Apple Unintentionally Leaks iPhone 8 Major Design Features And More

By Marksman on August 1, 2017@fizx

After months upon months of iPhone 8 rumors as speculative designs, we have confirmation straight from Apple of what it will look like – albeit by accident.

Developer Guilherme Rambo found an icon representing the iPhone 8 within some firmware for Apple’s upcoming HomePod speaker. The icon was hidden among Apple Pay files, and the device is seemingly codenamed ‘D22.’

Here's a higher resolution version: pic.twitter.com/p60xeEn7Ie

— Guilherme Rambo (@_inside) July 31, 2017

It features the same narrow-bezel design we’ve seen so often in the past few months. A previous report by iDrop News, which featured a virtually-identical shape, pegged the bezels at 4mm all around, aside from an area reserved for sensors up top. Steve Troughton-Smith who is also a developer, confirmed the icon, and also found evidence Apple is executing an infrared face unlock system. The feature is code-named Pearl ID and should work in the dark.

I can confirm reports that HomePod’s firmware reveals the existence of upcoming iPhone’s infra-red face unlock in BiometricKit and elsewhere pic.twitter.com/yLsgCx7OTZ

— Steve T-S (@stroughtonsmith) July 31, 2017