iPhone 7 release date, specs, features: Concept video suggests home button to be replaced by Force Touch virtual button

The current iPhone product line that came out before the upcoming iPhone 7 device.apple.com/iphone/

Even with the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus just recently rolled out, talks about the upcoming iPhone 7 device are already circulating in the rumor mill.

Recently, BGR wrote about the concept video produced by designer Hasan Kaymak to show what iPhone 7 could possibly feature to make it stand out against its predecessors and its competitors.

One of the most obvious possible changes that can be seen in the iPhone 7 design is in the home button. In the video, a virtual home button and Apple's exclusive Touch ID fingerprint sensor are marked by a small Apple logo under the larger display screen.

The video also suggests that the iPhone 7 could come out with an aluminum unibody that will eliminate the plastic antenna lines. It is mentioned in the video that the next-generation iPhone will no longer require a physical SIM card since it can handle network connectivity on its own.

Other iPhone 7 concept features include a 24-MP camera that can support third-party lenses as well as a larger, 3,000-mAh battery. Meanwhile, KnowYourMobile spotted several reports on the Chinese social networking site Weibo claiming that the Cupertino-based tech firm is developing a new A10 as a hexa-core processor.

A popular Apple analyst from KGI Securities named Ming-Chi Kuo also speculated about the next iPhone product. According to Kuo, the Force Touch technology will probably be the most significant selling point of iPhone 7 since it has the capacity to improve user experience because of easier input methods. He also said that the next-generation iPhone will still be released with 4.7- and 5.5-inch screens just like the current iPhone 6 product lines.

But since these reports have yet to be confirmed by Apple, the public should take them with a grain of salt.