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Rumor: Apple looking to shift from aluminum to “all glass” enclosure with AMOLED screen for iPhone 7

When KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo offers a research note, people tend to listen. Recently, Kuo offered a report stating that the iPhone will be seeing a major redesign in 2017, dropping the iconic aluminum casing for an all-glass enclosure with AMOLED screen. This corroborates a previous report offering hints of a fairly radical redesign […]

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Rumor: 2017 iPhone to feature AMOLED display, other changes

The mighty Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities released a new note to investors stating that Apple is likely to release a new iPhone with glass casing and an AMOLED display. This somewhat contradicts an earlier note from the analyst that said Apple was aiming for an AMOLED iPhone by 2018. Kuo cited that he believes […]

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iPhone SE battery outlasts iPhone 6s, Samsung Galaxy 7 batteries in testing

The iPhone SE may just feature a better battery than you expected. A recent series of tests shows that the new handset’s battery can last far longer than even flagship phones, including the iPhone 6s. Under stress tests cycling through websites with uniform brightness, the SE managed 10 hours. That was over two hours better […]

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Rumor: iPhone 7 Plus could incorporate 256GB SanDisk NAND flash memory chip

It’s been speculated that Apple could sell an iPhone 7 Plus with 256GB of storage, the NAND flash memory chip hailing from SanDisk. Italian website HDblog has shared pictures of a SanDisk 256GB NAND flash memory chip that could be appropriate for the next-generation smartphone. Apple has used SanDisk flash memory chips in a number […]

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Evidence begins to point towards Energous’ development of long-range wireless charging technology for upcoming iPhone models

There’s evidence that Apple is looking towards a wireless charging feature for its upcoming iPhone models, albeit it’s been a bit scattered. It was reported in January that Apple has been working on a wireless-charging technology with partners that would allow its devices to siphon power from “further away from than the charging mats used […]