Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of the original iPhone next year. The tech giant is expected to mark the occasion with a special iPhone 8, which is believed to be completely redesigned and unpredictable.
The earliest iPhone model made its debut back in 2007, when the smartphone industry was just heating up. Ten years later, the iPhone 8 model is expected to debut in 2017 should be the most remarkable iPhone yet, well planned to mark the device’s 10-year celebration.
Over the past three years, Apple practically followed the same design with iPhone 6, iPhone 6s and iPhone 7. However, the next-generation iPhone 8 will reportedly come with a massive change in design and technology.
Earlier reports suggested that the new iPhone 8 will feature an OLED display covering most of the smartphone’s front panel, with the home button and fingerprint scanner fixed beneath the screen. The device was further speculated to have a metal rim around the edges and a glass back instead of aluminum.
However, recent news claims that such presumptions are incorrect and the iPhone 8’s design will in fact be different from anything the market has seen before. Market experts believe that the iPhone 8 will sport a revolutionary design that won’t resemble any smartphone released so far.
The iPhone 8 is expected to look like a clear piece of glass with an advanced OLED screen, according to sources. This indicates that the iPhone 8 will be entirely transparent, allowing users to see directly through the device so that Apple could pull a trick similar to the HoloLens offered by Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT).
"You pop it into a headset, which has eye sensors on it, which enables the next iPhone to have a higher apparent frame rate and polygon count than a PC with an NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) 1080 card in it," a source stated.
In addition, the iPhone 8 may feature a new 3D sensor from Primesense. Around 100 engineers in Israel are rumored to be working on the sensor alone as the tech giant is managing everything for the 10th iPhone anniversary celebration and the first product launch in the company’s new headquarters.
Apple’s latest iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus gained a lot of interest, particularly with rival Samsung (KS:005930) Galaxy Note 7 declining, but they didn’t really present anything significantly innovative and revolutionary. Market players will surely keep an eye on Apple to see whether it can come up with something unique and drastic changes with its iPhone 8, or whether its innovation days are behind it.
Revolutionary Features of the iPhone 8
More than having an innovative physical design, the iPhone 8 is expected to function like a MacBook Pro. According to reports, Apple’s special anniversary iPhone will be more powerful than a personal computer, with a built in NVIDIA 1080 card inside its GPU due to the higher polygon count and supposed frame rate of the phone.
In addition, the next-generation iPhone is said to offer convenience and comfort that can also be drawn out from their Apple Watch series.
Shares of Apple climbed 0.9 percent to 117.65 on Monday. The stock is extended from a 110.33 buy point on September 14, but is still in range from alternative turning point at 116.28.