iPhone 7 UK release date, specs & new features rumours: iPhone 7 to get 12Mp six-element lens camera

iPhone 7 release date rumours: When is the new iPhone 7 coming out?

 

Update 10 August: August still seems unlikely, especially with Samsung's Unpacked event(for the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge+) taking place on 13 August. The latest iPhone 7 launch event will take place during the week beginning 7 September with Wednesday 9 September the 'most likely', just a day after our prediction. This comes via Buzzfeed as requires just as much of a pinch of salt as the other proposed dates.

The unveiling of iOS 9 and the launch of the developer preview on 8 June at WWDC 2015 offered some further clues to the features we can expect in the next iPhone model, which you can read about in the camera section below.

Latest iPhone 7 rumours: Apple places huge iPhone 7 order with suppliers as it prepares for launch

Apple is reportedly preparing to place its biggest order ever for the iPhone 7, with 85 to 95 million units set to be manufactured in China this summer ahead of the new smartphone's launch later this year. That's according to The Wall Street Journal.

It's believed that Apple asked suppliers to build 70 to 80 million units last year, so it looks like Apple is confident that the next iPhone will fly off the shelves too.

Latest iPhone 7 rumours: iPhone 7 leaked images emerge

On 30 June, the first purported iPhone 7 leaked photos emerged, and we expected that this would spark a string of many more in the months to come - and we were right.

The first images come from 9To5Mac, which claims to have obtained the images from a "proven source familiar with Apple's supply chain."

The images show an iPhone case that looks almost identical to the iPhone 6, but is apparently destined for the iPhone 7 later this year. Despite previous rumours, the case is the same thickness and width as the iPhone 6.

Where the differences can be spotted is on the interior of the alleged iPhone 7 rear casing. The mounting points for the logic board and components are different, which suggests changes to some of the inner workings of the phone.

9To5Mac has since published a second report showing what it claims is the new logic board for the iPhone 7. According to the report, the new iPhone will have a new Qualcomm LTE chip that will have the potential to deliver up to two times faster LTE download speeds.

However, disappointingly, it looks like the iPhone 7 won't have a dual-lens camera or an antenna-lineless design as the rumours have been suggesting. Of course, whether this case is the real deal remains to be seen, so we won't know for sure until Apple shows off the next iPhone itself.