Iphone 6: Don’T Believe These 7 Rumours

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Every new Apple device is subject to a flurry of speculation, some of it based on fact and some of it entirely fictional. Here are the predictions we’re almost certain won’t come true when Tim Cook takes the stage next week.

1. The iPhone 6 won’t have a headphone socket

According to Forbes, the possibility of high-end headphones using the iPhone’s lightning connector means that the headphone jack is doomed. Never mind the fury that dumping the socket would cause: there aren’t any actual Lightning headphones yet, so the headphone jack’s days aren’t numbered any time soon.

2. The iPhone 6 will have a stylus

International Business Times said the iPhone will have an ‘iPen’. Steve Jobs famously ruled out stylii for tablets, let alone smartphones.

3. The iPhone 6 will have a wraparound display

It’s certainly patented one, but then Apple patents everything. Apple’s supply chain has been leaking all over the place and the iPhone 6 cases don’t have space for such a display.

4. The iPhone 6 will have solar charging

No it won’t.

 

5. The iPhone 6’s Apple logo will flash when you get a message

French rumours site nowhereelse.fr suggested this one based on apparently leaked rear casings, but you can already make your iPhone flash its LED. This one seems rather unnecessary to us.

6. The IPhone 6 will have a haptic display

Haptic displays change shape, so for example a formerly flat screen can suddenly feel like a physical button or switch. This was patented years ago and has been predicted for the iPhone 5 and the 5S, and now it’s been predicted for the iPhone 6. It didn’t happen in the last two iPhones and it won’t happen with this one.

7. The iPhone 6 will leak celebrities’ naked photos onto the internet

Well, perhaps not. But you can be pretty sure that Apple is frantically rewriting this month’s keynote speech, because a key feature of the iPhone 6’s iOS 8 operating system is the way it can store all your photos in the cloud. That doesn’t seem quite so attractive after this week’s events.