Despite the fact that the new iPhone should be the most ambitious update of the line in its history, some of its alleged features were borrowed from previous generations of models and even smartphones running Android.

Full-screen design This innovation should become a distinctive feature of the jubilee smartphone, which fans of the "fruit" brand are waiting for the most. Nevertheless, the so-called "full-screen" design is not an exceptional find of designers from Cupertino. Start commercial release of devices with screens of this type before all succeeded Samsung, which introduced the flagship Galaxy S8 about six months ago.

Organic display OLED, or "organic", which Apple only intends to equip its future smartphone, a long time ago (and I must say, quite successfully) is used by many manufacturers. Among the most popular smartphones with OLED- or AMOLED-screens include the development of the following vendors: Samsung, Motorola, OnePlus, Xiaomi.

Wireless charging An innovative way of transferring energy at a distance based on induction is rumored to be one of the features of the future iPhone 8. Similarly, the watch is charged Apple Watch, as well as smartphones manufacturers-competitors. But the first company that managed to integrate the wireless charging module into the smartphone was Palm. Remember this?.

Virtual button "Home" Confirmation of its appearance was found in the seventh beta version of iOS 11. Despite the fact that the physical Home key for ten years remained a symbol of all devices running iOS, the manufacturer offered a simple and convenient way to interact with the system without it.

It is important to note in this case that earlier than in Cupertino, before this came up with Google, Samsung and Essential.

Vertical arrangement of the main camera module One of the most visible innovations that catch your eye first and foremost. It is rumored that this kind of placement of the iPhone's cameras is due to the support of the ARKit toolkit, for the full operation of which the vertical arrangement of lenses. This feature, interestingly, has already been implemented by Lenovo in the production of the Phab 2 Pro phablet, compatible with the Project Tango platform.