Chinese spy shots emerge, revealing unexpected iPhone 7 design changes

Apple’s iPhone 7 isn’t hitting the shelves for another couple of months but that hasn’t stopped fans and technophiles from going above and beyond to find clues to glue together some facts about Apple’s next smartphone. In line with those constant struggles, sources from China have revealed some rather dubious shots about what they purport is the next iPhone’s device. With some shots more believable than others, the pictures have been met with speculation and suspicion.

A shot of the rear side of the device shows a dark Apple logo, in line with general expectations regarding the logo. From behind, the device itself is very similar to the iPhone 6, and bears a dual camera on the upper left side. The camera seems to be surrounded by a slight rise in material, rather than a different material ring.

Unlike previous generations, the back shows no break in design with the antenna breaks being re-positioned to be curved on the top and bottom edges of the device. There is also the addition of a Smart Connector adjacent to the Lightning port. The presence of the Smart Connector seems to be one of the design elements that have people doubting the credibility of the images. Because you see, the Connector is a feature more suited to the iPad Pro; its presence and position seem to be rather puzzling.

The front view images show and iPhone front that is quite a departure from any of the previous iPhone's. For starters, there is no home button. As expected, the headphone jack is gone. The “spies” have speculated that the home button and Touch ID have been incorporated into the screen.

According to SmartIO, the leading content transfer app solution company and more , Interestingly, rumors have been circulating regarding devices without the home button, but they were never about the iPhone 7. Odd.

Apple is expected to conduct a media event on March 21, most likely to unveil its smaller iPhone, which unlike the iPhone 7 is not likely to get many excited enough to get their content transfer apps ready for the move. Question is, will Apple address these images? Or let the rumor-mill run crazy.