iPhone 7 Base Model To Come With 32GB Of Storage And Water Resistance

Apple's iPhone lineup is expected to get a significant boost later this year in the form of the iPhone 7. As is the tradition every year, multiple news outlets have reported that the handset will have some new groundbreaking features. A report from The Wall Street Journal is now mentioning that Apple will include water resistance on the new flagship. This is in no way a groundbreaking feature as Samsung's flagships already have this feature, while Sony has been using water resistance on their devices since time immemorial.

Another crucial feature with the new iPhone is said to be the storage variants.Apple has been criticized for selling 16GB iPhones even after knowing how much storage iOS takes. It seems like the company is finally listening to its critics. Starting this year, the iPhone lineup will apparently start with a 32GB base model, ditching the 16GB version for good.

The iPhone 7 is also rumored to be using a Lightning port based headphone jack(sans the 3.5mm port) in order to keep the thickness at bay. This will be a hit-or-a-miss kind of a feature knowing how the customers might have to rely solely onApple's Lightning headphones or third-party Bluetooth headphones to enjoy media content on their devices. Perhaps there will be an adapter of some sort made available at a future date to hook up 3.5mm headphones with the Lightning port.

The report goes on to mention that there won't be any drastic design changes as Apple will reserve it for the iPhone 8, which should arrive in two years from now.

Cool Futuristic/Concept Gadgets That Really Inspire

About 10 years ago, we didn’t really expect the 1.4mb 3.5 inch floppy to evolve into flash drives 10x smaller with storage capacity as big as 32gb. The interesting thing about technology is; it’s just going to get more and more high-end but the size, is just going to get smaller and slimmer.

              

These concept gadgets you see before you today, have extremely high chance of getting into production anywhere in the future. For example, Microsoft’s Surface Computing Technology certainly tells us they are for real. Here’s some really cool concept gadgets, just concepts for now but we really hope it’ll be implemented, that inspires. If we happened to missed something impressive, please let us know in comment. Full list after jump.

B-membrane Laptop/Desktop

Concept computer designed by Korean designer Won-Seok Lee. No bulky monitors, just a UFO shape system that displays screen like a projector. [viayankodesign]

                 

Nokia Aeon Full Screen Concept Phone

The most prominent design feature of aeon is a touchscreen that stretches over the full surface area of the phone. [via engadget mobile]

                

Napkin PC

The Napkin PC is a multi-user, multi-interface, modular computer designed for creative professionals to collaborate and bring their greatest ideas to life. [viayankodesign]

                

Cellphone Code

This phone uses haptic technology to provide physical feedback for making a call. To turn it on…twist a section, to dial a number…twist a bunch of sections, to make an international call…break your wrist! [via yankodesign]

                 

Virtual Goggles

Designed and conceived by Franz Steiner, he wondered what the personal assistant might look like in the future. [Blutsbrueder Design via Gizmodo]

                 

New dSLR?

Concept of a digital camera which can be used in one hand. [perezprada viayankodesign]

               

Future Internet Search

All you need to do is point the tablet at any object and you should get search results as good as Google’s, just more interactivity. [petitinvention viabehance.net]

               

Sunshine Pillow

We arent sure if it’s warm enough, but it’s good to own one. [Rei Gallery viagizmodo]

              

Capsule Radio Clock

Not rocket science, but definetely cool to get one. [sequoia-studio via tuvie]

              

Info-Live Watch

INFO Live is an data organizer for connected internet world. It is able to transfer data information to any hardware and person any moment in time of need. [vianextgendesigncomp]

                

Jive for the elderly

Jive is a range of 3 products that were designed to get elderly technophobes connected to their friends and family. [jive via tuvie]

                

LifeMap

Touch screen digital photo storing and organization product. [via tuvie]

                

Microsoft Arc Mouse

When you go advanced in all your computer equipments, the next best thing is to get a futuristic mouse. [via geekandhype]

                 

Pebble Key Port

Designed with many slots so that user can easily group their keys into categories such as car keys, home keys or office keys. [via tuvie]

               

Pixel Perfect Hour Glass

Title says it all. A perfect gadget anyone wants to own, I suppose? [Pavel Balykinvia yankodesign]

                     

Calliper Style Radio

Like a precision calliper tool, 08 Radio by Mikael Silvanto lets you precisely find the station you want by sliding the entire radio unit up and down the scale. [viayankodesign]