New iPhone 2018: all the rumors about the specifications, the price, the release date

Go big or go cheap ? That's the question iPhone existential
Apple
can be attacked in 2018.

The company plans to introduce three new iPhone models later this year, which could include a significantly larger version of the
iPhone X
– the iPhone X Plus, perhaps – as well as a significantly cheaper version. It should be noted that the price has not been a major hurdle for the flagship product of the premium so far; Although it is the most expensive iPhone at $ 999, £ 999 or $ 1,579 AU the iPhone X was the top-selling phone for the first three months of 2018, followed by from iPhone 8 and 8 Plus . Of course, a less expensive version would almost certainly expand its addressable market. Six months or more after the release of the iPhone X however, the phone lost some of its initial luster.

In addition to fine-tune the designs and add new features, Apple is likely to deliver the annual improvements we expect – new building materials and colors a bump in the processing speeds a higher screen resolution and tweaks to expand [Android9005] Meanwhile, the Android world continues to react and respond to the iPhone X. When of his event I / O in May,
Google
showed the new gestural interface at the center of his new operating system Android P . (For what it's worth, Google says that he started working on the new navigation before the debut of the iPhone X.) And then there is Samsung emoji AR and Intelligent Scan Features – lower versions of the iPhone Animoji Memoji and Face ID that are not quite up to the original.

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Huawei
and others have announced or are working on
phones
which monkey distinctive design of notch that popularized Apple (but with which the essential phone was the first to market). And Huawei has already iterated on the concept of notch with his P20 that gives you the ability to switch on and off.

With the Android world making progress in camera technology and other fronts, Apple can not rest on its laurels. The trillion dollar question is whether society can keep its astonishing winning streak alive even though overall handset market is slowing down .

Although we are probably two months away from seeing the next iPhone (and we have no proof as to what will be its characteristics ), the rumor is already creating an image convincing of what will happen. We will continue to update this page with news and leaks as we begin our countdown to the iPhone X20, the iPhone XS, the iPhone X2, the iPhone 11 or the new generation 2018

Publisher's rating: This post was originally posted on March 13, 2018, and will continue to be updated with news and
rumors
on the 2018 iPhone lineup

The 2018 iPhones could be slower than Android phones

Qualcomm does not plan to provide modems for upcoming iPhones. In a revenue appeal with badysts Qualcomm's chief financial officer, George Davis, said: "We believe that Apple intends to use only the modems of our competitors rather than our modems in its next iPhone version. And by "competitors", he means Intel.

So why does this automatically mean slower speeds for this year's iPhones? Well, according to tests Qualcomm chips are generally faster than Intel chips for data download.

Of course, we will have to wait to see if that is indeed the case when we will have the opportunity to test the new phones later this year.

Rumor: This LCD iPhone might not be shipped before October

Apple's plan is to launch three new iPhones this year. Two with OLED screens and one with an LCD screen. While it is badumed that both OLED models will be delivered in September, according to Morgan Stanley badyst Katy Huberty, we might not see the LCD iPhone until October.

"We currently see no delay in Apple's upcoming flagship OLED iPhones of 5.8 or 6.5 inches, but backlight leakage problems have caused a delay of a month in the mbad production of the 6.1 inch iPhone LCD. "

Those of us who want to save a few dollars on a 2018 iPhone may have to wait a little longer before they

Likely: Announcement of September 2018 and Release Date

Apple did not officially announce when we will see the next phone.But the calendar of this annual ritual is now hardened into a reliable tradition.After launching the first iPhones in June, Apple shifted the beginning of September with the iPhone 5 in 2012 and, apart from the off-season iPhone SE has been held there since then, no reason to expect this to change in 2018.

Rumor: One could call it the iPhone 11, iPhone X Plus, or the iPhone X2 – but probably not the iPhone 9

According to some badysts Apple could return to its "S" series nomenclature, giving us an iPhone XS (perhaps a homophone suitable for "excess") and XS Plus or perhaps the digital equivalent, with the X2.

This noted, there are some very rich design possibilities with both of an iPhone 11. And then there is the possibility that Apple completely eliminates the numbers – at least for the low-end, non-X model – similar to the company's approach with its entry-level tablet, which is now just the "new
iPad
"every year.

Regardless, we believe that Apple actually killed the iPhone 9 when he released the iPhone X alongside the iPhone 8 and 8 More in September.

Deal with OLED or LCD for the Next iPhone X?

Several sources believe that Apple will include at least one cheaper LCD iPhone in the 2018 lineup, but rumors do not exist. are not ok on phones that will have OLED displays and that will use LCD.

The tech blog echo chamber (Patently Apple at BusinessKorea at Patently Apple) points to a 2018 LCD iPhone. They suggested that Apple will restore the next iPhone X to have an LCD screen, reducing the price tag and improving the availability of the current OLED model.More precisely, the report BusinessKorea predicts that an upcoming 6.1-inch iPhone will have a MLCD + display, similar to the new LG G7 ThinQ .

The Wall Street Day Similarly, nal reports that the cheaper LCD iPhone should sell faster than an expensive OLED. He suggests that Apple will come out with two OLED iPhones and an iPhone with an LCD in the fall, but there will likely be a larger volume of LCD iPhones products in the forecast higher sales.

Apple badyst Ming-Chi Kuo supported this claim early July when he predicted the following specifications for the 2018 iPhones: a 5.8-inch OLED iPhone, an OLED iPhone from 6.5 inches and an affordable LCD 6.1 inch iPhone

Kuo speculates that the company's 2018 iPhones will be based on the full-screen flagship design of today . According to Jusy Hong, an badyst at Information Handling Services, the three new models (including the LCD) could look like the iPhone X.

Rumor: Three Rear Cameras

One of the new models of the iPhone 2018 could have a rear-facing camera with a triple-lens array according to the Chinese Daily News economic newspaper (as reported by MacRumors). The article suggests that such a camera would improve the iPhone's zoom-out capability and improve image quality in dimly lit environments. Note that the new Huawei P20 Pro is equipped with a rear-facing triple-sided camera

The rumor has gained ground – the iPhone X Plus high-end model 2018 could be the phone to get the three lenses stacked vertically, according to Forbes .

A contradictory report suggests that we will not see the three camera lenses before 2019 and that the combination could create a depth map that would be used for AR, an area that Apple is aggressively pursuing .

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Rumor: The iPhone SE X (LOL)

There has recently been a proliferation of rumors about a release in 2018 for the long-awaited follow-up of the l iPhone SE . New reports suggest that Apple could develop a hybrid of sorts merging the form factor of the iPhone SE 4-inch screen with the TrueDepth camera system of the iPhone X.

As reported by 9to5Mac.com, the Olixar case manufacturer has produced a prototype screen protector for a smaller iPhone with the thin glbades and notch found on the iPhone. iPhone X. And this comes on the heels of the allegedly leaked CAD drawings of a device called the iPhone SE2 released by TigerMobiles.com and Onleaks

Rumor: A Larger iPhone

Bloomberg reports that Apple has developed two new supersize iPhones : an OLED model of 6.5 inches – a "Plus" version of the iPhone X, which would be the biggest iPhone of all time – and an LCD version of 6.1 inches. There is also talk that Apple could lose the current size of 5.8 inches for the iPhone X, based on its orders reportedly decreasing for OLED components . Earlier, former Apple badyst Ming-Chi Kuo had speculated that the company would release three models in 2018 based on the design of today's flagship full-screen product.

Rumor: A cheaper iPhone

Kuo predicts that Apple can launch a single SIM version that costs between $ 550 and $ 650 (which converts to around £ 390- £ 460 or AU $ 710 -AU $ 840) and another dual-SIM model, priced between $ 650 to $ 750 (about £ 460 – £ 530 or $ 840 AU – $ 970). And of course, in order to make a 6.1-inch model that is more affordable than anything in the current lineup, Apple could omit some of the more expensive components including Face ID, the screen OLED, 3D Touch and the second rear camera. But when it comes to an iPhone X $ 550 – we have our doubts .

Rumor: A more expensive iPhone

Of course, every rumor has its equal and opposite rumor. Investment badysts at UBS predicted that Apple's flagship iPhone for 2018 will cost $ 1,100 (which converts to about £ 770 or $ 1,415 AU). It's about $ 100 on the $ 999 price tag of the iPhone X, but it makes sense that this model has a larger screen than the current model.

Rumor: Face ID proliferates, becomes horizontal

Ming-Chi Kuo predicts that Apple will bring its TrueDepth camera system to the three new phones to come in 2018. With fully-featured facial recognition technology through the 2018 IPhone, Apple could omit the fingerprint sensor from the next batch of phones, according to Kuo, which could spell the end of the line for Touch ID.

In addition, Face ID can also make its way into the next batch of iPad rumors for a WWDC ad later this year . A report from several sources (Mac Okatara, MacRumors and Bloomberg ) indicates that the next version of Face ID will be able to unblock phones in landscape position – the default

] Rumor: the support of the iPhone for the Apple Pencil or the iPen

And the OLED iPhone that will be released in 2018 will support an "iPen" the investment firm Rosenblatt Securities. Of course, this rumor – an iPhone that supports the Apple Pencil – has existed since the first appearance of the stylus in 2015. And yet the addition of the Apple Pencil feature of the new iPad 2018 gives at this old chestnut something new life.

Long-time Rumor: Virtual Fingerprint Scanner

While Face ID has largely mitigated the need for a fingerprint scanner, the Touch ID buzz built into the # 39; display – a faithful pillar of the rumored cycle since the race to the iPhone 8 – persists. And for good reason: we saw the technology in place. It is called Clear ID and it appears in the Vivo X20 Plus UD which went on sale in China in January. But since returning to any type of fingerprint sensor would be an "admission" that Face ID is not the future, we think his return is a real long shot.

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