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Photos Show First Functional, Powered On iPhone 7

While several photos depicting what is believed to be the iPhone 7 (http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-7/) have surfaced in recent months, most if not all of the components have been early prototypes, design molds, or well-designed Chinese counterfeits. A new series of photos have leaked, however, that quite possibly could be the real deal.





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The first photos of what is claimed to be a real, fully assembled iPhone 7, shared by Chinese repair shop GeekBar on Weibo, show the smartphone in a powered on state running Apple's internal testing software called SwitchBoard. The photos were first spotted and vetted by French website NWE (http://www.nowhereelse.fr/iphone-7-photos-exemplaire-fonctionnel-115021/).





The device itself lines up with previous photos, showing no headphone jack (http://www.macrumors.com/2016/06/21/2016-iphone-to-feature-minor-changes/), dual speakers (http://www.macrumors.com/2016/07/06/iphone-7-cads-stereo-speakers-cameras/), a larger rear-facing iSight camera (http://www.macrumors.com/2016/06/25/iphone-7-depicts-larger-rear-camera/), and repositioned antenna bands (http://www.macrumors.com/2016/02/02/iphone-7-flush-camera-no-bands/) along the rear shell. The device still has a home button, but whether it is touch sensitive as rumored (http://www.macrumors.com/2016/06/28/iphone-7-flush-force-touch-home-button/) cannot be clearly distinguished.





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Apple is widely expected to introduce the tentatively named iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus next month, with noted leaker Evan Blass pointing towards U.S. retail availability on Friday, September 16 (http://www.macrumors.com/2016/07/23/iphone-7-launch-week-of-september-12th/). If true, Apple could begin pre-orders in first-wave launch countries one week earlier on Friday, September 9 (http://www.macrumors.com/2016/07/28/iphone-7-7-plus-pre-orders-maybe-sept-9/).

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