A customer holds an iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus after the phones went on sale
A customer holds an iPhone 6 (R) and iPhone 6 Plus after the phones went on sale at the Fifth Avenue Apple store in Manhattan, New York September 19, 2014. Apple latest phone lured throngs of gadget lovers, entrepreneurs and early adapters to its stores in New York, San Francisco and other cities around the world in the latest sign of strong initial demand for the new, larger generation of iPhones. Reuters/Adrees Latif

The rumour mill has been talking a lot about the iPhone 6S and the iPhone 6S Plus as the successor models for the iPhones that were released last year. However, KGI Securities analyst, Ming-Chi Kuo who has a track record of accurately predicting on Apple iPhones is of the view that the next iPhone will be the iPhone 7 and not iPhone 6S or iPhone 6S Plus.

Mac Rumors claims that according to Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple will be adding the Force Touch technology sensor under the backlight of the iPhone 7. It will be fixed to the metal shielding by lamination. Apple usually uses the ‘S’ moniker to its Phone when it release an upgraded addition of its flagship. However, since the Force Touch technology is a major feature, Apple is likely to call its next iPhone 7 instead of iPhone 6S.

The Force Touch technology that will come on the iPhone 7 will be different than the ones found on other Apple products like the Apple Watch and the trackpad of the new 12-inch MacBook released this year. Instead of detecting touch pressure, it will sense the area of the screen on which the finger comes in contact in order to determine how big the pressure is.

Another interesting information that has been revealed by the analyst is that Apple will launch two models this year. One will be sporting a 4.7-inch display whereas the other will be housing a 5.5-inch display like the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus. Will they be called iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus? As of this writing, there is no confirmation from Apple on the iPhones that it will be releasing this year.

Kuo also adds that will not be releasing a 4-inch Apple device this year. However, in the recent past, the International Business Times had reported that the Future Supplier had published leaked photos of the polycarbonate rear shell of a 4-inch iPhone dubbed as the iPhone 6C. By going by the previous iPhone release patterns, the iPhone 7 is expected to release in September this year.

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