Just like what happens every year, Apple is expected to release a new iPhone next year and is expected to be called the iPhone 7.
Although there are no official release dates or specs reported for the phone, rumors suggest that Apple may be doing some a major alteration in the body of the phone.
In a report by High Snobiety, Apple may have been focusing more on the newest 3D Touch feature that might take out the home button in the phone completely on the iPhone 7 release date.
Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster in a Barrons blog had a vision of what the iPhone 7 could potentially look like on its release date and offered the same speculation.
"Given a number change cycle, we expect the iPhone 7 to sport a unique design from the iPhone 6/6S," Munster wrote. "As many have speculated, the addition of 3D Touch may provide Apple with a way to eliminate the home button on the phone and use the additional space to make the screen bigger or make the device smaller. One barrier to this could be Touch ID, which is integrated into the home button currently. Apple would need to move the Touch ID reader to potentially the side of the phone to remove the home button."
"We believe a home-buttonless iPhone has a 50% chance for the iPhone 7. Another area on which we believe Apple may focus is battery life. Looking at Macs over the past few years, Apple has close to doubled battery life for its Macbook line up (largely 5 hour battery to ~10 hours). It has achieved this through more efficient processors and software. We believe battery life is one of the biggest areas of potential improvement and one that might be most welcomed by customers. Finally, a sapphire screen has long been rumored for the iPhone. Since Apple now uses sapphire on the Apple Watch, it could make sense for them to adapt it to the phone. We note that Apple is using the stronger aluminum from the Apple Watch Sport for the iPhone 6S case."
Just like every year, the iPhone 7 release date may be expected to be announced by spring 2016.
