The next installment of the iPhone series is due to be unveiled by Apple in September.
Reports and leaks suggest that, beyond removing the headphone jack and introducing a touch-sensitive home button, the upcoming iPhone 7 will look pretty much the same as the last two models.
However, it may be what’s under the hood that counts. Despite last year’s iPhone 6s receiving a big boost to processing power, the next generation could see another leap.
Benchmark tests, supposedly leaked from China, suggest that the new device could be even more powerful than the high-speed iPad Pro.
Screenshots from Geekbench, a processor benchmarking tool used to determine how fast devices are, appear to have emerged on Chinese internet forums showing details of the iPhone 7, and published by Dutch blog TechTastic.
The benchmark shows a device running iOS 10, the upcoming software, with 3GB of RAM and a 2.37GHz processor. In RAM terms this represents a 50 per cent upgrade on last year.