iPhone 8, or rather the name of the future terminal, was confirmed by an Apple employee who works at a subsidiary in the city of Haifa, in Israel. He mentioned in an interview that the employees there are working on the development of the iPhone 8, without being asked by the journalist anything about the name of the future iPhone model.
Although many would expect the next model of the iPhone, which will be released in 2017, to have the name iPhone 7S, Apple could change its strategy for it. 2017 is a very important year for the iPhone, marking 10 years since its launch, so Apple will have to come up with something really special to mark the occasion.
iPhone 8 seems to be the name that most journalists agree on, especially since the new smartphone will have an OLED screen curved towards the outer edges, a fingerprint reader integrated into the screen, a new better camera, wireless charging, a glass case and a Home button integrated into the screen, instead of the touch one we have in the iPhone 7.
iPhone 8 has been confirmed by Apple
The changes are major for the iPhone series and unworthy of an S-series smartphone, so the name iPhone 7S could be sarita by Apple to launch the iPhone 8. The choice of this number would be perfect for the future smartphone and not at all unusual, considering that this year Samsung jumped over the number 6 for the Galaxy Note series.
"Speaking to Business Insider outside Apple's Herzliya office at Maskit Street 12, [an] Apple employee said staff in Israel are working on what's coming "next" in Apple's product line, giving a specific mention to "iPhone 8." The worker used the term "iPhone 8" unprompted in our conversation. "
Apple employees in Haifa develop chips that are implemented in the iPhone or iPad, so there are probably people there who know what the Apple company is preparing for the coming years. Although for now the name has probably not been finalized, there is a chance that iPhone 8 will really be the name chosen by Apple for the next iPhone.
Even if the next model of the iPhone will only be launched in 2017, it has been in development for some time, with Apple preparing updates for the iPhone at least 2 years before the launch.
