A customer purchases the newly released iPhone 6 in a mobile phone shop in Moscow September 26, 2014. Official sales of Apple's iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus started at midnight on Friday across major cities in Russia, according to local media.
A customer purchases the newly released iPhone 6 in a mobile phone shop in Moscow September 26, 2014. Official sales of Apple's iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus started at midnight on Friday across major cities in Russia, according to local media. Reuters/Maxim Shemetov

Apple's recent release of the iPhone 6 and its success meant more expectations from the company to deliver even better offerings. With the stakes always high for Apple, the expected iPhone 7 has started drumming up attention with predictions of 3D screen and killer CPU in tow.

Following Apple's release of the iPhonex plus "S" series, there have been speculations whether the company will release an iPhone 6s or iPhone 7 next. Regardless of what it may be called, details about the next iPhone flagship have started trickling down. According to a report by The Inquisitr, latest expectations suggest that Apple be switching the iPhone screen to something that can allow 3D images minus the glasses.

Prior to the release of the iPhone 6, Samsung also became part of the production of Apple's ARM processors before the company switched to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) for the Apple A8 CPU on the iPhone 6 series. This time Apple goes back to Samsung awarding almost 80% of its upcoming chip production to Samsung. Korea Times reported a source familiar to the deal saying: "Apple has designated Samsung as the primary supplier of its next A-series chips powering iOS devices from 2016 as the alliance with GlobalFoundries (GF) enabled Samsung to cut off capacity risk."

This has fueled speculations about an upcoming A9 chip. The Motley Fool suggests that Apple may not go for the usual 20 nanometer for one important reason - it has always been considered as a stopgap. It does not promise considerable increase in power consumption or transistor performance. However, given Apple's impressive adoption of new technology nodes, it will not be far to see the A9 with some stunning results.

Stuff.tv predicts that Apple will not veer away much from the design of its handset noting that the premium appearance of the iPhone series has been tried and tested. The company only polishes and tweaks part of the design but the overall face remains and will remain the same. This time, Apple may also be ready to incorporate the liquidmetal alloy fully for more resistant design.

Predictions should be taken with a grain of salt as Apple has not released any details about the reported upcoming iPhone 7 series.