Wednesday Apple Rumors: iPhone 8 May Have Full Glass Casing

Leading the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) rumor mill today is news of an all-glass case for the iPhone 8. Today, we’ll look at that and other Apple Rumors for Wednesday.

Apple, AAPL, Apple Rumors, iPhone 8, Glass Casing, AAPLGlass iPhone 8: , reports MacRumors. This rumor comes from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. The rumor claims that AAPL wants to use all-glass casings on the iPhone 8 to introduce a new feature to the smartphones. This new feature is wireless charging. Kuo expects some 2017 iPhone devices to include a wireless charger with purchase.

2017 iPhone:

, AppleInsider notes. This rumor also comes from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. It claims that the tech company will offer a new iPhone in 2017 that will feature an OLED display. Two other smartphones will also launch next year, but they will include LCD displays. Kuo believes that the 4.7-inch iPhone coming in 2017 may become AAPL’s new mid-range device with a lower price than what previous models of that size have had at launch.

Folding iPhone: , reports BGR. A new patent owned by the tech company has received approval from the United States Patent and Trademark Office. It shows off concepts for a smartphone that would have a flexible display. This flexible display would allow the smartphone to be folded up like a flip phone. However, it could still operate as a normal smartphone when unfolded. The patent also shows that the device could be folded to have the display on the inside or the outside.

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