Roger Fingas
Olixar — the company behind a recent "iPhone 8" screen protector — on Tuesday launched a complete series of cases for Apple's upcoming phone, banking on rumored features such as an edge-to-edge OLED display and a vertically-aligned rear camera.
The company has 9 cases in all, with opaque or transparent backs. Preorder prices range from $12.99 for a snap-on clear case to $31.99 for the X-Trio, which comes in three colors and includes a screen protector. The protector is also being sold separately for the same price.
Olixar is presumably basing its products on leaked schematics, which could pose a risk for buyers, especially since some schematics have likely been fake or non-finalized. Apple does sometimes provide details to case makers ahead of time, but only for products meant to ship on or after an announcement.
The "iPhone 8" will likely be revealed this September, but ship in October or later because of production issues. Its centerpiece should be a 5.8-inch OLED screen, about 0.7 of that being reserved for a virtual home button and possibly other software controls.
The screen should also include an embedded Touch ID sensor, and a cutout towards the top for the sake of an earpiece and front-facing sensors. Early rumors indicated that Apple wanted to embed those parts too, but if so, the company appears to have decided this was impractical.
Some other anticipated upgrades include a wireless charging option, 3D facial recognition, and an "A11" processor.
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Those representations (images of iPhone in case) are pretty nice.
Looked at all the cases. Pretty nice. Would be very happy if the new iPhone looks like this. Actually prefer the "wings" or "cut out" to the thin bezel on top. Not a fan of the Galaxy look. Always wonder why the screen protector include a piece that mimicks the camera/speaker array? Why not just a solid piece of glass?
They're in a world of hurt if the phones are even slightly different. Doesn't seem like a wise move to base your cases off of rumors. At this point, I wouldn't buy any case without a built in kick stand. I use mine all the time and it comes in so handy. Much better then trying to find something to lean it against.
One wonders how the heck this case maker could get their hands on precise dimension of iPhone 8. If 1-2mm difference from real iphone 8 can make these cases useless. I wouldn't touch it..