{"id":382721,"date":"2017-08-14T21:59:36","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T13:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/08\/14\/possible-iphone-8-production-line-videos\/"},"modified":"2017-08-14T21:59:36","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T13:59:36","slug":"new-blurry-videos-potentially-show-iphone-8-on-production-line-at-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/new-blurry-videos-potentially-show-iphone-8-on-production-line-at-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"New Blurry Videos Potentially Show iPhone 8 on Production Line at Factory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Less than one month before Apple is expected to unveil its new iPhone lineup, two videos have surfaced that may show the so-called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/iphone-8\/\">iPhone 8<\/a> passing through the production line at a factory presumably located in China.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.macrumors.com\/article-new\/2017\/08\/iphone8dummy1-800x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-581465\"\/><br \/>The videos surfaced on Chinese microblogging service Weibo earlier today, and were later uploaded to YouTube by Dutch blog <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techtastic.nl\/iphone-8\/\">TechTastic<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Both videos are short and blurry, so it&#8217;s hard to make out exactly what is being shown. The production line could simply be for the multitude of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/08\/10\/iphone-8-dummy-model-hands-on\/\">iPhone 8 dummy models<\/a> that have surfaced over the past few months.<\/p>\n<p>Apple&#8217;s contract manufacturers like Foxconn have strict security measures in place to prevent employees from bringing smartphones inside factories, so the videos could very well be completely unrelated to real iPhone 8 production.<\/p>\n<p>In the first clip, factory workers appear to be polishing or cleaning the rear shell of what could be the iPhone 8. At the very least, the device appears to have a vertically-aligned camera, one of the smartphone&#8217;s frequently rumored features.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div id=\"video-wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WZmn7eoX_hE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><br \/>In the second clip, just eight seconds long, dozens of potential iPhone 8 devices appear to be affixed to some kind of metal shelving rack.<center><\/p>\n<div id=\"video-wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CPzNA7bJ1cg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<br \/>Given the lack of real iPhone 8 part leaks, we&#8217;re still stuck firmly in <a href=\"https:\/\/daringfireball.net\/2017\/07\/iphone_silly_season\">iPhone silly season<\/a>\u2014including infamously low-quality videos.<\/p>\n<p>Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes Apple will begin production verification tests for the iPhone 8 in late August, followed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/08\/08\/all-2017-iphones-3-colors-september-launch\/\">mass production in mid-September<\/a>, so higher-quality leaks could be on the horizon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Less than one month before Apple is expected to unveil its new iPhone lineup, two videos have surfaced that may show the so-called iPhone 8 passing through the production line at a factory presumably located in China. The videos surfaced on Chinese microblogging service Weibo earlier today, and were later uploaded to YouTube by Dutch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5817,"featured_media":382722,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[68,69,59,26],"class_list":["post-382721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-apple","tag-macrumors","tag-media","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}