Leaked online! the price of the highly anticipated iPhone 8 can make you go "crazy"

By Boluwatife Ezekiel Olaleye
 
iPhone 8 is tipped to launch in mid-September but according to a new report by The New York Times, this ultra-premium iPhone will start from $999 (£780).

However in Naira Black Market, the new iPhone could cost as much as N354,645.

The US newspaper says this is price is based on accounts from those who have already been briefed on the product and who requested to remain anonymous.
It’s unclear if this price will be the base model and whether costs will be even higher for the top-of-the-line device with extra memory.
Apple’s current smartphone line-up of devices starts at £599 for the iPhone 7 with 32GB of onboard storage, but quickly rises to £919 for the maxed-out iPhone 7 Plus.

The futuristic iPhone is also tipped to begin a dramatic new industrial design that ditches the physical Home Button to enable the new edge-to-edge OLED display to bleed to the very edge of the chassis.

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Renown pundit Mark Gurman, who is typically reliable when it comes to details on unannounced Apple products, believes the Touch ID fingerprint scanner (previously embedded in the Home Button) will be dropped completely in favour of face-scanning.

According to his sources, the face scanning technology will be used to log-in, authenticate contactless payments and open secure iOS apps.
Apple iPhone 8 will use a new 3D sensor on the front of the device to scan users’ faces.

iPhone 8 will include a glass front and back, to enable wireless charging

Apple iPhone 8 will debut a brand-new all-glass look, with a curved OLED display

According to those working on the new technology, the sensor is capable of scanning a user’s face and unlocking the iPhone in a few hundred milliseconds.
It is designed to work even when the smartphone is placed on a table, rather than held up close to the face, it has been reported.
The sensor records more individual data points than a fingerprint scanner, which in theory, makes it more secure than Touch ID.
The 3D face scanning camera will be housed on the front of the iPhone in a small notch at the top of the edge-to-edge display.

Designer Jonas Daehnert has shown how the virtual Home Button could be displayed

 

This cut-out will also include the front-facing selfie camera, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor and speaker grill.
iPhone 8, which will be launched to mark the 10th anniversary of the iPhone range, will purportedly include OIS, Optical Image Stabilisation, for both lens used in the rear dual-camera set-up – something missing from the telephoto lens in the iPhone 7 Plus.

But all of these upgrades and new features don’t come cheap, and Apple is widely expected to position the iPhone 8 at the top of its smartphone line-up.
It is tipped to only be available in limited quantities at launch.