8-inch edge-to-edge OLED panel with a 5.1-inch practical area, the rest being dedicated to virtual buttons. Other features rumored to be included in the device are a 3D facial scanner, and other sensors embedded in the front glass of the device.
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The red characters says "This image is fabricated/fake"
But this particular one...fake or not, that is pretty close to mark...so it is worth sharing.
Glass front and back? Check.
All display front? Check.
No home button? Check.
Curved side/edge/band that separates back and front? Check.
Fake or not, its probably pretty close to the real thing. It will be interesting to see in a few months how accurate it was.
Here's a bit clearer explanation about where that schematic came from:
"It doesn’t look a genuine iPhone schematic, and there’s a simple reason for that: it’s not. It was in fact created by Benjamin Geskin, who specializes in creating renders based on rumors.
Geskin doesn’t claim that the drawing he created is anything other than his guess. What he does claim is that he is basing his drawing on sketches of a prototype by a factory worker. These source drawings (above and below) are as crude as could possibly be.
Geskin is not without credibility when it comes to leaks. A render he created of Samsung’s Galaxy S8 based on a piece of protective glass was on the money, and about a week ahead of leaked views of the real thing."
As for the "Killer Deals," I know what you mean, but I have also benefitted from a couple of them in recent months and saved a few hundred bucks, so I can't completely wish they'd go away.
But I will say that I'm still waiting for my $10 rebate from the Apple TV that I bought from Adorama (via AI) in December, four months ago. I hate to think how much time I've wasted trying to get my measly $10, but at this point I guess it's just a matter of principle. I was eventually able to get them to confirm that the rebate had been processed and should be on its way, but that was probably more than a month ago.
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Phenomenal work. Keep it up. These critics are all losers.
I'm all for rumors, but even those don't approach the quality we used to have. Part of it is Apple cracking down, I think. We used to get some great ones on Mac hardware. My issue with this is they basically know it's fake and are printing it anyway.