Everyone already knows that the iPhone 8 will have a bezel-less design similar to that of the Essential Phone and the Sharp S2 but with a different cut-out design at the top. Reports say mass production has commenced and a Weibo user has provided images of the phone’s display assembly.

There are a bunch of images but the most interesting one is the one above which shows the digitizer and the connecting cables. If you look at the top, there are four circular cut-outs and a slit for the earpiece.

We believe the two on the right are for the front facing camera and iris scanner, while the smaller circle on the right is a sensor. The bigger one on the left appears to have a different shade, giving it a look similar a LED flash. Does it mean the iPhone 8 will have a front LED flash? Most likely not.

While previous leaks have also shown four circular cut-outs, the explanation is different. Instead of a LED flash, the left most circle is said to be a second iris scanner.

Moving on, there is another image that shows the display beside that of the iPhone 7. Since the iPhone 8 won’t have bezels and has ditched the Touch ID below the display, they will have a nearly identical form factor.

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The remaining images show the connecting cables, the Apple A11 chip, and the assembled display.

Apple still hasn’t announced a release date but it is very likely it lunches next month.

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Postulations that Apple‘s “next big thing”, the iPhone 8 would feature an OLED display is gathering more weight. Popular Japanese news agency Nikkie has joined its voice in forecasting that the iPhone 8 would come with a 5.8-inch OLED screen. Nikkie claims, in a fresh report, that the next generation Apple flagship would have the biggest display of the three models Apple is expected to release this year.

Apart from the iPhone 8, Apple is said to also have in the works a 4.7-inch iPhone 7s as well as an iPhone 7s Plus with a 5.5-inch display. While the iPhone 8 is said to used an OLED screen, both the iPhone 7s and 7s Plus are expected to feature displays made of LCD panels. Nikkie also postulates that the increased screen size on the iPhone 8 will have an effect on the final unit price of the flagship phone. Presently, the iPhone 7 is priced around $700 but that could go up to around $1000, if recent rumors are anything to go by.

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It is worthy of note that Nikkie’s recent forecast seems to align with that of KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo that the iPhone 8 would feature a 5.8-inch display. Kuo also hinted that the iPhone 8 would feature a one in town front-facing camera which is capable of producing 3D selfies. The selfie camera would also provide face recognition to unlock the smartphone and also very the owner’s identity. The Apple analyst also said the face recognition is meant to replace the Touch ID which Apple featured on the iPhone 7 but latest rumors say the iPhone 8 would feature the in-display fingerprint sensor which was unveiled recently at MWC 2017 by Chinese company Goodix.

The iPhone 8 is a special anniversary edition to mark 10 years of the iPhone’s existence and would likely pack lots of innovative features and new technologies. We won’t be surprised to see more coming out as the days roll by.

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The rumors surrounding Apple‘s 2017 flagship, the iPhone 8 continues to grow wider by the day. Just recently, we got wind that the iPhone 8 will use OLED panels from Samsung, a new red color variant in the mix and that there is likely a China-exclusive version that has dual SIM support. The latest rumor about the Apple iPhone 8 emanating from Korea suggests that the next gen Apple flagship may likely use curved displays on all models.

According to The Korea Herald,  Apple’s orders fro OLED panels from Samsung have been exclusively for plastic units and not glass units. What this means, according to the source of the information, is that phone manufacturers use glass for flat panels, while plastic allows for curved screens just as found on the Galaxy S7 Edge.

In adddition, the source also hinted that other iPhone models billed for release next year will use flat LCD panels from LG Display and JDI. This re-echoes earlier rumors that only the iPhone 8 would use OLED display while others expected to be launched next year would use LCD displays. The report went further to reveal that Samsung’s Curved OLED capacity is estimated between 70 to 100 million units in total annually and this figure is less than Apple’s iPhone sales annually, thus lending credence to talks of OLEDs for just one model.

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Earlier reports had hinted of Apple working on three iPhone models for next year namely the iPhone 7S and 7S Plus, each having a 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch LCD display respectively. Then, there are rumors of a curved OLED premium model measuring 5.2 inches which is the iPhone 8. There  are also talks of the likelihood of edge-to-edge displays being featured on some models which would in turn prompt the inclusion of components like Touch ID sensor.

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The recent filing as unearthed by investment firm JP Morgan shows that Apple had placed a purchase order for OLEDs with more than a year duration for the first time valued at a staggering $4 billion. According to JP Morgan, the order coincides with an “off-balance sheet obligation” for the same amount from the third quarter, which it believed to be a long-term OLED obligation to Samsung for the future iPhone.

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It is widely rumored that Apple’s next iPhone 8 billed for next Fall could use OLED displays on one of its versions. This obviously is a shift from the LCD displays currently being used on Apple iPhones, although the company uses OLED panels in other products including Apple Watch and, most recently, the 2016 MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar. The OLED panels could be supplied by Samsung which is the main supplier of the technology, but other firms like LG, Sharp and even Japan Displays (JDI) which supplies the current LCDs, are also tipped  as potential suppliers.

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