For one, we'll finally find out if Apple will indeed switch up its usual two-year iPhone release cycle, which it hasn't done since the release of the iPhone 3G in 2008. Supposedly, Apple is planning to release an iPhone with a fresh new design in 2017 to celebrate the iPhone's 10th anniversary. As I mentioned above, we'd normally expect a new iPhone with a new design this year. That's significant because we might be waiting three years between each iPhone generation instead of the usual two from now on. It could change everything about how and when people buy iPhones. Will it change how often you buy one? Will you buy the first, second, or third model?
The only hint at what the next iPhones will be called came from a sketchy rumor from a German Apple blog called Apfelpage.de, which claimed that it will be called the "iPhone SE." And there's always the chance that the three-year cycle is a one-time thing. Apple could return to the usual two-year cycle after the supposedly special iPhone that Apple has in store for 2017. No one knows, which is why I'll be listening very attentively during Apple's iPhone event. Pretty much every rumor is claiming that Apple's upcoming iPhone will not have a headphone jack, which sounds completely crazy because almost every device that can play music has a headphone jack. Instead, we'll either be using Bluetooth or the Lightning port to listen to music. There are several rumors and theories as to why Apple would ditch the headphone jack on the next iPhone. Some say that it'll let Apple make thinner iPhones. Others say that the digital signal from the iPhone's Lightning port makes music sound better.
Writer - Liam McClelland | @Liamicy
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