iPhone 7 rumoured to have a larger battery than the iPhone 6s

It’s natural to assume that when a tech company updates its devices, everything gets an upgrade. But that isn’t exactly the case with Apple and its iPhones. When the iPhone 6 came out, it had a 1,810mAh battery pack. Following that, the iPhone 6s got only 1,715mAh. But a new rumour from OnLeaks’ source claims at least the upcoming Apple flagship won’t have it any worse than that and it’ll have 1,960mAh battery. However, we don’t know if this will improve battery life since we don’t know how the performance of the new device will be and if it’ll need more power to support its performance. For now, this is also just a rumour so we’d have to take it with a grain of salt.

Source: SlashGear

Apple ‘iPhone 7’ to supposedly get at least 32GB of storage

If this rumour is to be believed, the base model for the upcoming entry-level iPhone would have 32GB storage instead of the paltry 16GB. Apple has been getting flak for the 16GB especially since they’ve introduced features like 4K video recording, which you can’t do much of with 16GB of storage. A source told WSJ that Apple is expected to make that change when they launch “iPhone 7” later this year. The new phone will supposedly adhere to Apple’s current pricing scheme but the base model will have twice the capacity.

Apple currently offers 16GB, 64GB, and 128GB for the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. We can’t say if they plan to change these capacities and follow in the footsteps of the 256GB iPad Pro. But if Apple does plan to up the capacity of its entry-level device, that’ll be welcomed by many disgruntled iOS users.

Source: SlashGear

LG Innotek is reportedly exclusive dual-lens camera module supplier for ‘iPhone 7 Plus’

"iPhone 7 Plus" dual camera design mockup by Feld & Volk

If a recent Korean report is to be believed, LG Innotek instead of Sony will be supplying the rumoured dual-lens camera modules for the upcoming Apple “iPhone 7 Plus.” The shipping of the modules, according to Business Korea, should start this month and will see LG monopolizing the supply of that part for the rest of the year. But that could change by 2017 if other partners enter the picture. Sony was expected to be fulfilling this order or at least take majority of it since the company has been a regular image sensor supplier for Apple. But low production yields and earthquake damage at its Kumamoto facilities have caused manufacturing issues for Sony. Sony denied any disruption in production but reports like these say otherwise. Previous rumours claim that LG was supposed to take the first wave of orders but it seems they’ll be taking on all orders.

Source: Apple Insider

Apple ‘iPhone 6s’ might come with always-on ‘Hey Siri’ functionality

Just ahead of the Apple Special Event, a source told Apple Insider that the upcoming phone from the company will come with always-on “Hey Siri” activation, much like “OK Google” service on Android. Siri can do that too but it must be connected to a power for voice activation to work. The current iOS 9 beta doesn’t support the unplugged “Hey Siri” feature making us speculate that they integrated it at the hardware level. Some Android phones have a specialized voice activation monitoring chip to support “OK Google” feature without it eating too much battery life. Well, we just have a few more hours to wait before we find out what Apple’s cooking in its kitchen.

Source: Apple Insider