Before we think about new features you should expect in the iPhones of the future, let's talk about the likely release date schedule. We expect Apple's next batch of smartphones, the iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7 Plus, to launch in the autumn of 2016: most likely September 2017.
After that point it gets harder to predict. Based on the past few years of Apple launches, the generation after that should be an S update: the iPhone 7s and the iPhone 7s Plus, launched together in autumn 2017 (with the potential of an iPhone SE 2 in spring of 2017, or moved back to launch with them in the autumn). The iPhone 8 - as well as the iPhone 8 Plus - would then finally be unveiled in September 2018.
But it's possible that Apple won't continue the S generation strategy for much longer. Many of us have pointed out that it's a risky policy, tacitly acknowledging that iPhone generations alternate between major and minor updates - when the average user hears that the new iPhone hasn't even been considered worthy of a full version number upgrade, how likely are they to crack open the wallet?
On this principle, therefore, we could see the iPhone 7 in autumn 2016 and the iPhone 8 the year after. At this point, nobody knows - but as soon as we hear more, we'll update this article.
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