The 10th anniversary of the original iPhone's release is coming up quick, and it seems more than likely that on that day – June 29th – we'll find out what's next for the iPhone.
Rumours have been building for months, but a new report from Bloomberg crystalises the theories into an easily digestible prediction: there will be three iPhones, two of them relatively normal upgrades, one of them an all-new and fancy design. You may have to wait to get your hands on that fancy one, though.
The report, which The 10th anniversary of the original iPhone's release is coming up quick, and it seems more than likely that on that day – June 29th – we'll find out what's next for the iPhone.
Rumours have been building for months, but a new report from Bloomberg crystalises the theories into an easily digestible prediction: there will be three iPhones, two of them relatively normal upgrades, one of them an all-new and fancy design. You may have to wait to get your hands on that fancy one, though.
The report, which comes by way of Bloomberg's virtual infallible Mark Gurman, indicates that the that two relatively normal successors to the iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7 Plus will be announced and that these will serve as the 7S and 7S Plus we would ordinarily get during an off year in the iPhone cycle, landing in September.
But these will also be accompanied by the long-speculated anniversary iPhone, which is set to sport a new look and, almost inevitably, a much higher price.
According to Bloomberg, which is in large part a reiteration and semi-confirmation of whispers that have already been out there for a while, the premium model will have a curved glass service and tiny bezels, which will allow it to have a crisp OLED display that is about the size of the display on an iPhone 7 Plus, but in a body that is closer to the size of an iPhone 7.
Industry talk suggests this phone will not come cheap (with a price tag potentially as much as £1,000) but Bloomberg says it may not come quickly. Though Apple may announce all three phones on the same day, manufacturing challenges could well delay the ship date of the revamped phone by several months to nearer the end of the year.
We'll likely find out for sure on June 29th.