Apple is known for one thing; changing their design every year with the new
iPhones and 2016s version of the iPhone, iPhone 7 and 7S will be no different. New leaks show changes that prove Apple upping their design game with the next version of the iPhone.
Korea's Commercial Times reports 3 fantastic acclaimed already confirmed changes that we would be seeing in the iPhone 7. All the three changes look to make Apple maintain its "cool guy" status in the mobile phones market. These features are:
1. A "Smart" Allu-body: Korea Commercial Times, reports that the company will be using a ‘New Compound Materials’. In June 2015, Apple was
granted a patent for what it calls a "Non-capacitive or radio-frequency-transparent material with anodized metal appearance", a material the company has been working on for sometime now. This material is to allow wireless signals to pass through the material directly without any obstructions. It looks like this material will be used.
Apple did not give any details on the material but uses the patent to describe the material as quoted below:
Composite structures that have an appearance of an anodized bulk metal but that is non-capacitive and/or radio frequency (RF) transparent are disclosed. The composite structure can be part of an enclosure of an electronic device. The composite structure can give the enclosure a metallic look without interfering with the functioning of some electronic components of the electronic device, such as RF antennas, touch pads and touch screens.
2. Goodbye Antenna Stripes: It is a known fact that Apple always put some plastic antenna stripes (really buggy by the way) at the back of their devices to allow the free transmission of wireless signals (
Bluetooth,
WiFi and others) which can be highly affected by the aluminium casing.
Samsung takes care of this deadening effect of aluminium by using glass and the
Nexus 6P does same using its distinctive 'visor'.
Per the report by Commercial Times, the iPhone 7 will be seen with a uniform finish which means the stripes will finally be gone hence the iPhone will be smoother and even thinner than before. This will be taken care of by using the "Non-capacitive or radio-frequency-transparent material with anodized metal appearance" as mentioned earlier.
3. Finally, truly waterproof: The iPhone 6S and the 6S Plus have a feature that Apple never really mentioned; they are somewhat waterproof. From
discovery, the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus can both survive hours under water without any damage to the device. Apple is will be perfecting this this time around. Just imagine how "cool" it'll be using the iPhone under water - imagine the underwater photography.
It's been speculated that Apple will be abandoning the headphone jack. It seems Apple is making this move in order to make the iPhone 7 fully waterproof - something that rivals like Samsung have already done without abandoning the headphone jack.
It seems Apple as usual is doing their best to stay on top of the design game considering facts that the iPhone will be the thinnest iPhone ever made alongside these three great features.