Apple Delaying 10 Anniversary iPhone Release? iPhone 7s, 7s Plus Reportedly Only Handsets To Arrive In September

Sadly, Apple’s 10th anniversary iPhone will unlikely be released days after the Cupertino giant’s usual September launch event. A new report fresh from Japan is saying that Samsung’s biggest rival could be delaying the release of its next flagship smartphone.

On Tuesday, Japanese blog Mac Otaka revealed that the iPhone that will commemorate the 10th anniversary of the phone series will be introduced alongside the iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus models in September, but it could hit the market at a much later date. If true, this means the tech giant is breaking away from its tradition of unveiling its primary iPhone offerings and making them available on the market around the same time.

The credible Japanese blog also divulged that the flagship device will go by the name of “iPhone Edition” for it would be made suitable for use alongside the pricey Apple Watch Edition smartwatches. This just blatantly contradicts previous reports claiming that Apple is naming its 10th anniversary iPhone “iPhone 8,” but it also solves the possible confusion the previously rumored nomenclature of the new iPhones will cause among consumers.

Tackling the appearance of the premium iPhones, Mac Otakara just debunked previous reports that sounded too certain on how the flagship iPhone would look like. According to the Japanese blog, Apple is still testing multiple prototypes and there’s no certainty that the one with the glass-sandwich design, edge-to-edge OLED display and without the physical home button will make it to the production phase this year.

The only specs and features that are certain for now are the plain 5-inch display, dual-camera module and wireless charging. Other components of the upcoming flagship iPhone are still being carefully examined in terms of availability in time for production prior the September launch event.

This new bits of information about Apple’s plan for its iPhones this year comes the same day when the company was granted a patent for an advanced facial recognition technology that uses a depth sensor to detect human faces. This technology is rumored to be embedded onto the front-facing camera of the next iPhone installment.