According to Macrumours, a source close to Apple with a reliable track record of leaking accurate information has given the clearest indication yet of what to expect when the iPhone 7 is revealed in September.
According to the source, the chassis of the phone will be extremely similar to that of the iPhone 6, with two noticeable revisions.
The first change will be an alteration to the camera which will result in a slightly different look around the aperture. Apple is said to be interested in using a thinner and smaller camera module on the iPhone 7, and doing so would remove the bump the aperture currently creates on the body of the iPhone 6 and 6S, meaning the back of the phone would be smooth and flush.
The other revision is said to be a change to how the antenna bands work on the handset. At the moment, the bands on the iPhone 6 models create white borders on the rear of the phone, meaning the top and bottom of the handset are divided awkwardly. Critics have called the current design unsightly – a criticism Apple may have taken to heart.
iPhone 7: Apple 'plans to release three different iPhones this year'
Apple could launch three different iPhone 7 handsets this year, according to the latest rumours.
The tech giant is expected to release the new handset later this year and it had been assumed it would continue the trend established with the iPhone 6 and introduce two models: a standard 4.7ins handset and a larger 5.5ins Plus model.
However, the latest rumour from well-connected KGI securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo suggests Apple could be launching three different handsets come September.
AppleInsider says that it has obtained one of Kuo's notes to investors detailing a second Plus variant that will sport a dual camera design.
There have been rumours in the past that Apple will introduce the technology to its smartphones, adds the website. The company has been interested in dual cameras since 2014 and much of the iPhone 6S rumour mill revolved around Apple introducing the option to its range, though manufacturing and supply chain difficulties may have killed off the company's interest.
According to the note, Apple will source camera hardware from Sony.
"Both of the iPhone 7 Plus' CCMs will be 12 megapixel compact image sensors (CIS), one supporting optical image stabilization and a wider field of view, while the other will come loaded for bear with a 2-3x telephoto lens," it reads.
9 to 5 Mac adds: "The dual-camera setup would take independent photos from both camera holes and use ŒLinx Imaging¹ algorithms to combine the photo data into final images for users to see".
If the rumours are true, the new premium dual-camera option will become the most expensive iPhone on sale. The note from KGI adds it will be necessary for Apple to offer both a dual and single camera set-up, as supply chain constraints may render offering the Plus solely as a dual-camera phone impossible. It could make up around 30 per cent of iPhone 7 sales when it launches later this year.
Interestingly, if Apple does decide to bring out three iPhones in September – the standard iPhone 7 and two different Plus versions – it would be the first time the company has offered different hardware options for the same device, aside from storage and the colour of the casing, notes The Verge.
The site also adds that the system relies on smaller sensors and pixels, meaning the dual-camera module wouldn't automatically take up twice as much space in the phone's chassis and could mean the apertures would no longer protrude out of the phone itself.
"Apple needs to take a big leap in camera quality if it wants to stay ahead of the best Android phones", The Verge concludes.
If Apple did introduce two versions of the iPhone 7 Plus, it would mean 2016 would see the launch of four new iPhones – given that there's heavy rumours the company will be launching a new four-inch model, possibly called the iPhone 5SE or 6C in March.
An iPhone schedule as busy as this casts doubt on the dual camera rumour, but Gordon Kelly, writing for Forbes notes the reliability of the leaker it has come from, saying it "can't be easily dismissed" and highlighting the solid track record of accurate information that has come from KGI reports in the past.
However, Kelly says he thinks “it sounds like a terrible idea" and goes against the principles Apple has laid out since the iPhone range began to expand into several different choices. Simplicity in terms of how the range is set out is usually mated to how the company's various handsets differ from each other in terms of hardware and software. Introducing a new hardware setup at the top wouldn't be simple from Apple's point of view, and could begin to complicate what is otherwise a simple and easy to understand range of smartphones. "Splitting it into two variants merely creates confusion", he adds.
Valuewalk is also sceptical of how beneficial introducing a new, additional hardware model of the iPhone 7 Plus would be for Apple. The tech website says that, despite the leak coming from a reliable source, it would not be well judged to believe dual cameras could appear on the standard 4.7ins handset and it is completely reasonable to write off any such rumours.
As for the 7 Plus, "it is not precisely known why Apple would choose to release two different versions" and the lengths to which it would require the tech giant to go does not seem to justify introducing a new range-topping model simply featuring a better camera.
But regardless of all that, the rumours make for exciting news for those users with demanding photography requirements, adds the website.
Alphr is far more open to the idea than most technology websites out there, saying a third iPhone 7 could be called something along the lines of "iPhone 7 Pro" and "will be pushed as a super-charged phablet/camera replacement".
Regarding feasibility, Alphr argues it is more likely than others have let on and that a larger iPhone Plus seemed unthinkable prior to the launch of the iPhone 6, while the "Pro" suffix is no longer mated exclusively to laptops thanks to the iPad Pro.
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