iPhone 8 launch: What can we expect?

Apple has said revenue in the third quarter was up 7%
Apple predicts the device will drive a huge upswing in sales, bringing in $52bn (£40bn) during the fourth quarter of this year.

On the 10th anniversary of the smartphone's launch, Apple will release its iPhone 8 at an exclusive event at its "spaceship" campus in California.

More than a billion smartphones have been sold since Steve Jobs presented the first iPhone to the public on 9 January 2007.

The device would redefine the mobile phone and make Apple the most valuable company in the world.
The launch event for the iPhone 8 will be held in Cupertino, specifically in Apple's new Steve Jobs Theatre, a subterranean stadium which reportedly seats only 1,000 people.
Apple's new 175-acre 'spaceship' campus dubbed "Apple Park" in California is nearing completion and is set to begin moving in Apple employees
Apple's devices usually go on sale a week after the launch event and the company predicted it would drive strong sales for the fourth quarter of up to $52bn (£40bn).

Leaks to retailers have suggested the phone will go on sale on Friday, 22 September.

Speculation regarding what the iPhone 8 is likely to include has at times been wild, but some rumours and leaks have more credence than others.

Here's Sky News' round-up of the most credible:
The iPhone 8 will certainly be arriving with Apple's new mobile operating system iOS 11 which will include a feature to encourage safer driving by blocking notifications when the phone is connected to a car and in motion.

Secret 999 fingerprint dialling will also be available, but the stand-out feature is going to be Apple's investments in augmented reality.

:: Wireless charging

No more cables and searching for free sockets - the iPhone 8 could feature wireless charging.

Wireless charging uses a pad which transmits power to the device using an electromagnetic field which the phone's receiver coil can turn into charge.

Apple's wireless charging technology however may be limited to 7.5 watts, half of the strength used in Samsung's version of the technology.

:: Blush gold colour

The phone appears to only arrive in three colours, although others may be available later.

Images posted to Twitter by committed Apple leaker Benjamin Geskin: