Apple is cooking up such an iPhone upgrade path, with a wave of rumors warning the next iteration will be faster, thinner, and possibly even curvier than before.

Thinner

If you own an Apple Watch or have spent any time looking at the teardowns on this product then you’ll already know that the technology inside the device is squeezed inside a System in Package design. This combined all the key components inside a single compact package, so that’s why you find the RAM, storage, sensors and processors tucked inside the resin-sealed unit inside the Watch. There are useful benefits from taking such an approach – not only does it make these components more robust, but it makes them more water resistant and enables the whole thing to be squeezed into an even smaller space. OK, so it seems Apple may adopt a similar approach to a future iPhone, according to the China Times. Even if Apple’s engineers then choose to maintain the same chassis design they will have more available space in which to squeeze new batteries or new network equipment in order to introduce support for other communication standards – essential if Apple ever decides to offer its own satellite iPhone services. Or it could just make even thinner iPhones.

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