It’s early August 2017, now there hasn't stopped speculation spilling about Apple's next smartphone – iPhone 8. So when will the iPhone 8 release to public, what is the exact release date? Will there be an iPhone 7S, iPhone 7S Plus and an all-new iPhone 8, or comes with this three models in the meantime?
Now, rumors are growing said that the new iPhone will be delayed due to manufacturing difficulties. As rumors show that Apple may redesign the iPhone 8, which is Apple’s first completely redesign iPhone. Some people are disappointed that Apple has been reusing the same phone design each year since the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus release, back in 2014; now Apple will terminate this succession to an end in 2017 with a ground-up redesign for the iPhone 8, and new glass housings for the “iPhone 7S” and “iPhone 7S Plus.”
Among all the rumors about iPhone 8 release date, which one should be believed? In this article let us try to find the answer. Except the release date, you may be also interested in the leaked shape, features, specs, and a lot more for us to prepare for the totally new release.
- 5.8” 2.5D OLED edge-to-edge display.
- New design with an 'all-glass' body.
- No Home button, integrated with virtual Touch ID using iris scanning and/or facial recognition.
- “Wireless” charging support.
- iOS 11 with improved Siri, P2P payments
- Dual-lens camera, possibly in a vertical configuration.
- AR capabilities featuring rear-facing 3D laser for enhanced depth perception.
- Faster processor (the A10X or A11).
- Upgraded storage and memory, possibly starting at 64GB and 3GB of RAM.
- Support for LTE speeds up to 450Mbps.
From the history of iPhone release date, we could find that Apple has released a new iPhone in September every year since the iPhone 5 in 2012. September iPhone releases have a consistent track record.
| Model | Announced | Pre-Order | Available |
| iPhone | 01/09/2007 | N/A | 06/29/2007 |
| iPhone 3G | 06/09/2008 | N/A | 07/11/2008 |
| iPhone 3GS | 06/08/2009 | N/A | 06/19/2009 |
| iPhone 4 | 06/07/2010 | 06/15/2010 | 06/24/2010 |
| iPhone 4S | 10/04/2011 | 10/07/2011 | 10/14/2011 |
| iPhone 5 | 09/12/2012 | 09/14/2012 | 09/21/2012 |
| iPhone 5S / 5C | 09/10/2013 | N/A | 09/20/2013 |
| iPhone 6 / 6 Plus | 09/09/2014 | 09/12/2014 | 09/19/2014 |
| iPhone 6S / 6S Plus | 09/09/2015 | 09/12/2015 | 09/25/2015 |
| iPhone 7 / 7 Plus | 09/07/2016 | N/A | 09/16/2016 |
According to the standard timeline and the rumors, the iPhone 8 is likely to be announced in September 2017, marking 10 years since the firm launched its first smartphone.
However, there have been many rumors reporting that it might not be available to buy immediately after the announcement, noting that the iPhone 8 may be available in limited quantity only. So the iPhone 7S and iPhone 7S Plus with ultimately predictable design and features upgrade may come along with iPhone 8 Launch, which can cover the shortage. That means while the iPhone 8 will be unveiled in September 2017, but may go on sale until late October or November, in good time for the start of the Christmas shopping season.
You may find many leaked iPhone 8 models on rumors and reporting. And there are schematic leaked shows that the device measures in at 149.5mm tall and 72.5mm wide, slightly larger than the 4.7-inch iPhone 7, which measures in at 138.3mm by 67.1mm. And one of the biggest upgrade is virtual Touch ID without home button. You can pre-see the iPhone 8 models as blow list:
With the larger screen and OLED display, iPhone 8 really is an ideal device to play videos and enjoy your movies/home videos offline anywhere and anytime.
If you would like to enjoy online videos from YouTube, Facebook on your iPhone 8 wherever without any fuss, you may need a video downloader to do a favor. Cisdem Mac Video Converter is the best video downloader for Mac lets you download any YouTube videos, including YouTube HD and YouTube 4K UHD videos for totally free. You can save the downloaded YouTube videos in a chosen quality and resolution up to your choice. It also fully supports free downloading web videos from other video streaming sites, such as Break, DailyMotion, Blip, Veoh, Metacafe, Bing, Flickr, AOL and Vimeo, etc. Follow the steps to get videos onto iPhone 8 and enjoy it.
Step 1. Download and install Mac Video Converter on your Mac computer.
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Step 2. Launch and copy the video urls from YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo or the videos you like, then paste the links into Mac Video Converter.
Step 3. Click the Download button after you import the video url, few mins later, You could find the videos all downloaded in Mac Video Converter interface.
Step 4. Import the downloaded videos to your iPhone 8 and enjoy them!
If you are on Windows, to download YouTube or other online videos and put onto iPhone 8, then you could get Freemake Video Downloader, which is a free tool can help you download YouTube videos and other video sites. It works well on Windows in saving videos, playlists, channels in HD, MP4, MP3, AVI, 3GP, FLV, etc. The downloaded video quality is OK for you to play on iPhone 8.
All the information about iPhone 8 mentioned above can be found on numbers of websites online, and many of the new features of iPhone 8 will actually come true. For the iPhone 8 release date, which is high-profile on a number of websites, now let us simply wait about a month or more and watch for the official announcement from Apple’s new conference.
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