Apple released its latest flagship smartphone — the iPhone 7 — just recently, but despite being less than a month old, new reports are now starting to circulate which claims to reveal the possible hardware and specs for the company's next-generation device, the iPhone 8. Fans are apparently now looking forward to the new device, which is reportedly going to be a breakthrough device with a brand new design that has never been seen before on a smartphone.
According to the latest reports, the upcoming device will apparently be featuring a new organic light emitting diode (OLED) display that will be covering the phone from edge to edge. Apple will reportedly be moving away from its standard liquid crystal display (LCD) display and instead go with the more efficient and flexible display option.
However, the unique thing about how they will be applying the new technology is that it will reportedly be covering the entire front side of the device. The problem with this design is that Apple would have to find a way to imbed or integrate the front facing camera, speakers, and the home button underneath the display itself.
Apple apparently already had this figured out in a previous patent which it had filed back in 2014. The patent itself was just recently approved and revealed a method that would allow the fingerprint sensor to be under the device's display. If this would indeed be something that Apple would apply on the next iPhone, then users may be seeing a smartphone without a Home Button next year.
Ming-Chi Kuo from KGI Securities had also recently reported that the entire display may be covered by a sheet of glass that is reinforced by an aluminum or stainless steel frame. The entire handset may also be predominantly covered in glass as it moves away from the standard aluminum design.
Apple has, of course, not yet confirmed or denied any of the rumors, which mean that majority of the reports still remain to be mere speculation at this point.
