Wave goodbye to Apple’s most ambitious iPhone ever because new evidence has surfaced which virtually guarantees the company’s top of the range iPhone 7 has been cancelled…
We have Russia’s Eurasian Economic Commission to thank for the news after it published Apple’s official trademark filings for a remarkable 13 new devices (most of which are new Apple Watch variants). But sadly there were only two, not three, new iPhones models (the ‘A1778’ and ‘A1784’) listed among them.
This information corresponds with news from respected Japanese site Mac Otakara last month that Apple had decided to cancel the iPhone 7 Pro, a new third addition to the iPhone range which would sit above both the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. Multiple photos had previously leaked of the three iPhone 7 models together.
Leaked iPhone 7 prototypes showing the iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 7 Pro. Image credit: Nowhereelse.fr
Leaked iPhone 7 prototypes showing the iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 7 Pro. Image credit: Nowhereelse.fr
So how final is this?
Given Russia has always received every model of iPhone that Apple has sold up to now, the omission of a third model from the country’s official patent commission is as close to a rock solid confirmation as you’re likely to get.
As for the reasoning behind the cancellation, MacRumors says it came down to concerns that Apple would be unable to attain sufficient quantities of its new dual lens camera for the Plus model. These were overcome, but Apple had the iPhone 7 Pro in reserve even if it was in limited quantities because Apple was so keen to reclaim the smartphone camera crown it lost to Samsung in recent years.
On top of this, Apple intended to justify the premium status of the iPhone 7 Pro by integrating the same Smart Connector functionality as the iPad Pro range. This allows the Lightning connector to simultaneously offer data and power allowing third party accessories – like keyboards or headphones with integrated DACs – to slimdown by removing their need for a separate battery.
Apple’s iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus patent requests to Russia’s Eurasian Economic Commission were the only two new iPhone applications. Image credit: mobiletelefon.ru
So far all iPhone 7 Plus leaks have shown it will not have a Smart Connector so it isn’t quite up to the feature set of the well leaked Pro. Meanwhile there was also information suggesting the iPhone 7 Pro would be even bigger than the Plus model due to a huge 5.8-inch display, but that rumour was never substantiated.
As such we now have pretty much a complete picture of Apple’s new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus models. Their main specifications, long awaited upgrades, controversial omission, potential disappointmentsand even their release date.
For me personally this is good news because I’d like the iPhone 7 launch over as quickly as possible. Why? Because it is the radically overhauled iPhone 8 in 2017 which will be the really exciting one.
[Source:- Forbes]
