Analyst KGI Securities Ming-Chi Kuo, known for his connections with the chain of producer suppliers, prepared a forecast for investors, which shared insider information about upcoming smartphones Apple.

Kuo claims that the iPhone 8 will lose the Touch ID scanner in favor of 3D-facial recognition technology. "Since the iPhone with OLED screen will not be equipped with a fingerprint scanner, we believe that the security will be responsible for the technology of face recognition. Therefore, Apple will be very demanding on the accuracy of 3D reading, thereby creating difficulties in the production of hardware and software, "- wrote the analyst.

He expects that the iPhone 8, iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus will receive a glass case that will allow charging devices wirelessly. In this case, the docking station for wireless charging for the Qi standard, Apple will sell separately.

Despite the fact that the iPhone 8 will receive support for fast charging USB-C power delivery, the smartphone will be shipped with the same 5 W power supply and standard Lightning cable - USB-A. This contradicts the recent forecast of analyst Blaine Curtis, who said that the iPhone 8 will be equipped with a 10 W adapter and a cable with connectors Lightning and USB-C.

Also Ming-Chi Kuo gave a forecast about the amount of RAM in future smartphones. In particular, the 4.7-inch iPhone 7s will receive a 2-gigabyte module, while the iPhone 8 and iPhone 7s Plus will be equipped with 3 GB of RAM. Despite the maintenance of the previous amount of RAM, an increase in frequency will provide an increase in the performance of smartphones.

Other assumptions of the analyst KGI Securities include the presence of a 3D camera sensor, as well as 64 and 256 GB of internal memory.