Apple has released iPhone 7, but customers of the smartphone from are anticipating the iPhone 8 which is expected to reach the market next year.

An Apple employee reportedly revealed that some hardware for Apple's new phone is being developed in Herzliya, Israel.

In a conversation with Business Insider, a Cisco employee said "I have three friends that work there. They work on the hardware side. Verifications. Something like that." The report added that there are approximately 800 workers in the Herzliya office which was established after the acquisition of Anobit and Primesense in 2012 and 2013, respectively.

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Sources also revealed that the company utilizes the Herzliya facility for research and development of hardware products such as storage, chips, wireless techs and cameras.

Next year will mark the 10th anniversary of iPhone. In connection to this, a glass body and edge-to-edge OLED display are rumored features of the company's latest handset. MacRumors also assumed that iPhone 8 would carry a faster A11 processor, wireless charging button and a display with integrated camera and touch-ID.

For the past years, Apple has been releasing new iPhones every September. Can we expect iPhone 8 abuzz in the market in Sept. 2017?