Apple has set high expectations with its Prime Time Product iPhone. Features we expect in iPhone 7 which we expect will launch in September 2016.
iPhone 7 Processor – We expect a new A10 chip built to be likely built on sub 14 nm and enhanced 16nm node processes, offering continued improvement in performance, power and speeds. As reference, Galaxy S6 has the Samsung Exynos 7 Octa processor. Four cores run at 1.5GHz and four run at 2.1GHz. iPhone 6 has the 1.4 GHz dual-core A8 chip with 64-bit architecture and M8 motion coprocessor.
iPhone 7 Memory The iPhone 5/5S are available in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB, while the iPhone 6 and 6Plus are available in 16GB, 64GB and 128GB. The Samsung Galaxy S6 phones are available in 32Gb, 64Gb and 128GB storage options. With the introduction of Samsung’s 128GB mobile memory chip for mid range phones, we will not be surprised to see flagship phones like the iPhone 7 and 7S get a 2x boost in memory to 32GB, 128GB and 256GB.
iPhone 7 More LTE Bands We expect LTE band proliferation to continue from 20 bands in iPhone 6/6+ to +30 over the next two years driven by faster LTE radios like LTE advanced which provides faster LTE download speeds and increased bandwidth or mobile data capacity as Qualcomm’s Research on LTE chipsets has progressed significantly.
iPhone 7 Higher display resolution We note recent flagship phones from Samsung, LG and HTC have QHD display with 2560×1440 pixels. We expect Apple to also update their display resolution in the next generation iPhone 7. We see the possibility that there will be two major changes to the display deployed on the iPhone7. It is also speculated widely that iPhone 7 will introduce fingerprint verification on screen.
iPhone 7 and Dual Cameras iPhone 7 will not only support higher mega pixels (12MP for image sensing) but also dual cameras on the back. Apple has acquired Israel’s LinX Computational Imaging Ltd. LinX develops and makes camera modules for smartphones and tablets with Dual Camera capabilities. Galaxy S6 today supports 16 MP cameras, with 4K video recording and a front camera that has a 5MP sensor and new f/1.9 aperture lens used on BOTH the front and rear cameras. We expect the iPhone 7 to make additional improvements in camera hardware (12 MP for image sensing), in addition to software
improvements.
iPhone 7 Battery & Charging Today with heavy use the iPhone 6 and 6S battery last for less than a day. We look for lithium-polymer batteries to shift to 3D shapes in an attempt to boost battery capacity. Existing lithium-polymer batteries are flat and so are unable to fully utilize empty space inside the iPhone. Fast charging technology enables batteries to be charged significantly faster than conventional charging. In the past two years, big-screen phones have been gaining popularity. Due to the bigger size of battery, phablet battery hours usually are longer. Qualcomm and MTK released fast charging protocols in 2014: Quick Charge 2.0 and Pump Express. Samsung has adopted fast charging in Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge. We note iPhone 6 and 6 Plus support fast charging as long as they used with a higher-wattage charger. We also expect iPhone 7 to
support wireless charging.
Other speculated Features of iPhone 7 are as referred here.