What the Essential Phone means for the iPhone 8 and all future phones

YOUApple deserves all the credit in the world for transforming smartphones from ugly chunks of plastic with physical QWERTY keyboards into sleek metal and glass touchscreen devices.

In recent years, however, the company's ability to innovate with iPhone has been questioned. Despite some big internal upgrades like water-resistance and dual cameras — on top of the controversial removal of the headphone jack — the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus bear the burden of looking old with a design that hasn't changed much since the iPhone 6.

And though leaks for the iPhone 8 are aplenty, it's still somewhat difficult to pin down what will and won't make it come announcement time this fall. Read more...