Turns out the iPhone 8 might be pretty damn ugly

While there have been enough "pragmatic optimizations" (as Apple Chief Design Officer Jony Ive calls them) — like the iPhone 6's protruding camera bump and ugly antenna bands, and the iPhone 7's "courageous" lack of a headphone jack — Apple's never really built an ugly iPhone. 

That could change with the iPhone 8.

Newly leaked schematics claiming to depict the iPhone 8's design were published on China's Weibo (via 9to5Mac), and man do things look fugly.

The 3D designs reportedly originated from a Foxconn factory in China. And while some of the designs appear to match up with previous rumors (larger edge-to-edge screen with slimmer top and bottom bezels, and no home button), there are a few things that look very un-Apple-like. Read more...