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A new leaked photo backs up rumors that Apple's next iPhones will come with wireless charging

iPhone 8 function area1
iPhone 8 function area1

(The iPhone 8 could come with wireless charging.Benjamin Geskin for iDropNews)

A fresh photo leak supposedly showing wireless-charging technology designed for Apple's upcoming so-called iPhone 8 was spotted on Thursday by the gadget-leaks site Slashleaks.

The photo appears to show a coil designed for inductive wireless charging, as well as an Apple Lightning port on the left where a user would plug in a charging cable. It's unclear whether the technology would be in a wireless-charging dock or the iPhone itself.

The updates to the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus — most likely "S" versions — are also said to come with wireless charging, according to the Japanese news site Nikkei.

If accurate, the leak would mean the iPhone 8, expected to be announced in conjunction with the iPhone 7S and 7S Plus, will have wireless-charging capabilities. But the Apple blogger John Gruber said in a tweet in early July that wireless charging in Apple's upcoming iPhones would be delayed.

galaxy s8 plus wireless charging
galaxy s8 plus wireless charging

(Wireless charging with the Samsung Galaxy S8.Antonio Villas-Boas/Business Insider)

Slashleaks, which has been reliable in the past, applied a "100 percent trust score" to the leak, suggesting it feels that it has all but confirmed that the part is destined to work with Apple's upcoming iPhone 8.

However, the blurred-out text on the top and bottom of the leaked part raises some eyebrows about whether it is indeed designed for the iPhone 8. If the source were confident about the leak's legitimacy, they would surely have left in as much detail as possible — though perhaps the blurred portion contained identifying information.

Still, Slashleaks' photo backs up the claims that the iPhone 8 will come with wireless charging, as suggested in February by KGI Securities' Ming-Chi Kuo, a highly reliable analyst who often breaks Apple news.

Wireless charging is a nice feature to have, as it makes it easy to top up your phone with power whenever you have a chance to lay it down on a dock. At the same time, wireless charging in Android devices has proved to be slower than wired charging.

But note that any rumors about the iPhone 8, or any other unreleased product, should be considered just that until Apple makes it official. We expect Apple to announce its new iPhone during its annual event in September.

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