An iPhone 7 leak has taken place, and unfortunately, it isn't good news, specifically in the "power efficiency" spectrum.
The latest iPhone 7 leak, or rumors, this week reports that a new Apple iPhone 7 doesn't necessarily mean a better battery capacity. Apple will reportedly be staying with its energy-sucking screen, which puts it in the bottom place when compared to other smartphones' battery life, according to The Week.
Previous iPhone 7 rumors suggest that the phone may very well have a new radical design as well as better screen size options, however, if the new leak proves true, this is very bad news for fans.
The latest iPhone 7 rumors come from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who, according to Forbes, has been popular for the year and a half in providing up-to-date news of every major Apple device, some of which include the iPad Pro launch, the iPhone 6/6 Plus new sizes and the iPhone 6S entire specification.
This week, the analyst revealed that the new iPhone 7 won't likely be changing their liquid crystal screen displays in 2016 to AMOLED technology, which, to the disappointment of many, is used by several other Apple competition.
Kuo states in the iPhone 7 research note leak that not only is Apple not changing to AMOLED screens, but that it would take years after the phone's release that the company will introduce an Apple phone that has AMOLED. Kuo adds that 2018 is the earliest consumers can expect Apple to embrace the new technology.
While Apple doesn't really need AMOLED display because of its screen's high quality and notable colour accuracy, the issue with not using AMOLED is the battery life of the phone.
Owners probably wouldn't care as much, especially as other iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 rumors suggest that the new releases will only be 6-6.5mm thick. However, Forbes noted that AMOLED is notches higher than the LED-backlit IPS LCD panels that Apple had been keen to use for years.
In addition, the increased resolution on the cards will require more power, and wit AMOLED technology, battery life is expected to be longer.
Still, Apple may yet find a way for its thinner iPhone 7 chassis with increased screen resolution to require less power, thus increasing battery life. However, it is reportedly highly unlikely that users are going to get much improvement from the new iPhone 7's battery, since battery life is also the iPhone 6's worst feature.
In any case, Kuo may have guessed wrong, but according to Forbes, most of his Apple leaks aren't.