Apple is expected to reveal the next iteration of its ever-popular iPhone on Wednesday. The Californian tech giant usually updates its smartphone lineup in early September so it can see out the end of the year on a high.

The event gets underway at 10 a.m. PDT Wednesday September 7. That’s 1 p.m. in New York, 6 p.m. in London and 3 a.m. the next day in Sydney. It carries the tagline “See you on the 7th” – which may allude to the name of the iPhone 7, as well as the date.

Well-connected analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities has issued a new research note, claiming that the iPhone 7 will include one very useful feature for photo fanatics. The phone will reportedly have four LED flash lights – two in cool colours, and two in warm colours – and an ambient light sensor.

Some of the features are:

• New 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch iPhone models, presumably called the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, respectively.
• Very similar physical designs to the existing iPhone 6S and 6S Plus.
• A larger, improved camera on the iPhone 7, plus a dual-camera system exclusive to the larger the iPhone 7 Plus.
• No headphone jack on both new phones.
• The corresponding iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are expected to sport resolutions of 1080 x 1920 pixels and 1440 x 2560 pixels respectively.
• A pressure sensitive home button, using technology similar to that found on the 3D Touch screen.
• 2GB RAM for iPhone 7, 3GB RAM for iPhone 7 Plus
• 3D Touch 2.0 sensor with more distinct haptic feedback
• Home button replaced with non-clicking touch sensor with haptic feedback
• Storage capacities ranging from 32 GB to 256 GB.
• A faster A 10 processor.
• Running iOS 10 at launch.
• A water-resistant design, improved stereo speakers and more battery capacity.

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