iPhone8 (rumor)


The latest report from TrendForce pointed out that this year’s most high-end Apple iPhone 8 will use 5.8-inch display, but due to production capacity problems, it will not use curved design. The report also confirmed that its physical Home key will be canceled, the purpose is to get a higher screen-to-body ratio, once again verified the previous rumors.

TrendForce’s report also said that iPhone8 will come with 3GB RAM, the same with the iPhone, but only provides two kinds of storage space: 64GB and 256GB, and with 3D sensing function, enable to face recognition and AR application expansion, before the IT Home reported that famous Apple analyst Guo MingQi also said that Apple iPhone8 will be equipped with “revolutionary” 3D front-mounted camera.

Before there was news that iPhone8 will use a curved screen design, but TrendForce’s report said that due to production capacity problems and drop test is unqualified, Apple finally canceled the plan, but owing to using OLED and brand-new “bezel-less” design, thus compared to iPhone 7, its screen still has changed a lot.

TrendForce also confirmed that the high-end version iPhone8 price will be higher, or will be more than US$ 1,000, which also coincides with GUO MingQi’s prediction. In addition, the report also pointed out that Apple will launch the new 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch iPhone, the price will be lower, while the high-end iPhone8 will account for 40% of all new iPhone production.