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Leaked! No home button on Apple’s next phone?

The Apple blog LetemSvetemApplem found the above image, of what appears to be the iPhone 7, posted to Weibo.

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What immediately stands out about the schematics, is the iPhone 7 will indeed retain a virtually identical form factor and design to both the Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6S. But then a new report from a trusted insider a few days ago said that Apple would equip all 5.5-inch iPhone 7 models with a dual lens camera, suggesting there won’t be any Pro version of the upcoming phablet.

But what could differentiate the 7 Pro from the 7 Plus are two features that will not be found on any other iPhones. KGI Securities Analyst Ming- Chi Kuo, who has been a reliable source for Apple Inc. Will it come with a better dual camera? But at the same time, it can also serve as confirmation that the company is considering a model whose specs outclass those on the iPhone Plus, although at this point it’s not very clear what this means. According to him, the California-based firm chose to feature it in order to maintain their lead in producing high-end smartphones, 9 to 5 Mac stated.

Last week may have been the most damaging for impending iPhone 7, if news coverage is any indication. With this iPhone 5s price cut, the company is likely to take the prices down to as low as $200, and it has been anticipated that they are now targeting the audiences in the South East Asian nations and other similar developing nations.

The report claims that Apple is in the works for a device that has an edgeless display with the top and bottom bezels removed along with the home button.

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John Falcone, a tech expert, has commented on the “boringness” of iPhone 7, saying that with Apple’s iPhone sales plummeting fast, it needs another jaw-dropping innovation to win its edge back in the market.

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