There’s a bit to talk about here, though the 7 isn’t
expected till about September 2016 there are a lot of rumors going around right
now, so I just wanted to jump into that and shine some light on theories and
thoughts. With the way Apple has gone so far when they ascend to a new number
they change the hardware design, such as when they go into the “S” series they
upgrade the software, and with the iteration of the 6 they brought about the
plus variant. So far it’s been 6/6 Plus, 6s/6s Plus, following that should be
the 7/7 plus, but now there are some thoughts that they might bring about a 7c
as well. So that could mean that a c-variant could come every other cycle, the
7c is supposed to sport the A9 chip, a metal body instead of that cheap ol’
plastic, as well as sticking to the original 4 inch size. So for those who
think the 6/6s is a bit too big, this is a happy compromise I imagine.
Back to the matter at hand, so following tradition the 7 is
going to look a lot different, but what can Apple change? Well since the coming
of the 6 there’s been talk of ditching the audio jack to slim down the phone
even further, so what would that mean for us that love our music? Well there
are now headphones that are usable through the lightning connector, not to
mention Bluetooth headphones/earphones, and if Apple does away with the
headphone jack they’ll have to provide new earpods to go along with them. In
this case maybe a second lightning connector would be efficient? They’d still
have the same function, but you’d be able to switch them, as well as listen to
music and charge at the same time. There’s a 99.87% chance that will never
happen though so it’s more wishful thinking than anything. There’s been talk of
losing the home button, in favor of what’s called a 3D screen, though this is expected
to be seen in the 8, at least. It’s possible to see a near bezel-less screen
though, and that’s a comforting thought in itself. Is anyone else holding out
for a shatterproof screen? I know a lot of you hate cases on your iPhone, hell
my sisters have all cracked their iPhones and me and my brother-in-law are the
only ones with cases, I also have a tempered glass screen protector so I have
little to no worries, but enough about me. Back to the lightning connector,
there’s talk of Apple prototyping iPhones with a USB-C port instead of
lightning connector! And really I barely recovered from the 30-pin connector
disaster, don’t do this to us again Apple, I don’t know how many upsets we can
go through before you’re satisfied. I’m hoping for a new stronger camera, I
would not disagree with more megapixels, for the front facing or the main
camera, just saying Apple. And to wrap up this hardware section I just have to mention
that there’s talk of a waterproof frame, as well as dust proof, along with a
shatterproof screen this could make for a near invincible iPhone, and well that
would be pretty cool!
Onto the software portion now, let’s start with screen
resolution. The 6/6s had a resolution of 1334x750, and the 6 plus/6s plus went
to 1980x1080, here’s to hoping they’ll bump the 7 to 1920x1080, and the 7 plus
to Quad High Definition (QHD) proportions, I’m talking 2560x1440 that’s a big
enough step for Apple, it’s not 4K video playback quality but it’s as close as
they’ll get for a while. If all of a sudden they cranked their resolution up I
think I’d be caught in a state of shock but, I digress. Of course the iPhone 7
will step up with a better processor from the A9, to the A10/AX, being a duel-core,
there’s even been talk of grinding out a hexa-core processor. (6 cores) The
idea of that is so beautiful I’d cry to hear that news. RAM is expected to stay
at 2GB for the 7, and jump up to 3GB with the 7 plus, the way they’re making it
sound it could be a worthy competitor to the other companies, and could see a
lot of defectors jumping aboard. That is to say if phones keep off the steroids
and don’t just pump themselves up to terrifying portions. It’s not concrete,
but Apple could be ditching the 16GB model for an entry-level of 32GB instead,
not to mention there’s whispers of a higher capacity than 128GB, is it
possible? Yeah it’s possible I suppose, though not plausible. I can’t imagine
seeing higher than 128GB, though it is quite possible, just don’t bet on it
okay? I’d like to wrap this up so the last few points I’m going to be going
over are more color options, though it’s more likely this would be seen in the
7c, and finally is wireless charging. Need I say more? Wireless. Charging. If
they did go this route maybe the lightning cable earpods are more of a
possibility, though usually wireless chargers turn out to be accessories bought
later into the life of your smart phone. And this concludes my first rumor
roundup, stay tuned for so much more and thank you for sticking with me this
far!
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