Apple is widely rumored to launch
three new iPhones this year, and KGI Securities analyst
Ming-Chi Kuo **w claims that all of them will
Feature Wireless charging.
iPhone 8 concept by UI/UX designer Moe Slah
Kuo said
Wireless Charging increases the internal temperature of smartphones, so he expects the rumored
iPhone 8 with an OLED display and glass casing to have a new
3D Touch module with "additional graphite sheet lamination" in order to prevent the device from malfunctioning due to overheating.
An excerpt from Kuo's research **te obtained by
MacRumors:
While we don?t expect general users to **tice any difference, lamination of an additional graphite sheet is needed for better thermal control and, thus, steady operation; this is because FPCB is replaced with film, which is more sensitive to temperature change of the 3D touch sensor in OLED iPhone.
The new 3D Touch module could be up to $5 more expensive for Apple to procure per phone. While that is a minimal increase, it lends further credence to a report claiming the high-end
iPhone 8 could cost upwards of $1,000 in the United States due to a significant redesign and the use of premium parts.
Kuo previously said Apple will switch to
all-glass casing for next year's entire iPhone lineup, including the more iterative 4.7-inch
iPhone 7s and 5.5-inch iPhone 7s Plus, in order to support
Wireless charging. It remains unclear if the
Wireless Charging will be based on
long-range or
inductive tech**logies.
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