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Apple iPhone 8 & iPhone 8 Plus
Apple is set to pull out all the stops on the iPhone's tenth commemoration, which could go some approach to compensate during the current year's generally minor upgrade. A mix of hardware and design changes ought to make the iPhone 8 the most radical new iPhone to date.
The iPhone 8 could be the iPhone with which Jony Ive at last gets his own specific manner: an iPhone that looks like a solitary sheet of glass with an edge-to-edge OLED screen. As indicated by an Apple provider, no less than one of the organization's new iPhones for 2017 will have a glass body. The TouchID scanner is thought to be covered up inside the glass, while the physical Home catch will be no more.
Different bits of gossip propose the iPhone 8 will highlight remote charging surprisingly, and conceivable biometric elements, for example, facial acknowledgment or iris checking. It'll run the Apple A11 processor and movement co-processor, and be mischievously quick.
One iPhone we won't see in 2017 is an upgrade to the iPhone SE, which Apple purportedly fears may hurt its iPhone 7 deals.
HTC has launched its new telephones at MWC lately, however skirted the show in 2016 and held its own particular occasion to divulge the HTC 10 (imaged). We anticipate that its successor will be launched in March/April 2017 and to have the upgrades you'd expect: a quicker processor, more RAM and - ideally - better battery life.
An early leak recommends HTC is going to switch its fortunes with the HTC 11 - on the off chance that you thought the last two HTC leads were a bit of drilling, plan to be overwhelmed by the HTC 11. Assumed True, it will have a Snapdragon 835 processor, 8GB of RAM, 256GB of capacity, a higher-limit battery with Quick Charge 4.0 and a 5.5in Quad-HD screen. That is a top of the line spec, so we'd figure that the standard model would have less RAM and storage capacity.
LG G6
LG is rumoured to ditch its modular design for the G6 and potentially adopt a new glass front and rear. In common with the Samsung Galaxy S-series with which it competes it is likely to feature fast wireless charging and see a processor and graphics bump to ready the phone for VR.
One of the most interesting rumours about the LG G6 is that it will feature a new type of iris scanner that uses the same sensor as the phone's front camera, a space- and cost-saving measure that is made possible through use of a special filter.
Microsoft Surface Phone
Surface Phone rumours have been few and far between, leading some to think it's nothing more than a myth. But it was recently revealed by Wired that Microsoft Corporate VP Panos Panay has been working on a prototype of a new phone.
Should it truly exist, the Surface Phone is expected to arrive in 2016, with a 5.5in Quad-HD AMOLED display, 4GB of RAM, 64- and 128GB storage options (with microSD support), a 64-bit Intel processor and 21Mp rear- and 8Mp front cameras. The Surface Phone could also get a Surface Pen and a USB-C port.
Microsoft is expected to hold an event in early 2017 to unveil its updated Surface Pro 5, so this is the next possible release date for the Surface Phone.
OnePlus 4
OnePlus has just announced its OnePlus 3T, which is an upgraded version of the OnePlus 3 with a processor and battery boost, plus a new selfie camera. It's an improvement sure, but OnePlus 3 fans won't be in a rush to upgrade.
More exciting for OnePlus fans, then, will be the OnePlus 4 expected in April/May 2017. Rather than the Snapdragon 821 this phone will likely get the Snapdragon 835. We could also see the 5.5in full-HD display upgraded to a Quad-HD model.
Other rumours suggest the OnePlus 4 will come with 8GB of RAM, a 21- or 23Mp camera and a 3,500- to 4,000mAh battery with Dash Charge. One thing we're sure of is that it will run OxygenOS, a custom UI that will be based on Android 7.0 Nougat.
Samsung Galaxy Note 8
Following the Note 7 problems there are a lot of whispers about Samsung at the moment. The failure of the Note 7 has badly bruised its reputation, and it's hurt its bottom line. Some say it will look to mend its reputation by announcing the Note 8 in February 2017 alongside the Galaxy S8, while others say it will drop its Note line altogether. Samsung thinks differently, and it isn't about to give up on its second annual cash cow just yet. We'd expect to see the Note 8 in August 2017.
Surefire specs include a 5.7in Quad-HD or SuperAMOLED screen with S Pen support, a powerful processor and RAM combo capable of the very best mobile VR experience, a dual camera, waterproofing and more.
Samsung Galaxy S8 & Galaxy S8 Plus
Samsung traditionally holds an Unpacked event in which it unveils its new S-series flagship the day before MWC. In 2017 this trade show runs from 27 February to 2 March, so we expect to see a new Galaxy S8 on Sunday 26 February 2017. Expect it to go on sale in early March 2017.
For its now-discontinued Galaxy Note 7 Samsung merged its 'Edge' and standard models, so perhaps we'll see the same with the merging of the Galaxy S8 and S8 Edge. We think there will still be two Galaxy S8 models, but it will only be the size differentiating their screens. In which case the S8 edge might instead be known as the S8 Plus, or similar. In any case you should expect more of the same metal and glass front/back design it introduced last year in the S6 and in 2016 has extended to the A-series.
A big change in the design, though, is likely to be the loss of the Home button, with the fingerprint scanner built into the now 'bezel-less' (at least on three edges) screen. The headphone jack could go too, with Samsung expected to favour USB-C for digital audio.
When it arrives, you can expect the S8 to be the fastest phone money can buy, with a top-of-the-range processor and 6GB (or even 8GB) of RAM. There will more than likely be a super-high-resolution 5.1in screen - Samsung may even move up from Quad-HD to Ultra-HD, which is all the more likely given the importance being placed on VR in Android Nougat, which this phone will run - although there are rumours we could see a larger 5.5in or even 5.7in panel.
Now that Samsung has discontinued its Note 7, it's going to want to make the Galaxy S8 an absolute belter to mend its reputation.
Sony Xperia Z6
Sony neglected to announce the Sony Xperia Z6 at MWC 2016, instead revealing a new Xperia X family comprising the Sony Xperia X and Sony Xperia XA. But this doesn't mean the Sony Xperia Z6 is dead: never say never, says the company, which has since clarified that it isn't ruling out the possibility at some point in the future.
Google Pixel and Pixel XL
The first phones 'Made by Google' (and actually made by HTC, but we won't worry about the details) are the new Google Pixel and Pixel XL. The Pixel XL will be especially interesting now that Samsung has discontinued its Galaxy Note 7 after it was unable to rectify the battery issues.
The Pixel and Pixel XL are in many respects the same phone, with a larger, higher-resolution screen, a higher-capacity battery and the price tag separating the two.
Headline features include the new Google Assistant, which allows for natural dialogue between Google and a user to get the information they need, a 12.3Mp camera that has won the highest ever rating from DXOMark Mobile and is supported by unlimited cloud storage for your original resolution (even 4K) video and photos, support for VR built-in and the new Google Duo video-calling app.
