iPhone 8 leaks are in full force, even though we are still months away from launch. Today's rumours bring a lot of interesting information. A new iPhone 8[1] concept video shows just what all is about to change on the device, while an alleged GeekBench scores really amp up the anticipation. There's also a fresh report that claims that the device won't go on sale till October, and another sketchy report claims that there might be two variants of the iPhone 8.
Diving in, first up is the concept video by designers Thiago M Duarte and Ran Avni, and it imagines all the changes expected on the iPhone 8. The video shows the edge-to edge display, the OLED panel colours, the 'almost' hidden front camera behind the display, the function bar at the bottom, the fingerprint scanner embedded underneath the display, and the dual speakers at the bottom edge. There's also a white variant shown in the video, and the back of the device is ceramic, and not all glass as leaked[2] in previous photos. Check out the full video below.
The iPhone 8 was also supposedly spotted on GeekBench by a Weibo user[3] with a single core score of 4,537 and a multi-core score of 8,975, leaving far behind all the competition in the market. To recap, the Galaxy S8[4] scored 1916 and 6011 in single-core and multi-core results respectively, and the Galaxy S8+[5] scored 1929 and 6084 in single-core and multi-core results respectively. These are the best scores currently in the smartphone market, and if this GeekBench test has any validation, then the iPhone 8 looks set to be a powerhouse. The scores are unverified however, and we'd...