iPhone 8 price could be £1,000 – so will the gadget’s features and specs make it worth the money?
THE iPhone 8 is expected to be a mega-powerful smartphone with a whopping price to match.
An Apple watcher has claimed the gadget will cost up to $1,200, meaning that it could be slapped with a price tag of about £1,000 in the UK.
John Gruber, founder of the Mac-focused blog Daring Fireball, thinks the price will be high due to the sophistication of the device, which is expected to feature an advanced OLED screen.
He suggested the iPhone 8 will be regarded as a "Pro" version of the gadget.
Apple has already released two versions of the iPad - a basic model and the super powerful iPad Pro - as well as a Macbook Pro that's a pricier version of its laptop computer.
: "Why shouldn’t there be a deluxe 'Pro' tier for phones?
"For many people, phones are every bit as much an essential professional tool as their laptops. For some people, even more so.
"And I’d bet my bottom dollar there are more people who consider their iPhone a 'pro' tool (and are willing to pay 'pro' prices) than who think so regarding their iPad, and we’ll have had iPad Pros for two years by the time new iPhones are announced in September.
"If there are iPad Pros and MacBook Pros, why not iPhone Pros?";
The price is unlikely to put off Apple fans, who will find it very difficult to resist the beefed up new super-smartphone.
Analysts have suggested it could
The iPhone 8 could double as a MIRROR to let selfie lovers fix their makeup and hair, it was suggested yesterday.
A juicy bit of unconfirmed gossip doing the rounds in the tech world suggests the gadget could feature a reflective "mirror coating".
has published images of a smartphone he claimed is the iPhone 8.
If the picture is genuine, it could be great news for vain selfie snappers, who could use it to make sure they are looking lovely before they take yet another picture of themselves.
Of course, there's absolutely no way to confirm the veracity of the pictures
After all, there's so much dodgy gossip about the Apple iPhone's features, specs and release date that it's easy to become cynical about the latest "leaked pictures".
There's also another reason why selfie-obsessed tech fans should brace themselves for disappointment.
Geskin also suggested his image could actually show a reflective coating
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He also said it would be available in three other colours drawn from previous iPhone colours, which have included jet black, black, silver, gold, rose gold and a
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Gleskin did not comment on whether his pictures show an iPhone 8 case (which appears likely) or a bare naked device.
It was recently claimed that the iPhone 8 will feature facial recognition instead of a fingerprint scanner, allowing owners to unlock the device using their face.
The gadget is expected to come with a super high definition OLED "infinity screen".
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