The first photo of what is believed to be the iPhone 7 have surfaced on Chinese social media site Weibo.
While rumours have been circulating the internet for months, the image is believed to be the first of the actual handset, reported 9to5Mac.
The unit's minor redesign appears to be largely in line with previous reports that Apple has done away with the horizontal plastic antenna strips which run across the width of the handset's top and bottom, instead running only along the edges.
The bands are necessary for the handset to be able to make and receive phone calls, but it's largely believed that Apple's design team are not big fans of the way they break up the aluminium body, and have been trying to minimise and cover them up for some time.