The Most Exciting Phones Coming In 2016: Galaxy S7, LG G5, Galaxy Note 6 & The iPhone 7

BlackBerry. Apple. Moto. Samsung -- a sneak peak at 2016's potentially most exciting releases

As Mobile World Congress is going to happen at the end of February there's about to be a glut of new phone hardware appearing very soon indeed. Most of it will probably appears just before the expo, as the likes of Samsung and LG prefer to pre-empt the main show - all the attention gets focused on their products, you see. But it's not just about MWC, as we know every major manufacturer will have at the very least a flagship refresh inside 2016, as they always do.

Some of the other offerings will be quite unusual though, such as BlackBerry with its Android initiative. Nokia rejoining the fray with some kind of Android handset. Lenovo’s Motorola range of devices, but most of all its Moto X 2016 release. I’d like to say HTC as well but it has been so consistently rubbish these past two years I’ve basically given up on them. Sorry, guys. OK — that’s a bit harsh. And we’re not in the business of kicking a company when its down on its luck. According to the latest leaked material the upcoming HTC One M10 will NOT launch at MWC 2016. HTC is apparently very keen on avoiding doing anything at the same time as Samsung — probably a wise move. Instead, HTC will apparently launch its HTC One M10 at a separate event in late-Q1 2016, so around March or April time.

Still, there’s a bunch of other brands out there now ready to take its place like OnePlus, Xiaomi, Huawei and its awesome side-project, Honor, to name but a few. Plus, if Qualcomm has managed to fix the Snapdragon 820, which we’re 90% sure it has, things in the Android space should run a little more smoothly in 2016/17 as well.

Samsung Galaxy Note 6

The Samsung Galaxy Note 6 is apparently returning to the UK in 2016. Reports suggest Samsung, miffed by the weak sales of its EDGE+ handset, has opted to reinstate the Galaxy Note 6 as its mid-year flagship release, picking up the slack once the Galaxy S7 has died down in and around Q2.

“Samsung has no plans to launch a Galaxy S7 Edge+ handset and will instead reinstate the Galaxy Note 6 as the brand's chief phablet in the UK,” notes Tech Radar. “That’s according to a source high up at one of the UK's major networks who cited a ‘backlash from loyal Note fans’ as one of the chief reasons for the reverse decision.”

To date not much is known about the handset, though Samsung has been filing some odd patents of late. The handset itself will likely feature QHD or higher display, Snapdragon 820/Exynos 8890 CPU, 4GB of RAM and Android N, depending on when it is released. A lot of UK punters will be very excited about the prospect of getting their hands on this phablet after Samsung’s 2015 performance.

OnePlus 3

OnePlus made A LOT of friends with the OnePlus One and then set about making a few enemies with its tricky, follow-up flagship, the OnePlus 2. The main reason people we’re a little peeved with OnePlus’ 2015 effort was because it lacked NFC, as well as a QHD panel and a fingerprint scanner.

OnePlus said people didn’t use NFC on the OnePlus One so it was nixed on the follow-up device. Well, as it turns out some people clearly did because A LOT of OnePlus 2 users were very angry when they found out their shiny new handset couldn’t do NFC, so expect to see the return of near field communication in 2016.

Another area where OnePlus could up the ante with the OnePlus 3 is its display. The company has favoured 1080p panels since day one, but 2016 could see the company finally embrace QHD. Other notable features likely to make the cut are a larger battery, a fingerprint scanner, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 and some BIG improvements to imaging.

Google's 2016 Nexus Phones

Google will release two Nexus handsets in 2016 just as it did in 2015. But it will not be LG or Huawei making this year’s devices. Nope. According to reports from China, Google is keen on getting HTC back on Nexus-building duties. HTC will build two handsets for Google, the sources claim, one with a 5in display and one with a 5.5in display.

If you’re memory is half decent you will recollect that HTC built the first ever Google Nexus phone — the Google Nexus One — WAY back in 2010. The company also built the first mass-market Android handset as well for T-Mobile in the form of the T-Mobile G1. What HTC will bring to the Nexus fold in 2016 remains to be seen. Will it be based on the company’s next flagship, the HTC One M10?

Who knows. But as always: Google’s Nexus handsets are always worth the wait.

LG G5

LG used to be rubbish. REALLY rubbish. But then it built the Nexus 4 and everything sort of changed. The company regained its stride and began making some of the best phones in the business like the LG G3 and LG G4, which were easily two of our favourite releases in 2014 and 2015, respectively.

In 2015 LG will return with the LG G5, a handset that is tipped to take everything which make the G4 good and ramp it up considerably. We’re expecting improvements to build quality, design, imaging, display technology, biometrics, processing power and memory.

The LG G5 is rumoured to have a 5.6in flexible 4K display. The rumoured resolution is likely accurate as most flagships in 2016 should move to 4K. Additional reports suggest the handset will feature a 5.3in QHD display, however, and this, interestingly, would make the G5 smaller than last year’s 5.5in LG G4.

Nokia’s Android Phone

Microsoft acquired Nokia’s phone business a few years ago and quickly set about doing what it does best — ruining it. But now the dust has settled on that little deal and Microsoft has stopped using the Nokia brand, the Finnish company can now start producing handsets again — and, importantly, handsets that aren’t crippled with Windows Phone software.

Nokia — that is, the NEW Nokia — is apparently looking to bring an Android-powered phone to market in 2016. This is all very rumour-tastic at present but if Nokia were to return in 2016, and with an Android handset no less, it would certainly be very interesting indeed.

iPhone 7

Apple’s iPhone is the biggest and most well known phone on the planet so for this reason alone it is sort of exciting to see what the company will do with its multi-million-selling handset in 2016. Even more so when you consider this year’s model is a solid number release, which means a BIG design overhaul.

Samsung Galaxy S7

Samsung’s Galaxy S line and Apple’s iPhone are immensely popular and you don’t need to know much about anything to have heard of them. Both the iPhone 7 and Galaxy S7 will launch in 2016 and they will be the biggest selling releases of the year, although I suspect the Galaxy S7 will give Apple’s iPhone something of a drumming when it comes to specs and hardware.

The Galaxy S7 — and Galaxy S7 EDGE — will launch, as expected, in and around MWC 2016 on February 21. News of the handset’s launch was confirmed by Samsung, after event invitations were sent out and a promo video was published online. There will be two handsets and both will likely link up with Samsung’s Galaxy VR headset in some meaningful way, as the VR device took center stage in the promo video.

We now also know what the Galaxy S7 will look like thanks to @evleaks. This is apparently it:

Moto X 2016

Motorola, now owned by Lenovo, has been on something of a roll for the past few years. This streak of awesomeness started when Moto was acquired by Google and the two companies produced the excellent Moto X handset, a stripped down phone designed to do all the core stuff and not much else.

Moto used stock Android and has continued to do so, even though it is no longer owned by Google. The next big release for Lenovo, potentially, is the Moto X 2016 and it could drop at any moment between now and Q2. Interestingly, Lenovo has confirmed all of its 2016 phones will feature 5+inch displays and fingerprint scanners.

Beyond this the company is talking about a bunch of other stuff — adopting custom UXs for future phones — that frankly terrifies us. But, HEY, three years of excellent releases is a pretty good run for the mobile space’s biggest and most well known hot potato.
BlackBerry’s Second Android Phone

I love BlackBerry. I adored the Passport when that came out and I even used a BB10 handset for a good 8 months back in the day. I wasn’t hugely impressed by the BlackBerry PRIV, but I could see the handset’s potential — BlackBerry and Android could work together well, it just needed a bit of finessing.

And this is why I am immensely excited about what the company has in store for us in 2016/17. Current word on the street suggests two Android handsets scheduled for 2016. 

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iPhone 7 Rumours, Release Date, Leaks and News: Everything You Need to Know

Get a new iPhone for Christmas? Sorry – it’s already old news. 2016 is the year of the iPhone 7 — get used to it. With sales stalling for the first time in the iPhone’s history, Apple needs to pull something truly impressive out of the bag to bring the love back, and now’s as good a time as any to gather up the best iPhone 7 rumours swirling around the high-tech ether.

If the 6S was a mostly incremental upgrade, the freshly-numbered iPhone 7 should have a little more innovative bite, going by Apple’s traditional “fallow year” release cycle. From Lightning Port headphones to more capacious storage, here are all the important iPhone 7 rumours we’ve heard so far, with a couple of duds thrown in for shits and giggles.

So Apple seems to think, as it once again is reportedly slimming down the handset. We’re not quite as convinced. Though we were sceptical when we first heard that Apple was considering dropping the iPhone’s headphone jack in order to make it slimmer, the rumour’s gained a lot of momentum in recent weeks. There are claims that the headphone jack will be replaced by an all-in-one Lightning connector for both charging and audio, but there’s also talk of Apple simply working on wireless earphones.

No matter what they want you to think, thinner isn’t always better. A skinnier iPhone would almost certainly feature a smaller battery, and that’s not something anybody wants. Regardless, there’s absolutely no need to go any slimmer than 7.1mm. Seriously. Who cares?

Well, maybe those annoyed with the iPhone 6S’s camera bump, at least. According to MacRumors the iPhone 7 is said to feature a flush, flat rear, letting the lens sit in line with the aluminium casing. This may be a result of a dual-camera system, according to 9to5Mac, which would allow for higher quality images and maybe even an optical zoom.

If that wasn’t enough, it sounds like Tim Cook and co also want to retire the iPhone’s home button. The suggestion is that iPhone’s fingerprint reader could be integrated with the screen itself, enabling users to essentially scan their prints anywhere. In terms of replacing the app switching/home screen functionality of the home key, rumour has it that Apple will create a soft key or add a new feature to 3D Touch, which is itself bound to be improved. Hopefully we’ll soon be able to scroll through content previews, rather than just peek at static thumbnails.

Slightly more promising — and therefore slightly less believable — gossip claims that Apple is instead working hard to improve the iPhone’s battery life. A larger 3,100mAh battery is music to our ears, and should offer significantly better stamina than the 1,715 mAh number powering the iPhone 6S. Then again, this rumour crops up ahead of every new iPhone launch, and our hopes always tend to be dashed.

There’s talk too of a new storage option, with gossipers seemingly convinced that a 256GB iPhone is in the works. Here’s where things become a little murky. Some reports suggest this storage option would only apply to the iPhone 7 Plus, but it seems unlikely that Apple would offer different capacities for the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus. What seems more plausible is the retirement of the 16GB model, which we’ll be pleased to see the back of.

Something we can definitely get on board with is ruggedisednessment. Water- and dust-resistance have been near the top of most people’s iPhone wish lists for a couple of years now, so if Apple decides not to include so-called ‘rugged’ features on the iPhone 7, we’ll be mighty disappointed. Come on Timmy, we’ve wanted this for ages now. Haven’t you ever accidentally spilled water on your phone? Ahhh, of course, you don’t need to pay for a replacement.

A patent request describing a rubber port cover capable of forming a watertight seal around an accessory input was discovered in December, and offers a potential insight into Apple’s plans. Then again, it could be yet another filing that’s never acted on, ever.

One of the more far-fetched rumours we’ve come across is based on an Apple patent describing a weird system where bumpers would spring out from the edges of the screen, ensuring the glass would never make contact with the floor. Sort of like an airbag for your iPhone. Imagine that for a moment. Obviously not going to happen.

A 4K iPhone 7 Screen? Nah

Unless Apple gets really desperate, the iPhone 7 isn’t going to feature a 4K — or even a QHD — display. The iPhone 6S doesn’t even have a Full HD resolution, so such a move is basically out of the question. It seems more likely that the iPhone 7 will feature the same-sized 4.7-inch screen as the 6S, but with a slight jump in pixel count.

3D Touch will, of course, make an appearance too, but there’s also fresh talk that Apple plans a switch from LCD to OLED technology. Without getting into the nitty-gritty, this essentially means that the iPhone 7’s display would be significantly better for watching movies and TV shows on. Think deeper blacks and more eye-popping colour.

Anything Else?
Since Apple overhauled its camera tech for the iPhone 6S, replacing its old 8MP snapper with a shiny new 12MP one and boosting the front-facing camera up to 5MP, last year, we don’t expect a great deal of change in this area. The arrival of OIS would be great, though the iPhone 7 Plus may keep that to itself.

It is likely, however, that the iPhone 7 will be more powerful than the iPhone 6S. There have been mutterings of the inclusion of an impressive-sounding hexa-core A10 chip, though that would represent a massive step up from the dual-core processor in the iPhone 6S. RAM, however, is likely to stay at 2GB.

Fresh reports suggest Apple’s working on a new wireless charging technology, which would allow users to power up their phones without direct contact with a power mat. We’re not sure the company will bring the feature forward this year, as the technology required to capture enough energy is, for now at least, rather bulky.

As ever, we’ll keep dreaming our little dreams of expandable storage too.

iPhone 7: Price and Release

Brace yourself. It looks like Apple will stick with tradition and launch the iPhone 7 alongside an iPhone 7 Plus at a special event in California in September. We’re also going to stick our necks on the line and guess that the phones will hit the market around two weeks after. I know, we’re good.

With that launch being over half a year away, there are precious few price rumours floating around. In all likelihood, the iPhone 7 will once again come in silver, space grey, gold and rose gold variants and cost a touch more than its predecessor, which currently retails from $929 in Australia.

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iPhone 7 UK discharge date, value, detail and new element gossipy tidbits

The iPhone 7 and 7 Plus will come in September 2016, and could flag the end of the earphone jack. Apple iPhone 7 UK discharge date, UK cost and detail bits of gossip.

The iPhone 7 (and in all probability iPhone 7 Plus) will come in September 2016, and could accompany an edge-to-edge show, no earphone jack, a waterproof body and the sky is the limit from there. Perused on to discover the greater part of the most recent bits of gossip about the Apple iPhone 7 UK discharge date, UK cost and details.

Beneath we have gathered together gossipy tidbits from around the web and making our own particular expectations in light of what Apple has done previously. The equation is plainly working for the organization so it's improbable it will go amiss from the attempted and tried redesign process one year from now.

The article was keep going redesigned on 22/1/2016 with another iPhone 7 idea picture, and on 15/1/2016 to reflect bits of gossip that Apple is taking a shot at new Lightning EarPods and remote AirPods, and reports that Samsung will fabricate the iPhone 7's new adaptable OLED show.

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iPhone 7 UK discharge date bits of gossip: When is the iPhone 7 turning out?

With the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus revealed on 9 September 2015, and the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus on the 9 September 2014, one may think the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus will go ahead 9 September 2016. But that will be a Friday, and it's a great deal more Apple-like to reveal new items on a Tuesday. Our cash is on either Tuesday 6 September 2016, or Tuesday 13 September 2016 - most likely the last mentioned.

iPhone 7 UK value: How much will the iPhone 7 cost?

For its previous two iPhone discharges Apple has kept the valuing the same. That implies we could well see the iPhone 7 costing £539 for a 16GB variant, £619 for 64GB, and £699 for the 128GB iPhone 7. Talk has it, however, that there might well be a 256GB model of iPhone 7, in spite of the fact that we surmise that is improbable. On the off chance that there is, in any case, anticipate that it will be well into the locale of £800. We'll overhaul this article as more bits of gossip become known.

iPhone 7 gossipy tidbits: Design and determinations

The iPhone 6s and 6s Plus looked generally like the 6 and 6 Plus, which is normally the case with Apple's "S" models. We are hoping to see something totally new for the iPhone 7, despite the fact that it's imaginable that it too will come in Silver, Gold, Space Gray and Rose Gold. We'll take a gander at a portion of the supposed outline changes beneath.

With the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus Apple at last moved on a percentage of the details it has declined to change for a considerable length of time, for example, the 12Mp iSight camera, up from 8Mp in the 6 and 6 Plus. It's conceivable that Apple will stay with that 12Mp camera for quite a while to come, albeit one thing regardless it declines to enhance is the screen determination. With opponent cell phones now offering Quad-and Ultra-HD screens, we trust that Apple may knock up its pixel tally in the iPhone 7 - maybe to the 400ppi level of the Plus models.

Apple may stay with the 4.7in and 5.5in screen sizes, however with such a variety of telephones having a 5in or bigger screen it could well move to 5-and 5.7in models and take a gander at methods for expanding the screen-to-body proportion which is genuinely low contrasted with a few telephones at this moment.

Expect the typical execution updates, with the new Apple A10 processor and inserted M10 movement co-processor. The iPhone 6s and 6s Plus were the main iPhones to at long last get 2GB of RAM, and anticipate that this will stick with it in the iPhone 7.

The iPhone 7 will deliver with iOS 10 introduced. Anticipate that Apple will reveal iOS 10 (or iOS X?) at WWDC in June 2016.

iPhone 7 with new earphone jack? D Jack

At the point when Apple reported the iPhone 5 with another style of force connector it irritated numerous fans who might now need to buy a connector to fit their old extras. We could be going to see Lightning-door once more with earphone entryway, as it's supposed that Apple will shake things up at the end of the day with another style of earphone jack, leaving more seasoned adornments inconsistent. By Insider, Apple has protected another slimmer earphone jack innovation called D Jack, which has a distance across of only 2mm.

iPhone 7 with no earphone jack by any means?

On the off chance that you imagined that was awful news, it deteriorates - as per Japanese site Mac Otakara, Apple is pondering discarding the earphone jack totally, empowering the organization to shave 1mm from the gadget's thickness.

The gossipy tidbits about Apple discarding the earphone jack for the iPhone 7 don't appear to be moderating in 2016, either. All through the main week of the year, we've heard various gossipy tidbits and reports going down the hypothesis.

Yet, by what method will we listen to our music without an earphone jack? It leaves shoppers with two decisions; you can either utilize remote Bluetooth earphones (in the same way as other buyers are as of now doing) or you can utilize a couple of earphones that associates with your iPhone by means of the Lightning port. The issue with utilizing a Lightning-port empowered pair of earphones is that a) these are very costly, with any semblance of the Philips Fidelio earphones costing £184.99, b) it constrains the utilization of the earphones to the iPhone 7, and the iPhone 7 as it were.

Obviously, there's dependably a plausibility that Apple will incorporate some sort of connector that'll permit clients to utilize their standard earphones, yet we envision this will accompany a huge sticker price.

Be that as it may, how plausable is this thought? Music is a major part of the historical backdrop of the iPhone, and we're not very beyond any doubt Apple would imperil that just to shave 1mm off the width of its next iPhone. Be that as it may, with this being said, Apple did supplant different ports with a solitary USB-C port on the 12in MacBook all for the sake of shaving an a couple of millimeters off its most recent MacBook.

Purchasers positively appear to be persuaded that it's conceivable, however they've been rushing to sign an online request in the trusts that they can prevent Apple from evacuating the earphone jack. So far there are more than 280,000 marks in the appeal.

Furthermore, on 20 January much more proof touched base to recommend that the earphone jack port is headed out. Code seen in the iOS 9.3 beta 1.1 programming discharge by Twitter client Chase Fromm peruses "Headphones.have.%sinput.NO." which could well be a reference to the future evacuation of the port.

iPhone 7 to accompany Lightning EarPods and remote AirPods?

Obviously, if Apple decides to dump the earphone jack then it will need to supply some new EarPods with the iPhone 7, and the present bits of gossip are proposing some Lightning EarPods which will most likely be like the EarPods we definitely know however will have a Lightning connector rather than the 3.5mm jack.

All the more excitingly, however, gossipy tidbits say that Apple is taking a shot at AirPods that will be so totally remote that they won't have a wire interfacing the left bud with the right bud. Rather they will both exclusively associate with the iPhone 7 over Bluetooth.

iPhone 7 bits of gossip: Waterproof assurance

It's conceivable the new iPhone 7 could be waterproof. In March 2015 another patent uncovered that Apple is researching approaches to make future iPhones waterproof without expecting to bargain on the configuration, a change that never made it into the 6s and 6s Plus. Rather than adding defensive layer to the outside of the iPhone to shield it from water, the strategy would coat electronic segments found inside the iPhone in a defensive waterproof material that would keep them from getting harmed ought to water discover its way in. Astute.

iPhone 7 to 'dry itself by shooting water out of its speakers'

In the event that waterproofing the internals of the iPhone 7 doesn't sound sufficiently amazing to you, the following gossip may. A patent was distributed on 12 November which proposes that the iPhone 7 could be waterproof - however not by making a watertight body, or notwithstanding waterproofing the internals. Rather, the patent proposes that the iPhone could dry itself by pumping water (or whatever other fluid, so far as that is concerned) out of the gadget by means of its speaker flame broils. Really cool, eh?

The idea is revolved around modules inside of the speakers that can be made pretty much hydrophobic, contingent upon the electrical charge connected to them. That way, when fluid is recognized in the iPhone, the modules would be actuated in a manner that it'd move the fluid crosswise over them and in the long run out of the speaker flame broils. We cherish this thought, yet we're not holding our breath this will be included in the iPhone 7 - perhaps the 8 or 9, however.

iPhone 7 bits of gossip: Wireless charging

New reports that developed toward the end of January 2016 propose Apple is taking a shot at remote charging in the background, however the awful news is this extraordinary sort of remote charging that doesn't oblige clients to put the telephone on a charging mat isn't relied upon to touch base until 2017.

It's been supposed that remote charging is coming to iPhone for quite a while now, however the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus touched base in September with no such component, baffling numerous. One reason the iPhone doesn't as of now offer remote inductive charging is on account of the innovation has never beforehand worked through aluminum, which the iPhone is made with. In any case, in July, Qualcomm uncovered that its most recent remote leap forward now works through metal, so it's at long last a probability for Apple.

In any case, Apple purportedly needs to make remote charging one stride further. Bloomberg says that the organization is "investigating front line advancements that would permit iPhones and iPads to be controlled from further away than the accusing mats utilized of current cell phones."

iPhone 7 bits of gossip: e-SIM

Another touted highlight for the most recent iPhone that didn't see sunlight and might be held for the iPhone 7 is that it will have an e-SIM. Late reports propose that it could be the end of days for the conventional SIM card, with a conceivable presentation of a more straightforward alternative. An e-S

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