iPhone 7 rumors: Apple's upcoming device to be waterproof, have no headphone jack?

Rumor has it that the iPhone 7 will be out in the market in September together with the iPhone 6c, and sketches of what it might look like have been circling around the Web. Some leaked images were featured in an article on Business Korea, saying the upcoming iPhone will sport a waterproof body with a ceramic back. If the concept render is accurate, then it will be the first waterproof iPhone.

Another significant feature seen in the sketch is the super AMOLED display. This comes as a big surprise because KGI's trusted Apple analyst, Ming Chi Kuo, said that Apple will only start using AMOLED panels in 2019.

The concept render also shows a number of other modifications that fueled previous rumors about the iPhone 7. The rendered image shows a missing antenna and the absence of the 3.5 mm headphone jack. Apple Insider's analysts, Blayne Curtis and Christopher Hemmelgram, said that instead of a headphone jack, Apple will replace it with a second amplifier designed by Cirrus Logic. Curtis and Hemmelgram also argued that earlier rumors saying Apple will fit the new iPhone 7 with noise cancellation are not true. Instead, the company will use a simple digital codec along with a Lightning port audio.

If the concept renders are accurate, then Apple might be giving Samsung a run for its money. The South Korean company is reportedly set to unveil its Galaxy S7 phone this month, but it remains to be seen which of the two rumored products will make it to the top. 

Along with these rumors also come another speculation that Apple has decided to have Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company as the exclusive producer of its A10 processors. If these rumors are true, then Samsung semiconductors might be taken out of the picture. Tech site BGR mentioned it has been no secret that although Samsung has long been Apple's manufacturing partner, Apple is allegedly doing its best to have Samsung out.