Apple is at work on a major redesign of the iPhone for 2017 that focuses more heavily on the display by removing the Home button, Bloomberg reports citing a person familiar with the matter.
An Apple spokeswoman declined to comment.
Besides, Apple is planning a new iPhone feature for Japan that will enable users to pay for mass-transit rides with their smartphones instead of physical payment cards. A future iPhone will include technology called FeliCa, a mobile tap-to-pay standard in Japan developed by Sony Corp., according to people familiar with the matter.