Latest iPhone 8 Rumors

Ming-Chi Kuo is an analyst at KGI Securities in South Korea, and he’s known far and wide for his solid track record when reporting on unreleased Apple devices. Kuo covers a lot of ground in his most recent note to clients, and some of the details he shared had already been rumors. A few things will comes as news to Apple fans though, so let’s break it down.

1. Apple plans to release three new iPhone models this year. The first two will feature LCD displays that measure 4.7- and 5.5-inches, while the third will include a 5.8-inch OLED screen.

2. The completely redesigned OLED iPhone, which we’ve all been calling the “iPhone 8,” will feature the highest screen-to-body ratio in the world among widely-available smartphones.

3. Apple’s iPhone 8 will not have a physical home button, though Kuo says that there will not be an embedded fingerprint scanner integrated into the handset’s display. Needless to say, this would be very bad news.

4. The iPhone 8’s front-facing camera setup will support 3D scanning and advanced facial recognition.

5. The 4.7-inch “iPhone 7s” will feature a single-lens rear camera and 2GB of RAM.

6. The 5.5-inch “iPhone 7s Plus” and the iPhone 8 will feature dual-lens rear cameras and 3GB of RAM.

7. All three new iPhone models will reportedly come with either 64GB or 256GB of storage. No third option is mentioned by Kuo.

8. Apple’s new iPhones will obviously feature Lightning ports, but they’ll have embedded USB-C power delivery circuits for faster charging.

9. The iPhone 8 will feature upgraded speakers and enhanced stereo sound.

10. Apple’s iPhone 8 will not launch with as many color options as the iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus (and we hope whatever color options are made available only have black front panels).

KGI securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has proven time and time again that his inside sources are the real deal

Bad News For Apple Lovers

According to the analyst, Apple’s next-generation OLED iPhone will indeed ditch the physical home button beneath the display. As a result, Kuo says Apple will achieve the best screen-to-body ratio in the industry among widely available flagship phones. That’s obviously good news. The bad news, according to Kuo, is that there will not be a Touch ID fingerprint sensor embedded in the screen, as we’ve all been expecting.

We sincerely hope that Kuo’s lines got crossed somewhere, because ditching Touch ID in favor of facial recognition would be a massive step backward in terms of user experience. No matter how fast and accurate Apple’s 3D facial scanning is on the iPhone 8, a user still wouldn’t be able to unlock the iPhone without lifting it up and pointing it directly at his or her face.