A somewhat sketchy video showing a supposed iPhone 7 prototype has surfaced online, sparking speculation that Apple will ditch the bezel and physical Home button for next year’s iPhone handset.
The prototype also depicts a centered main camera with no visible LED flash.
Rumors of the lack of Home button and bezel-free display for a next-gen iPhone have been circulating for some time now. A lack of bezel, offering a way to make the iPhone display bigger without having to enlarge the physical real estate of the handset, was rumored for last year’s iPhone 6 — although obviously did not happen.
It has also been the subject of internal Apple investigation, as seen through the multiple patents the company has published in this area.
Apple has likewise sparked rumors that its might ditch the Home button, with a 2015 patent filing describing “finger biometric sensing pixels” for future iPhones, meaning that the physical Touch ID sensor currently embedded into the handset could be incorporated into an iPhone screen.
With all that said, the video that surfaced today has something distinctly… well, fishy about it. It’s apparently shot at Foxconn, where the iPhone 7 will likely be made, but it screams “fake” — right down to the appearance of a security guard at the end.
Whether or not it turns out to be, we’ll have to wait and see. Still a pretty cool design concept, though!
You can check out the video here to make up your own mind.
Via: GforGames
Luke Dormehl is a U.K.-based journalist and author, with a background working in documentary film for Channel 4 and the BBC. He is the author of The Apple Revolution and The Formula: How Algorithms Solve All Our Problems … and Create More, both published by Penguin/Random House. His tech writing has also appeared in Wired, Fast Company, Techmeme and other publications.
6 responses to “‘iPhone 7 prototype’ video is as believable as an alien autopsy”
That is a great headline. :)
Video pulled :(
Well, if its got fat by eating batteries that would be a good thing.
Sort of like the WP on lower bezel screen buttons welcome to 2012
smaller bezel size is greatly welcome, although I would take these with a pinch of salt. FCC marks are no longer required to be embedded within the devices casing, hence the lack of them in the most recent iPhone models. Also, the lack of flash and apparent poor finish would render it a working or design prototype, rather than a final product prototype.
looks like an htc one series phone tbh. but uglier