A new iPhone 7 concept photo has leaked on Weibo, the Chinese social media site, according to 9to5Mac. The photo shows Chinese lettering stamped over the leaked photo, but nobody is sure about the veracity of the photo.
The leaked iPhone 7 concept photo seems to show a bezel-less front display, with the screen going from edge-to-edge. This would be the first iPhone to eliminate the left and right bezels, and mark major design leap for Apple if it’s true.
Another recent post, also reported by 9to5Mac , showcase another leaked concept photo, this time showing the back of the iPhone. If that picture is accurate, then the iPhone 7looks very similar to current designs.
Much of Apple’s manufacturing occurs in China, so it makes sense for leaked photos to pop up on Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter. However, much in the same way there’s no way to confirm the source of an anonymous Twitter post, there is no real way to confirm that the leaked concept came from a valid source.
Much like this recent reddit post demonstrates , it’s incredibly easy to make bootleg iPhone devices that look similar to the real thing, but are completely fake on the inside. That’s assuming the leaked concept photo isn’t just simply photoshopped, which, as 9to5Mac points out, could be easily done by dragging the black rectangle of the screen a couple pixels over.
