Sorry, but Apple probably won't announce the iPhone 8 next month

The rumors and speculation swirling around the iPhone 8 have officially jumped the shark into the unfounded and absurd.

A research note penned by a JP Morgan analyst suggests there's a "high likelihood" that the upcoming iPhone 8 will be announced at Apple's 2017 World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June, with a release in the fall. 

This bucks every other report we've heard about the device's development and anticipated release schedule — and we've heard a ton — and seven years of precedent to boot. 

Apple hasn't showed off an upcoming iPhone at WWDC since 2010, when Steve Jobs debuted the iPhone 4. (In recent years, new iPhones have been announced in September, although there might be a few slight delays this time around.) Read more...