iPhone 8 Leak Suggests Apple’s Next Phone Will Copy New Samsung Galaxy S8 Feature

The Samsung Galaxy S8 might only have been unveiled a matter of hours ago, but latest reports have suggested it’s already being used to inspire new devices.

The S8 wowed the world when it dropped yesterday, March 29, with an innovative near edge-to-edge display.

According to a newly leaked image, however, it would appear that the S8 won’t be the only device to adopt such an eye-catching design.

Instead, new reports have hinted that the eagerly-awaited iPhone 8 will follow in a similar fashion.

The image, which claims to show “a late stage iPhone 8 prototype,” presents a phone with a stunning edge-to-edge display.

The render reveals a screen that curves around both the left and right hand edges of the device.

It will also be stretched close to both the top and bottom edges of the phone.

In order to do that, however, Apple, like Samsung, looks set to do away with the phone’s longstanding physical home button.

This means that the iPhone 8’s fingerprint scanner would have to be moved to the rear of the device.

The image, surfaced via tech blog iDrop News, shows have the biometric security measure could be slotted in below the company’s iconic logo.

As previously hinted by industry tipsters, it also shows how the phone could adopt a new, vertically aligned dual-lens camera.

Rather than an official image of the actual device, the teased snap is a concept render based on the latest insight.

It’s claimed the image has been based on “exclusive information from a source with intimate knowledge of Apple’s manufacturing facility.”

Given that Apple has yet to offer any formal comment on its next-generation smartphone, however, we’d suggest taking the reports with a pinch of salt for now.

A number of iPhone 8 leaks have surfaced in recent weeks.

It’s been claimed that the phone could launch under the name of the iPhone Edition and sit as a specs superior big brother to new, but less revolutionary iPhone 7S and iPhone 7S devices.

It’s been hinted that the phone will more to a new glass-backed design and be powered by a reworked A11 processor and the iOS 11 operating system expected to make an appearance at Apple’s WWDC 2017 gathering in June.

With the rival Samsung Galaxy S8 set to hit retailers’ shelves on April 28, Apple will have a lot of catching up to do.

The iPhone 8 isn’t expected to go on sale until September.