Two Mac-focused news sites were given access to a yet-to-be-released version of the iOS operating system, in a major leak before launch date, set for Tuesday, according to reports. The leak is coming just days before the announcement, of new products by the tech giant, has been described as 'incredibly damaging'.
The code refers to an iPhone X in addition to two new iPhone 8 handsets. It also details some new features like the facial recognition tech that acts as ID system and maps users’ expressions onto emojis. Somebody at Apple almost certainly leaked a huge set of details about the next iPhone, the report added.
Over the weekend, details emerged about how the new phone will work, what it will look like and the hardware that it will use inside.
The leaks revealed that the new, premium iPhone will be called the iPhone X, and the cheaper model will be referred to as the iPhone 8, for instance. And it showed the wide range of features that will be included in both, like facial recognition tools that will allow the phone to unlock just by looking at it.
It has now emerged that those leaks came right from the centre of Apple. The information was made available by an Apple employee, according to blogger John Gruber, who first made public the potential source of the leak.
The leaks came from downloading the software that will power the new phone once it is released, and so contains within it references to all the features that will be built inside the new iPhone.
Those files were available on the web, but at obscure addresses that nobody would have happened to stumble upon.
